PBG4 Linksys WRT54G WPA Personal

Before I sent in my PB G4 in for repairs (DC In Board) I had my Linksys setup with WPA Personal with tkip. I had requested that they test the Airport since it lost signal to the router twice in one day, don't know if they performed it as it didn't say in the work order that I received with my PB. When I got my PB back I could only get a signal with the security setting disabled, BTW I have SSID disabled. Whenever I try enabling WPA Personal I lose the signal to the router. While my PB was being repaired, I upgraded the router's firmware using my father's PC that is connected to the router. How can I enable WPA without losing signal to the router? I am not tech oriented, so please keep your suggestions simple for me to understand. Thank you in advance.

I have read all the problems with Linksys and PB/Airport connections problems. I had the same problem with THREE different Linksys Wireless routers with my PB. I thought for the price, where could I go wrong. I could have gone with NetGear, but the very first Router I had from Netgear was not a good experience (support was awful, and the language barrier was difficult to get through). Anyway to make a long story short, all Linksys Routers I had, the throughput speed would just steadily drop on from 2400 k/bps to a turtle slow 18 k/bps. I called my ISP to resolve the issue, but they could only check modem status, which always checked good. So calling time after time to linksys did nothing more than frustrate me more and more, because the only answers I ever got was unplug everything, and replug everything, change MTU, etc. etc. And time after time, it was the same thing. So after the third one, I took it back, got my refund and used that money to invest in Airport Extreme. And wouldn't you know it? I have not had to reset it once since I have gotten it, and I have not lost any speed nor/neither reception. For the price/frustration ratio, the Airport Extreme is an exceptionally good buy. I have to much to do, rather than sit on the phone with unsupportable support techs at Linksys. My two cents worth. I know I may be just one of those small few that may could have gotten a bad router, but three?

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