WRT54G v8.00.5 Wireless Security Unchangeable

I have noticed on a newly purchased router that if you try to enable security it continues to default back to disable. It acts like it is going to change to what you select, but then it flips right back to disabled when the page refreshes. I have updated the firmware and reset it back to mfg. default numerous times to no avail. I'm beginning to think that this portion of the wireless features is somehow bad in the router. I have also had this on a system that has been in place for a while. I'm thinking of calling linksys support to see if that is the case, but wanted to run it by here before I waited on hold forever. I figured a newly purchased one would have little chance of being bad. But you never know.
Message Edited by jerdenn on 01-30-2009 03:05 PM

No. Here is what happens. When you click on the drop down menu and select the encryption that you want it autmotaically goes back to the disabled selection. It is acting like it doesn't want you to pick anything but disabled. This all happens before you click on ok after your selection. It won't keep the seletion that you selected from the list so that you can go down and click ok to save your selection. It's like the selection that you pick on the menu disappears after you select it and then returns back to the disable selection.

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great thread toomanydoughnuts, thanks! all the hours I spend googling for an answer are such a waste when I can post a specific question and a human being answers me back :-)
I see that what I was trying to do is possible but before I start let me ask your opinion.
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