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Ok I was having the problem keeping my laptop connected to net thru my linksys wireless router on ntl but sorted that but have to de-select windows after connection or will lose connection every 5 minutes.

Ok my problen is everytime I turn the laptop on to connect to net I have to de-select the open wireless network which it keeps going to as default to WPA etc. This means my connection is not password protected I believe and the wireless router has to be left on permantly or it seems to lose all the set up so cant really turn it off.

Any help in how I can make my wireless network encrypted and for it to remain that way would be gratefully received.

Thanks in advance.

Colin

just bumping

can anyone help?

Thanks for any effects.

Colin

if the router isn`t remembering any settings then i`d suggest it`s faulty.

usually, after you make a change to a routers settings, you click on an
APPLY or OK button to confirm the changes and the router remembers these
next time it`s switched on.....there`s no reason why you can`t turn a router off and on,
mine is only on when i`m using it...it`s off at any other time.

have a good read of your manual to see if you are missing anything. i`ve not had the
displeasure of messing with linksys routers (prefer netgear) so therefore i can`t comment
on the available settings.

Ste.

........is that gasoline i smell?

I`m not familiar with Linksys either, but I have been caught by units not retaining settings. On some kit the APPLY/OK button only applies the settings to the current session but does not save them to Flash.

Colin, have a look around the menus on the router and see if there is something along the lines of `Save settings and Reboot`. It could be that you need to take seperate action to permanently retain the revised settings.

This item was edited on Thursday, 4th January 2007, 14:27

will have a look thx

Col

Think Im all sorted

That was hard work

thanks :-)

Col

glad you`ve got it sorted.

Ste.

........is that gasoline i smell?