WRT54GS & Vista

I've got a WRT54GS version 6 (firmware 1.52.2) wifi router from linksys. (After update to 1.52.2 firmware, I did a complete reset and reconfigured the router.)
Established configuration worked fine wired & wirelessly with Windows XP exclusive network.
Then... along came the first vista pc...
Started with a few of the vista release candidates, now i have a vista ultimate install with all the o/s & driver updates.
The PC has an on-board Intel 10/100/1000 Ethernet with latest vista drivers.
I also have a WMP54GS wireless with speedbooster version 1.1 (with latest drivers).
Whenever I connect to the router - wired or wirelessly - Internet connectivity starts out fine, but after a certain short (< 15 minutes) period of time, the router drops internet connectivity for all wired/wireless pc's on the network.
On the XP pc's i am unable to connect to the router as well; I find the only way to return to a working state is to cycle the power on the router.
Since this is a new development with vista and occurs both wired & wirelessly I am wondering if the wonderful new protocol stacks and/or discovery programs that come with vista are responsible.
Has anyone encountered similar problems... and has any resolution been found? (aside from switching equipment?)
If not... here comes that Apple Airport Extreme
thanks...

Hi, try to change following settings and see if helps:
Open setup page of router by typing http://192.168.1.1 in browser's address bar, and typing password as "admin" and no user name.
Here enable MTU and set size to 1350.
Go to security tab, and disable block anonymous internet requests.
Change channel to 11.
Go to advanced wireless settings and here change beacon interval to 50, fragmentation threshold to 2306, and RTS threshold to 2307, DTIM to 2
Hope these works for you.

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WRT54GS / Vista Home Premium / Media disconnected Problem [NEED HELP]

Okay, I of course own the Linksys WRT54GS
My wife's HP laptop connects wirelessly runs Visa Home Premium and usually auto connects to the wireless network.
Our network shows it is available, excellent strength, when she clicks to join a network, it acts like it is going to connect then "Windows can not connect to network"
She tried to diagnose and repair to correct the problem in Vista and "Can not correct more than one problem at a time" This is strange because she is not trying to correct any other issue.
I had her connect using the ethernet cable and she is able to get online.
I own a Gateway laptop that runs XP Pro and I am able to connect to the router via wired or wireless with no problem.
I am also able to connect wirelessly with my iPod touch with no problem.
Can anyone help me with this issue?

Click start >> Control Panel >> Network and Sharing Center >> Manage Wireless Networks, here remove all the networks present and close the Window...
Click on Connect to a Network and try to re-connect to your Network, it should ask for your Network Key/Password, enter the correct password/network key and click Connect...
It should connect...Once you are connected you should restart the computer, it should connect to Internet...

WRT54G Vista conflicts

Anyone have problems similar to mine?
Hello,
I bought two new Dell computers with Vista Home and Home Premium installed in February. I have had on going problems with communicating with the remote computer which has the printer wired to it. Using Wireless WRT54G router. Intermittantly loses connection to internet, just comes back by itself. Bigger problem is printing via the router is problematic. When using Word 2003, can't print. Printer set-up get's deleated. When I try to re-install the printer, the system hangs. At times, something happens and I can't access the remote computer at all--says I don't have permission or some such. In a few days it will magically start working again for not apparent reason. Another wierd problem....AFTER completing a print job, the print processes take on a life of their own and the CPU usage grows to 100% freezing the computer!
I have narrowed this down to Linksys, because the remote computer does not have these problems, which is connected via USB to the printer. Only the computer using the wireless router has these problems.
Eventhough Linksys says the router is compatible with VISTA, I think they've missed something, and there is still a conflict! HELP! LINKSYS, CAN YOU HEAR ME????
04-10-200708:49 AM

I am having a similar problem I have found the cd (setup wizard 6.0) that comes with the router not to work as it did on XP. I cannot get into safe surfing due to a conflict with symantec and Norton that I received pre loaded on my pc. I completly deleted all Norton and the update program to get the router working, still the conflict exists. I set up a wireless password on my network settings and now my internet works half the time. for now I have completly disconnected it and am using another router without wireless. Unsure of how to resolve this, it was a easy simple set up on XP.

WRT54G - Vista - Unable to join network on Ipod touch.

So, I've have the router for a while, as well as the iPod. They have both been working fine. Today, I shut the ipod off, then when I went to turn it back on, it asked for my password for linksys. I thought it was weird, but I went ahead and typed it in (i did it numerous times, and double checked the make sure I had the password typed in correctly), the message shows up "Unable to join the network "Linksys"." This has never happened to me before, and I can't find any information for it online. If someone has any suggestions, please let me know. Thanx..

On your IPOD make sure you are typing the right security key.
If you are not sure about the security key, then you can login to the router setup page and click on the wireless tab and below you need to click on the sub tab "Wireless Security" in this window you will find your security key.... Note down you security key... and try to connect to your wireless network on your IPOD.

WRT54G v.6 - Vista forgetting Network settings but not on XP? - help please :)

Hello everyone! I hope someone can shed a bit of light on this, it's driving me crazy!
I am using a WRT54G v.6 and Vista Ultimate and a dual-boot with XP on my desktop computer. I also have a laptop with Vista Home Premium. I have cable internet. Here's the thing:
Sometime ago I lost my internet connection. A friend with the same router told me to unplug the router for a day and that it'll do the trick. It did... partially.
I pluged it, inserted the installation CD (please keep in mind that I have no router knowledge at all) and everything went fine, until I shut down my computer. At the moment I had connected the desktop and laptop. When I turned the desktop on with Vista, it could not connect to the internet, although the laptop had no problems at all.
I connected the modem directly to my computer and internet was fine, but if I plug it back to the router, nothing happens. So, I had to do the same thing again: unplug for a day, restart the settings and it's a go. I've done that so many times it's not funny anymore
If I put my computer into hybernation, the router/vista works fine, but if i shut it down, I lose my internet connection on Vista.
Has anyone dealt with these before? I'd really appreciate your help, and sorry for the long post
Edit:
Right now I had to install an update on my desktop. First, I intalled the recent firmware upgrade, reset all settings again and configured the router. Everything was fine. I installed the Windows update, had to reboot and bam! I lost my connection. I'm on the laptop right now.
I can't even access the router on my desktop via 192.168.1.1. I have a limited or no connectivity message. It appears I have 2 networks, both public (I also tried private and nothing). I don't have internet access on none of them, although I did have before rebooting the computer). I don't have the warning icon anymore, tho.
I tried to merge/delete the connections and it "appears" as one of them was deleted, but it's still there. It says: Network 2 (the name of the network) it's in use, and under type says: unmanaged. But still no internet connection on that computer.
After some minutes, I was able to access the router via 192.168.1.1, but still no internet...
jtMessage Edited by jt001 on 04-03-200706:37 PM

Hello Klatch! Thanks for your reply!
Well, thing is that it used to work before. Of course, I'll definately check if an update is available
All these issues began maybe a month or 2 ago. Everything was working flawlessly. One time, I lost my connection and that's where everything got messed up.
My main problem is that I get this "Unidentified Network" in the network and sharing center that seems to be causing the problem, as far as I know.
I connect the router and get the Unidientified Network icon, plus another one. I deleted one, but it was still there. Even if I try to merge them, nothing happens.
I even connected the modem directly and could not connect to the internet for some time, because Vista was still looking for the previous setting (back when the router was working). I had to unplug the modem several times, reboot, etc. I tried so many things that I lost track of what made the computer work again :lol.
I tried to connect the router last night and nothing. The only thing that seems to work is unplugging the router for a long time/resetting it, then Vista will make the connection, but if I restart, the internet it's gone.Message Edited by jt001 on 04-05-200705:31 AM

NAT issue - WRT54G Version 1.1 with Vista Home Premium

Router = WRT54G Version 1.1
I am trying to figure out the cause of my problems, this router or Vista?
I have 2 PC’s (just want to use my Vista 1) connected to the same router that is connected to a cable modem – the Windows XP machine has no problems bar its age and spec. I have a brand new PC with Vista Home Premium installed on it, now it is this new PC that I am having NAT problems with and port blocking.
I have installed Windows Live Messenger and when setting it up I went into Tools/Options/Connections and I get an error message:- "You are connected to the internet through a UPnP port restricted NAT. The Windows Firewall is enabled. (User)"
I have no option to run the trouble shooter (greyed out)…….
If I turn off Windows Vista Firewall I get:- "You are connected to the internet through a UPnP port restricted NAT. (User)”
Since this I have installed Media server software and have to reset the port it uses every time as it is always stating that it is blocked.
I have downloaded OpenOffice via a torrent client which also stated that I had NAT problems.
I have no NAT issues at all on my older XP PC and as a result I believe it is safe to rule out my router and modem……..I have only disabled Windows Firewall and this had made no difference, but I have not tried uninstalling it (no idea if that would make a difference)
Oh, I do not have UPnP enabled (router setting) – does this matter (I have tried turning it on but made no difference to this issue so I turned it off again)?
Message Edited by jomuir on 08-23-2007 02:50 AM

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Documentation states that Oracle is supported on Vista business and Ultra. unfortuntatly Ihave Home Premium 64 and was curious if anyone had experience imstalling on this OS. I did attempt to install the 11g and I got one warning below that I could not find in the documentation for errors. You have answered your query yourself.
You might be able to get the things running on an unsupported combination but there is no guarantee about the stability.

WRT54GS Compatible with Windows Vista?

Does anyone know if the WRT54GS Wireless Router is compatible with Windows Vista? I want to remove the router from a PC running XP and move to one using Vista. If it is compatible, I no longer have the start-up CD-ROM. Can the necessary drivers and firmware be found and downloaded from the Linksys site? Thanks.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Vista works with the WRT54GS. You can simply remove the cable from your old computer and connect it to your new computer. If your new computer has a wireless adaptor, you can also connect wirelessly. You would have to log on to your router to find your network key.
Greetings from Northern Ontario, Canada

Regarding a WRT54G: Firmware and trouble with Vista

Hey all,
First of all, this is my first post here on this board so please don't have me assassinated if I skipped some board rules/policy. I'm trying to find a solution to my problem a.s.a.p.
My first question is: what's up with the firmware versions and my router's modelname? When I bought the router I got it in a box saying WRT54G (v1.1) with firmware version 4.30.7. As a first step getting the problem described below solved, I downloaded the latest Linksys firmware for a WRT54G v1.1 from this website. After the firmware update my router now seems to be known as a WRT54GL and next to that my firmware version number didn't increase, it deacreased to 4.21.1. I don't know about you guys but this doesn't seem logical to me. Any explanations? Also the firmware's date seems to be somewhere back in 2006, isn't this a bit outdated for 'latest' software?
Now onto the next subject: the fact that my Acer notebook keeps losing the wireless signal since Vista. The wireless connection between the router and my notebook has always worked very fast and flawlessly when I ran XP SP2. However, as soon as I install Vista, something odd happens. With the same drivers for my wireless chipset (they're for both XP and Vista) either my notebook keeps losing the wireless signal or the router has trouble providing my Vista notebook with a steady signal. For 30 to 45 minutes I seem to have a steady signal with 5 blocks filled on Windows' signal'O'meter and then suddenly I get disconnected from my router for like 10 seconds to 1 minute. At first it says my connection turned from "local and internet" to "local only" and after a few seconds the entire signal is dead and the wireless tray icon gets covered by that little yellow triangle. Without interfering it'll take up to a minute at most and the connection will be back as it was before. However, this minute is just enough to mess up skype sessions, downloads, streams, you name it. To be honest, I haven't got the faintest idea what might cause this. Does anyone of you have?
N.b.
- I think I've noticed the issue occuring more frequent during high bandwidth usage like downloading with 2.5 to 3 MB/s but I'm not very sure about that.
- My notebook hasn't moved an inch over the past years and there are no other devices added in my house that might interfere with the signal.
- I've tried all the eleven channels.
- I've set up a dualboot system on my notebook with XP SP2 and guess what, problem is gone when I use XP SP2 again.
- I'm using an Atheros AR500G wireless adapter.
- I'm only using Acer's drivers for the wireless adapter, not their useless resources consuming utility that "manages my wireless settings". Which seem to be Acer's words for slowing sh1t down a lot!
- I'm using exactly the same internet security software with Vista as with XP SP2. Turning this software off won't help in any way.
Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
G.
Message Edited by Guilio on 11-20-2009 04:11 PM

peanuts wrote:
First thing which you can check is the Model number of your Router. Flip the router upside down and below you will find the Model number of your Router and version number. Make sure it is WRT54G or WRT54GL. As you have mentioned that previously the firmware on your Router was 4.30.7, Basically that's the Firmware version of WRT54GL Router.
Since you have already upgraded the firmware on your Router, Have you resetted your Router and re-configured all the settings back on your Router? If not then you can do it now.
While Configuring the settings on your Router you need to change the Wireless Channel to 11.
Now you can try to connect to your Wireless Network and check if you are able to go Online.
The model on the router itself says WRT54G.
I've already resetted and reconfigured the router several times, doesn't help. Also tried all the 11 channels.
And yes, I am able to go online but the problem described in my first post still exists. I don't see why switching channels would solve it anyway since it's clearly a problem caused by the router in combination with Vista, it's not signal strength related. But like I said, I tried all the channels anyway.
Is it possible for a Linksys employee to take a look at this topic? Are there some known issues with a WRT54G and Vista and/or an Atheros AR5005G chipset? Is my hardware and software supported by the WRT54G at all?

WRT54G wireless not working after upgrading to windows vista, please help

Hello everyone....
I have a few problems. I upgraded to Windows Vista and cant seem to get my wireless internet working. My router is WRT54G wireless-g broadband router. Ever since I upgraded Vista my xbox 360 will not connect.
I just bought a new wireless web camera and that does not work either because the wireless is not working.
Any suggestions on what I should do to solve this issue?
I noticed when I goto 192.168.1.1 my firmware version is Firmware Version: v3.03.9 does that have anything to do with it? Is there a more up-to-date version that will help?
Hope to hear from someone.

I have the same problem, and so does my son, he has a toshiba satellite new laptop and I have an acer new laptop, both have Vista on them, and my wife has XP and has no problem getting on teh router, but i have this problem everyday.
Eventually it will all of a sudden show up and connect and start working, then if you laeave your computer in standby movde overnight, it will still work in the morning, but if you shut down comeplety you will lose the connection for who knows how long. what is the fix Linksys?
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Message Edited by JOHNDOE_06 on 12-28-2007 07:28 AM

File Sharing XP & Vista with WRT54G-RG Problem

I'm hoping a network ninja can help me out with this, because I can't figure it out.
I have a desktop running XP Home, with a wired connection to the WRT54G-RG Router.
I have a notebook running Vista that's wirelessly connected to said router.
I have a Rogers cable modem hooked up to the router for internet sharing.
I can surf the net fine from both machines. I cannot file share. On XP desktop, the Vista notebook does not show up in the networked computer map.
On the Vista notebook, I can see the desktop on the network, but if I click on it, I get:
Windows cannot access //basementpc. Error code: 0x80070035. The network path was not found.
Suspecting my new router, I hooked back up my old router, and everything works fine. So I hooked up the new router again, and continued to try to figure this out. I notice one thing strange.
If I run ipconfig on the desktop, it says that it's IP is 192.168.0.105. If I view the DHCP table on the router, it says the desktop IP is 192.168.0.106. I'm pretty sure these numbers should match, and I'm not sure why they don't. They match when I've got my old router hooked up.
I can view the shared folders of the desktop from the notebook if I open a browser and type in the IP of the desktop (using the IP number reported from ipconfig, not the IP number from the DHCP table).
I've done a few things to try to get things working:
Turned off all firewalls on both machines, including the router firewall.
I've done an ipconfig /flushdns on both machines
I've done an ipconfig /release on both machines
I've reset the router, turned off wireless security (for testing purposes)
The firmware on the router appears to be the latest v5.00.38.
How can I get file sharing to work properly? Not to mention printer sharing would be nice, but one step at a time!
Thanks,
Joe.

For XP Computers follow this link
For Vista Computers follow this link
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WRT54GS Changeover from Wired to Wireless (Vista): Duck Soup!

I've owned my WRT54GS router for nearly three years and had initially bought it as a wired router (with an option to go secured wireless later), but I'm used to thinking that wireless was primarily for laptops and notebooks (even though I've actually used wireless-enabled desktops before in independent coffeshops).
However, something happened that changed my tune about desktops and wireless.
A friend of the family has been having issuesd with his new Vista Home Basic-powered wireless-enabled desktop (Linksys wireless router and USB adapter combo) and brought the computer and adapter (but not the router) to me for a checkup. Since I was already running Vista on my own computer, and also had a wireless Linksys router (albeit one used strictly as a *wired* router), I figured I'd give the router and adapter a test and see how easy it would be to connect.
Since I left the *wired* connection up so I could get some settings from the router's admin pages, it was depressingly easy to convert this previously wired-only PC to a true secure wireless (WPA no less) desktop, using nothing more than what's included in Vista. Six mouse-clicks (and a copy-and-paste) later, and I was done.
Old (four years old) PC, three year old router, gone secure and wireless (G for now).
Maybe I *should* consider N as an upgrade.
Wireless: it's definitely not (just) for laptops anymore.

You have to change the workgroup in Vista from WORKGROUP to MSHOME and your XPs will appear under network.
Greetings from Northern Ontario, Canada

WRT54G with Vista and XP

I recently upgraded my computer to Windows Vista Home Premium, and after that, my WRT54G wireless router would not work. The computer could not connect to the Internet when the connection was fed to the router, so I had to plug the ethernet cable directly into the computer.
The other computer the router is hooked up to is running Windows XP Home. Ever since I upgraded to Vista, we have had to connect the ethernet cable into whichever computer was being used at the time, which is hassle because I want to use my computer when others want to use the XP computer.
I tried updating the firmware from the WRT54G downloads page, but my computer does not recognize .bin files.

Try to check this link, this might help you.
http://linksys-tac.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys_tac.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=4030&p_creat...

WRT54G v6 firmware upgrade under Vista problem

I'm not sure if this is related to Vista or not.
I downloaded the correct firmware version for WRT54G v6 and selected upgrade using the web interface. After a few minutes, the browser directed me to a site with the following URL
http://192.168.1.1/upgrade.tri
My IE7 had problem displaying this page and the Power LED on the router kept blinking. I tried to connect to the web interface and it was still showing Firmware Version: v1.00.9
I don't think there is anything wrong with what I did and not sure if the upgrade was successful. Any suggestions?

I had the same problem. I found the solution here http://www.scorpiontek.org/portal/content/view/27/36/1/3/:
This could be because you are accessing the router over HTTPS. You cannot upload firmware or settings to a WRT54G v5 over a HTTPS connection unless you have Linksys firmware v1.00.9 or later. Try accessing it using just plain HTTP.
Enabling and using http instead of https worked for me. No need to reset or reconfigure.
I upgraded from 1.00.1 (IIRC) to 1.02.2.

Cannot surf internet with WRT54G v5 on Windows Vista RTM x64

Hi, I have a Linksys WRT54G v5 router with Firmware Version: v1.01.1, Nov. 10, 2006. On Windows Vista x64 I Network conections says that I have Internet access, as a matter of fact Windows Update works fine and downloads some update without any problem.
I tried on two onboard network cards thai I have on my MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum: Nvidia NForce 3 and Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC. I tried also installing a PCI Realtek network card and no luck at all.
The thing is IE7, MSN, and any application that tries to access Internet cannot connect. IE7 says "address invalid". However on IE7 64 bit surf internet perfectly, everything else fails to surf.
Same router is working fine on Windows XP x64 Edition and 32 bit.
Any ideas would be appreciated.Message Edited by Hernan on 12-23-200610:20 AM

Hi, well check whether after installing the drivers for the Ethernet card whether the pc picks up an IP address. You can check it from start > run > cmd and then ipconfig. If you are unable to pick up an IP address then try to lower the card speed
If still unable to get it working then check with the Microsoft whether the cards do support vista or no.

Wrt54g and vista CONFLICTS

Hello,
I bought two new Dell computers with Vista Home and Home Premium installed in February. I have had on going problems with communicating with the remote computer which has the printer wired to it. Using Wireless WRT54G router. Intermittantly loses connection to internet, just comes back by itself. Bigger problem is printing via the router is problematic. When using Word 2003, can't print. Printer set-up get's deleated. When I try to re-install the printer, the system hangs. At times, something happens and I can't access the remote computer at all--says I don't have permission or some such. In a few days it will magically start working again for not apparent reason. Another wierd problem....AFTER completing a print job, the print processes take on a life of their own and the CPU usage grows to 100% freezing the computer!
I have narrowed this down to Linksys, because the remote computer does not have these problems, which is connected via USB to the printer. Only the computer using the wireless router has these problems.
Eventhough Linksys says the router is compatible with VISTA, I think they've missed something, and there is still a conflict! HELP! LINKSYS, CAN YOU HEAR ME????

By default, Windows Vista uses NTVLM2 for authentication when attempting to map network drives to a Samba network share, such as your Home or Website share on Datastore01.
This problem can be resolved by making a change in the Windows Vista registry. The necessary change switches Windows Vista's authentication policy from "NTVLM2 responses only" to "LM and NTLM - use NTLMV2 session security if negotiated."
Try this and let me know if it works.

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