latichever
join:2000-06-09
New Haven, CT
| [Help Me] Odd security problem
I have a di-624. One hardwired computer. Two wireless computers. One of the wireless computers has a dwl-650. The second wirless computer, a Toshiba, has a built-in Atheros super G card.
Everthing had been working well. Last night I shut down the Toshiba. This evening I started it and could not connect to my router. I was connecting to other routers in my neighborhood.
One Toshiba technician said to reboot the modem, router and Toshiba. When I did this--several times--each time the Toshiba connected to router (and network) but then stopped connected to my router and started connecting to other routers in the neighborhood again.
After several calls up and back between D-Link and Toshiba, a Toshiba technician said I should disable encryption. This seems to solve the connection problem.
He said the Toshiba's adapter was not the problem because it was connecting, but somehow the router was having trouble with encryption.
He said that sometimes encryption keys get corrupted, but couldn't explain why the Toshiba connected for a while and then stopped and why the laptop with the DWL-650 was not a problem.
He added that changing the encryption key might solve the problem of a corrupt key. And he wondered about upgrading the router's firmware. I have 2.28.
I've hesitated about upgrading the firmware because why look for trouble. I've never had the reboot issue than manyhave, but now I do have trouble.
I notice that the d-link site says 2.37 and 2.42 fix certain connectivity bugs.
I'll try changing the encryption key to see if that lets me return to encryption mode, but is it worth a try to upgrade the firmware?
And do you have any other thoughts or experiences with this type of situation.
Thanks. |
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the niTz
Premium
join:2004-07-05
Sahuarita, AZ
 ·Cox HSI
| i would say try the upgrade to 2.42 but do it the way talon wrote it out crash recovery to be sure of no hidden probs, chances are u wont have th reboot prob unless u got heat and i have lots of heat here plus i have my router going 24/7 dling from emule so i just poped the cap off and pointed a fan at it thats my fix
hope that helped
the niTz |
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Basher13
join:2004-05-02
Beverly Hills, CA
| reply to latichever
I remember when I loaded my first DLINK card,
I had WEP running, but actually, I had to
first, do a few things. First, in the window showing
the available wireless networks, I had to click on
advanced, and then in wireless networks, select
my router, and click on the configure button, located
on the right. There was a box called 802.1x needing
to be taken out. |
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latichever
join:2000-06-09
New Haven, CT | Are you saying you unchecked the box saying enable IEEE 802.1x encryption even though you entered a key and it worked? |
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funchords
Hello
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Washington, DC
 ·Verizon Online DSL
 ·Skype
| reply to latichever
802.1x and WEP are two different things. I run WEP without the 802.1x.
The thought I had when I first read your message was that you are using a non-Alpha and non-Numeric character in your key. If you are entering your key using HEX, then ignore my message. But if you are using an ASCII key like "doggy&kittens" ... choose another key that uses HEX bytes alone.
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Robb Topolski
http://www.funchords.com/
Hillsboro, Oregon USA |
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latichever
join:2000-06-09
New Haven, CT
1 edit | How much security does just choosing a random, complicated workgroup name provide?
I know for the dedicated, resourceful hacker even WEP is insecure, but for the casual "joy riding" hacker doesn't even weak security cause him or her to move on? Like locking your car causes the oportunistic car thief to simply move on to the next car in the parking lot. |
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