Hi, I've got a WRT54G v5 (firmware v1.02.0, Jan. 16, 2007) set up internally on my network (I have set the internet side to a static IP of 192.1.1.1, as I already have an ADSL router) and am connecting a WGPS606 (firmware v1.0_025) to it via wireless. When I first connected it, it went ok, though when I tried it a couple of days later it had dropped off the network. I have reconnected it successfully, and I can ping, access the network over it and print, but then a while later it drops off the network again.
I have set up the wireless to broadcast G-only using WPA-personal/TKIP and haven't enabled MAC filtering. If I broadcast the SSID on the WRT54G I can see the network scanning from the WGPS606 with a fairly good (40-60%) signal strength, but I can't get a reliable sustained connection (as I said, sometimes I can get it to connect, but it won't stay connected overnight, or reconnect after a being turned off). Are there any know issues connecting these 2 units (this is driving me up the wall)?
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I don't know of any issues. However, whenever the signal strength is below "excellent", connections can get interupted by radio noise.
Assuming the router the only thing the print server connects to directly through wireless, you might want to make a parabolic reflector for the print server's antenna, and point it to toward the router.
If you can change the printer server's (and router's) channel, try that, too.
I've changed the channel and that doesn't seem to make any difference.
However, if I change the security to WEP, it connects straight away and will reconnected after a power-cycle. If I then change to WPA-PSK then it doesn't connect at all (before, if I did get it to connect, it wouldn't survive a power-cycle of the WGPS606)
Any idea how I can get the WPA-PSK working as I don't really want to leave it on WEP
Even with all its choices and varieties, WPA still has limited system and hardware support, so unless you're dealing in government secrets and have unmarked vans regularly parked outside your window, you should be happy you found something that works.
Everyone in my neighborhood runs WEP, because they like their Macintoshes, Linux boxes, Nintendo DS's, Win2000 PCs and print servers as much as their WinXP-SP2 laptops.
Yeah, but the trouble is that you can crack WEP in about 10 mins using freely downloadable tools, and though I know WPA isn't completely tight, it's still more secure than WEP......
And as I _have_ got some sort of WPA communication going, I'd like to try and get it stable
For those who are interested or who might have this same problem, I have a solution.
As I mentioned, I had both units set to run over 802.11G only, and this seems to be the root of the problem. I know the wireless router is working OK over G as I set my laptop up with a wireless card and it works fine. Just to try it, I set the router up to be in mixed mode and the print server up to work in mixed mode, figuring that it would drop to best connection, but this still didn't work. I then set the print server to try to connect over 802.11B only and this solved the problem immediately.
- it connected immediately using WPA-PSK
- it now happily reconnects after a power-cycle
- I went away on business and left it powered off for a couple of days, and it reconnected fine this morning when powered up.
So that seems to be the solution - thanks for those who replied to this, and I hope this solution can help others who are having this problem
WGPS606 and WRT54G Wireless Link Problems 
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