WRT54G + SpeedStream 5100 Connection Issues

I have a WRT54G, which I used at school in NY for about 4 months with no issues. When I brought it home, I hooked it up to our DSL modem. The current setup is a cord from the wall to the modem, modem to router, and router to computer.
We have one desktop comp that is wired directly to the router (as just mentioned), and 2 wireless laptops, only one of which is used on a regular basis. All three computers are Macs. As soon as I set this all up, the internet connection began to drop (seemingly) randomly. All computers will lose access to the internet, and the only way to regain access is by power cycling everything. Through a week or so of observation, these are the causes for connection failure that I can come up with, although I'm not sure if they are the only ones, or if I am correct in my assuptions.
1) iChat - any use at all, but especially video chatting, will immediately cause the connection to drop. Skype, however, works for video chatting. This problem doesn't bug me so much because Skype works, plus I read that iChat doesnt support linksys routers. So whatever.
2)If the desktop computer is turned on while the laptop is running, both will lose connection. If the desktop is turned on first, however, both work fine. This caused me to wonder if the desktop somehow got set up with a static IP address that the laptop was taking if it got booted up first, but I cannot imagine how that would have happened, nor do I see any indication that it has happened.
I feel like there used to be a lot more random connection dropping, but that seems to have cleared up and these are the only things I can find that consistently cause connection to drop. When the connection drops, it is for all computers.
I called Tech support and Linksys had me change the MTU and a couple other things, which helped for a while, but not permanently. Then when it kept happening they told me to get a new router, but this one does seem to work fine, except for the above circumstances.
whew, sorry that was soooo long
Message Edited by joeshmoe5409 on 05-28-2008 08:36 PM

Bump. I'm really desperate here, I have to power cycle my router/modem/computer at least 2 or 3 times a day, sometimes as many as 10. I've tried talking to linksys - they had me change the MTU and a couple other settings, update the firmware, and change the channel. I cannot figure out for the life of me what the deal is here. It is especially bad this morning, has already dropped on me 3x. Any thoughts?

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"Frunple" is right.Your problem is not unique and has been experienced by many customers who bought version 5 and 6 of this router. I was one of them who had 3 or more random disconnects a day for over 2 months. Linksys tech support tried very hard to correct this with many different reconfigurations but nothing helped. Exchanging the orignal router to two more version 6 routers also did not cure the problem. Only when I changed the router to a WRT54GL did the problem stop instantly.
The reason is that the WRT54GL is really a resurrected WRT54G version 4 which was based on a different design. Starting with version 5 and 6 Linksys changed the RAM from 16 MB to 8 MB and the Flash Memory from 4 MB to 2 MB. They also changed the operating system to "VxWorks". Something is very wrong in this design.
If you want to cure the problem then try to replace your router with a version 4 or earlier or get a WRT54GL which is really a "WRT54G version 4" with a new name.
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Message Edited by jmaxey0122 on 12-16-2009 05:27 AM

You might be facing the problem, because the Ipod and your Desktop computer must be having the same IP address thats the reason whenever your IPod is connected to your Network, your Desktop must be getting disconnected. Check the IP address of your IPOD and of your Desktop Computer.
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Message Edited by DaBo on 10-25-2007 07:32 PM

You need to reset the Linksys router to factory defaults.
To reset your router to factory defaults, use the following procedure:
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2) Disconnect all wires from the router.
3) Power up the router and allow it to fully boot (1-2 minutes).
4) Press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds, then release it, then let the router reset and reboot (2-3 minutes).
5) Power down the router.
6) Connect one computer by wire to port 1 on the router (NOT to the internet port).
7) Power up the router and allow it to fully boot (1-2 minutes).
8) Power up the computer (if the computer has a wireless card, make sure it is off).
9) Try to ping the router. To do this, click the "Start" button > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. A black DOS box will appear. Enter the following: "ping 192.168.1.1" (no quotes), and hit the Enter key. You will see 3 or 4 lines that start either with "Reply from ... " or "Request timed out." If you see "Reply from ...", your computer has found your router.
10) Open your browser and point it to 192.168.1.1. This will take you to your router's login page. Leave the user name blank, and in the password field, enter "admin" (with no quotes). This will take you to your router setup page. Note the version number of your firmware (usually listed near upper right corner of screen). Exit your browser.
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If you need additional help, please state your router's firmware version, and the results of steps 9 and 10. Also, if you get any error messages, copy them exactly and report back.
Please let me know how things turn out for you.
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WRT54G weird wireless connection issues

Hi
I have recently encountered a problem with my wireless setup.
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Both the router and laptop are less then a year old (I bouth them about at the same time). And worked well more or less for all this time.
My settings are : WEP2 personal with AES.
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I tried reseting the router and changing its channels to (1/11)its settins to :
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I tried also getting the latest firmware upgrade for the router, however didn't find any available.
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Today the situation became even worst. I did restart this morning and I can't see the network anymore (there are other networks nearby I can see them, but mine is not visible (although the Wireless SSID Broadcast is enabled and yesterday it worked !) I can however connect to it somehow with my prevously saved profile, but it also gets lost after some time.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Yes it is possible.
Anyway today I tried to update intel drivers and the app just hang when it tried to remove the old version. So I terminated it, now however the patch doesn't install and I can't install/repare/remove old version of drivers some how . Currently I am using only windows to manage wi-fi.
I had already made a unique SSID and broadcast is also on. I also doesn't have any wireless devices and the router is though close to the computer still I think is fairly far from it and is about 1.5 m heigh from the ground.
I did a little research on the network with utility called "Network stumbler".
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2 of them are using channel 6 the other ones are using channels 1 and 2 . So I have set channel 11 ( I have tried it before and others too without much of a luck )
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To compare with the other most strongest network somwhere nearby on channel 6:
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I can assure you that it is not a router issue. It appears to me that it is a driver compatibility with Windows OS. After trying to get to the bottom of this since my Photosmart 7525 was new and reading just about every forum and blog, I have come to the conclusion that the issue must be related to the HP driver itself.
The issue does not seem to affect any Mac systems, and from one forum someone was able to fix it by downloading new drivers compatible with 64-bit systems (which seem to not be affected by the glitch). But that leaves us 32-bit people stuck with the current driver which does not work.
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Also, from the display on the 7525, the network tests pass without issue. I can also download and print content from the internet with no issues.
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