Keeps "aquiring network address" problem
I have the WRT54G2 Wireless router, and have the WUSB54GSC adapter, which I got to take the place of my built in "b" wireless card.(I have just turned the switch off for the internal card) wanted to take advantage of the speed from the "G" router. My problem is, when I first boot I have problems with the "acquiring network address". sometimes taking several mins. to connect. Once it gets an address all is well. Everything of course is set to DHCP on router and laptop. One thing I tried was to uninstall the adapter,then I disabled "windows zero config service". It does get shut down during the install of the usb adapter, but does not get disabled. Even though Linksys does not mention anything about this windows service, I thought maybe if I disabled before hand, that the new install might help. Well it seems like it "could" have helped a bit. After the reinstall, it did not take nearly as long to acquire an address(I have only re-booted once so far) and have a solid connections. DOES this have anything to do with the problem of taking so long to get an address? If not, what else can I do to get connected right away? thanks in advance for ant help.
picohat wrote:
Maybe you can go to this Linksys page to download the latest driver for WUSB54GSC and install, maybe can solve your problem..
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Thanks, but there is no updated driver.
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