http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20426313 en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:41:01 EDT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:41:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20450359 Smith6612 : If you have one of the older Westell Gateways, I believe that you need to log into the modem's setup utility with the IP address of 192.168.1.1 . In there, you should see at the top if you go through the nav the wireless settings, click that, and enter in the username and password for the modem. After, change your wireless settings in there to not use anything like WEP, save, and let the router reboot if neede, then reconnect using the machine with the wireless with no encryption, and see if it still acts up.

If you have one of the newer Verizon branded Westell gateways, then there are some tutorials around this site to shut off the networking, as I'm not familiar with the Verizon branded ones.

Vista is known to be a bit flaky with WEP and WPA encryption with some cards, so this is why we should try turning off encryption on the router first to see if this resolves the issue.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20450359 Thu, 08 May 2008 09:00:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20449825 Bytebender : If the GUI pages have a white background, choose configuration from the top nav menu, then wireless...
If the GUI pages have the red and black background, there should be an Wireless Settings icon on the top nav menu
Access the wireless security section to shut off the encryption.
But first you may want to try changing the wireless broadcast channel from the default 6, to either 1 or 11. If you, or a near-by neighbor use any other wireless or cordless devices, it's possible they could be conflicting. Often changing the channel on one of the devices avoids the conflict.
If that doesn't help, you might want to check for a firmware update for that 327w. In the post "Verizon Westell 6100 4.4.2 Firmware" by Montananice, Corky supplied a link to the update pages at Verizon's site. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20449825 Thu, 08 May 2008 02:55:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20444564 anon : Where do I turn off Encryption? I understand that Vista is quirky but what puzzles me is that it always works on the second (after unplugging) try.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20444564 Wed, 07 May 2008 09:37:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20426313 Bytebender : check the verizon help centre for a firmware upgrade for that 327 - the upgrade addresses the Vista errors]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20426313 Sat, 03 May 2008 14:47:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20424499 Smith6612 : Try turning off Encryption and see if that helps as a start. Vista is known to have bugs with Wireless settings and networks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20424499 Sat, 03 May 2008 01:22:20 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20423714 anon : Had Verizon DSL for several years. Never wonderful but never THIS bad. Have a new laptop with Vista--every single time I want to connect with my secured network, I have to unplug my Westell Versalink 327W router, wait ten seconds and then plug in. THEN it will connect. Every single time. I have called twice and each time they set me up with a WEP password and it works when I'm on the phone. My previous laptop ran 98se and I thought perhaps that was causing the problem but this is even worse.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20423714 Fri, 02 May 2008 21:50:04 EDT