I am having networking problems and I ran out of ideas as to what could possibly be wrong with my setup. Hoping to get some ideas. I have 3 routers, two acting as WAPs. the main gateway is a D-Link WBR-2310. the WAPs are Microsoft MN-700, and D-Link DIR-615. The routers are connected in this fashion: WBR-2310 (main floor) _____-> DIR-615 (basement) __________-> MN-700 (top floor) The routers are connected in serial, as my house cabling setup only permits that. I have 6 computers connected to the network in this fashion: WBR-2310 _____-> Desktop_A (XP, wired) _____-> Laptop_A (XP, wireless) _____-> DIR-615 __________-> MN-700 _______________-> Desktop_B (XP, wireless) _______________-> Laptop_B (Vista, wired) _______________-> Laptop_C (Vista, wireless) _______________-> Laptop_D (XP, wireless) my encryption is as such: WPA-Personal, TKIP (Not WPA2, as incompatibilities with certain computers) and router settings as such: DHCP server on: Dynamic IPs assigned to all, but Laptop_C (mine which i assigned a static). WAPs properly configured computer settings were all configured using Windows. here is the problem: My laptop continuously gets disconnected and states "The wireless network security key is not correct" despite the fact that it is correct. I have tried upgrading firmware for all routers and adapters, I have tried disabling ipv6 vs ipv4 (in the case it may have some sort of conflict), i have tried relocating the router (and having three WAPs, it is definitely NOT signal lost.) The remaining XP computers are in perfect working order, which makes me suspicious that the problem is occuring in one of two things: Vista, or my adapter (Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN). The symptoms are: - my connection randomly drops, to re-acquire a new IP address (DESPITE being static) - the connection speed and signal speed are both strong, which means the disconnection cannot occur from interruptions, loss of signal, or noise. - and when disconnected, and unable to connect to the network, it states that "The wireless network security key is not correct" despite the fact that it is. - and since this is only occurring on my laptop, somewhere within my laptop is the culprit. I am trying to find the culprit between Vista itself, and my adapter. I have eliminated so many possibilities, I am at a lost as to what to do next. google doesn't help. and use as much proper terminology as possible. helps to narrow things down easily. edit: according to the logs, this error occurs: "Layer 2 security key exchange using user-suppiled key did not generate unicast keys before timeout" wtF does that mean? XD
i have virtual remote softwares that require me to stick with one IP. anyways, i'm currently on dynamic, and still no go. it's not an issue of IP renewal, i think the issue is that the router is kicking my laptop off the network due to a wrong key. the problem is that despite the shared key being right, it keeps insisting that the key is wrong and boots me.
atm it's pretty stable... it's been a couple of hours no DC yet... and it was due to turning BSSID off in the WAPs... but im skeptical that it's going to last >.< the whole issue was that it couldn't authenticate and associate itself to the router, hence would not accept the shared key, despite being correct. I THINK the issue was that since BSSID was on, it couldn't decide which one to connect to...
why are you using shared key? could have just used the same pwd (manual type in and saved) on auto connect why so many routers? a wireless N should cover all 3 floors of computers; my modem is in the basement, and computer in the room (3rd floor) is connected wirelessly if you are having issues that you think is related to Vista, it is because Wireless Zero Configuration was first introduced with Windows XP. In Windows Vista, the service that provides equivalent functionality is called "WLAN AutoConfig". By default this service is not configurate to start automatically when Vista starts, therefore you will have to turn this feature on. If you do not enable this feature, you need to use the other wireless utility which is provided by wireless adapter manufacturer in order to connect to wireless networks. Please use the following instructions: Graphical Interface Method 1. Go to Start and right click Computer. Select and click Manage. 2. Computer Management window will appear. Under Services and Applications, select Services. 3. Scroll down and select WLAN AutoConfig. 4. Double-click the service and its properties window will appear. If the startup type is not set to automatic, click on the dropdown arrow and change it to Automatic. Click Start to start the service if it’s not started. Click OK at last.
the pwd was typed in manual and saved and on autoconnect so many routers because it's also used as an ethernet cable extension i didn't have the female female RJ-45 adapters on hand, so i made a router act like a switch, no harm. also, more ethernet ports for use. WLAN AutoConfig has always been on automatic. i don't use manufacturer utilities. anyways, ill get back if anything goes DCs. i think i got the problem though... although last time i said that, the next day, i spent a couple of hours fixing it.
according to MSFT KB, the WLAN AutoConfig is NOT running in auto mode by default, unless you have manually applied the changes; also the broadcasting SSID shouldn't make it confused UNLESS all your SSIDs are name the same, then that will be the problem.
yea i must have turned it on a long time ago... don't remember =\ anyways, about the SSIDs... according to the instructions, the SSID of the WAPs SHOULD be the same as the SSID of the main gateway... which i felt was kinda weird... but you're saying they should NOT be the same right? so if my main is something like SSID1, the WAPs should not be SSID1, but SSID2, SSID3 and so on?
okay if the SSIDs are the same, did you choose between infrastructure mode (called "access point" mode in some configuration tools) and ad-hoc ("peer to peer") mode on your Wi-Fi adapters? When using a wireless access point or router, set every wireless adapter for infrastructure mode. In this mode, wireless adapters automatically detect and set their WLAN channel number to match the access point (router).
you can disable one by one's wireless function and see if that will do the trick and why not try WPA-Personal, AES? do you know that in order to get a Wireless N to work, AES must be used to achieve 300Mbps?
