Wireless encryption (Linksys)?

I finally go both Notebooks to run off my Wireless-G AP (Linksys WAP54G V2).

I've also got the WPA-PSK ~ TKIP key(s) operating so I should now be
safe from outside attacks.

Two things I wonder whether you could clarify for:

1. Is it normal that sometimes it may take a minute or so to get
'packets' to upload? It may say connected, excellent strength, but for a
while when first switched on, or if it's been left idle for some time,
it takes some time before I get into any urls' etc.

2. The Linksys html setup page. I have enabled 'log' onto my main
computer. I can view a one liner log from the html interface, basically
logs time and MAC address's of computers. But the 'freeby' log viewer I
can never get to see anything in there, neither know how to? Does anyone
use this facility and if so what do I need to do to enable it? And what
information is it supposed to log? MAC address, url's visited etc?

Many thanks
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Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
http://www.southendweather.net

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:20:52 +0100, "Keith (Southend)"
<kharris@NOSPAMkharris.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>1. Is it normal that sometimes it may take a minute or so to get
>'packets' to upload? It may say connected, excellent strength, but for a
>while when first switched on, or if it's been left idle for some time,
>it takes some time before I get into any urls' etc.

No, that's not normal. My guess(tm) is that your laptop is waiting
for DNS resolution and is timing out on the primary DNS server and
switching to the secondary. Only the first lookup will be delayed
because Windoze will remember the failed DNS lookup for about 10
minutes. Check your DNS settings and IP's. You can probably test
this by opening an MSDOS window and trying to ping a web site by name
and IP address. It it takes a while for the name resolution to
appear, but not when pinged by IP address, there's your problem.

>2. The Linksys html setup page. I have enabled 'log' onto my main
>computer. I can view a one liner log from the html interface, basically
>logs time and MAC address's of computers. But the 'freeby' log viewer I
>can never get to see anything in there, neither know how to? Does anyone
>use this facility and if so what do I need to do to enable it? And what
>information is it supposed to log? MAC address, url's visited etc?

Try a better log viewer:
http://svs.sv.funpic.de/
However, that doesn't work with the WAP54G using the stock firmware.
The product page announces that:

...due to their inability to forward log entries as SNMP trap
the WRT54G, WRT54GS routers running their original firmware are
not supported, this may look different when using modified
firmware revisions (like the one provided by Sveasoft for example,
if it adds support for sending SNMP Trap messages)

I'm not sure if it works with the WAP54G using Sveasoft Freya
firmware.



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