I've had similar problems with the WAP11 v2.2 and an Airport card... and disabling WEP didn't seem to fix it. I'm starting to entertain dark suspicions about the v2.2.
(According to the Linksys website: "This Product does not require Firmware"... not sure what that means, exactly, but it's making me nervious...) - Art At 01:19 PM 5/22/02 -0400, Bech Emot wrote: >Hello, > >I was wondering if anyone else experienced similar problems with the >following configuration: >- Windows XP Professional, >- Orinoco Gold card, >- WAP 11 version 2.2, >- WEP 128-bit. > >First of all, the same configuration works flawlessly on Windows 2000 >(another laptop on my network). However when I use my laptop, it tends to >work some. I can visit a few websites, but it gets stuck with others. When I >try to access files across network from my home server (W2000), network >connection suddenly freezes. I cannot access Outlook for my office email - >Outlook starts, shows list of emails as usually, but hangs whenever I double >click on any email to view its contents. The only help is a reset for WAP11. >It obviously cannot be wrong encryption key (the one for Orinoco card >different from the one in access point), because the 2nd laptop has >identical configuration - Orinoco Gold, WEP settings, encryption key - and >it works all of the time. My laptop with XP works for some activities, but >hangs on the others. My solution is to use network "wire" with integrated >NIC, but I think I should not be forced to sacrifice security (WEP-128bit is >better than no security at all) over convenience of wireless. > >Any advice? Thank you in advance. > >Best regards, >Peter >-- -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
