RE: Help needed, Linksys problems

From: jmm (jmm_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:09:03 -0800

I was having similar problems with my setup initially. Is your computer
relatively up-to-date with Windows updates? They made some improvements for
wireless networking a while back. Also, have you tried upgrading the firmware
on the router? Some weeks I had the same problem 4-5 times. It's very
frustrating. Since updating the router firmware, I have not had a problem in
about a year. I'd definitely do this before getting rid of the router. You
can get a firmware upgrade from the Linksys web site
(http://www.linksys.com/download/)

IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE CONNECTED WIRELESSLY: Download the firmware to your
computer and make sure you are hardwired (connected via ethernet cable) to
the router before installing the firmware upgrade. I say this because it
seems to break the wireless connection while writing to the memory on the
router. From my own experiences, this seems to cause some quirks in the
router. Good luck.

"Paul Heslop" wrote:

> For a few weeks when using our Linksys router once every week or so
> I'll get a dead connection. The only way I can get it to work is by
> rebooting the router and sometimes the modem too and then, when I look
> in the events thing I'll have a few of these, spaced out over a day
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Event Type: Warning
> Event Source: Dhcp
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1003
> Date: 11/11/2004
> Time: 12:12:26
> User: N/A
> Computer: *****************
> Description:
> Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from
> the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address
> ************. The following error occurred:
> The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will
> continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network
> address (DHCP) server.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> Data:
> 0000: 79 00 00 00 y...
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> followed within a day by
> -------------------------------------------------
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: Dhcp
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1002
> Date: 11/11/2004
> Time: 12:13:19
> User: N/A
> Computer: ****************
> Description:
> The IP address lease *********** for the Network Card with network
> address ************* has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.1.1
> (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message).
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> The last one will be the one where the connection has died. I've tried
> looking this up on the net but I'm still a little (ha ha) shaky on
> this stuff. Anyone explain how to fix this in a nice simple way?
> --
> Paul (Scared of what the morning brings)
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Stop and Look
> http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/
>

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