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I think that this may be a problem, but I'm not sure and I don't want
to try it again to find out. I have the Linksys BEFW11S4 with
firmware v1.50.14. Everything was running fine. I was using a
changed SSID, 128-bit WEP, and MAC address filtering with no problems.
When I went to change the 128-bit WEP phrase today to generate a new
code, I went a little long with the phrase. After generating the new
code and saving my changes, I was not longer able to communicate with
the router at all. I changed the WEP code on my network card, no
luck. I even tried to communicate with the router via an ethernet
cable, but no luck. I tried using a statice IP address, but still
couldn't connect. I even tried to reset the router, but it won't
reset. I'm going to have to try and take it back to the store because
it seems that this may have trashed the firmware.
I don't know if this is the case and I don't know if my phrase was
longer than the allowed 31 characters (which I don't think it was, but
it was still a little long and I don't know why I did that), but all I
know is that was the only thing I changed and am now unable to
communicate with the router. So this is just a heads up. You
probably won't want to use an extremely long phrase to generate your
WEP code.
Ryan
I think that this may be a problem, but I'm not sure and I don't want
to try it again to find out. I have the Linksys BEFW11S4 with
firmware v1.50.14. Everything was running fine. I was using a
changed SSID, 128-bit WEP, and MAC address filtering with no problems.
When I went to change the 128-bit WEP phrase today to generate a new
code, I went a little long with the phrase. After generating the new
code and saving my changes, I was not longer able to communicate with
the router at all. I changed the WEP code on my network card, no
luck. I even tried to communicate with the router via an ethernet
cable, but no luck. I tried using a statice IP address, but still
couldn't connect. I even tried to reset the router, but it won't
reset. I'm going to have to try and take it back to the store because
it seems that this may have trashed the firmware.
I don't know if this is the case and I don't know if my phrase was
longer than the allowed 31 characters (which I don't think it was, but
it was still a little long and I don't know why I did that), but all I
know is that was the only thing I changed and am now unable to
communicate with the router. So this is just a heads up. You
probably won't want to use an extremely long phrase to generate your
WEP code.
Ryan