Bugzilla – Bug 2740
report of unreliable wireless connection with wg602
Last modified: 2008-12-18 11:38:39 UTC
relevant details from customer: Netgear WG602 v2 using WPA-PSK with TKIP SSID HomeLAN In order to get a connection he says he has to: 1) Switch off SB3, and leave it switched off for 20 minutes. 2) Switch it on. 3) Choose to setup a wireless network. 4) Ignore the offered SSID (HomeLAN), and instead choose to key your own SSID. 5) Key EXACTLY THE SAME value for the SSID as was previously offered - in my case HomeLAN 6) Enter your key. In my case a 12-character key works; a 17-character key did not. 7) Cross your fingers whilst it connects. Usually with either 2 or 1 seconds remaining on the countdown. (The SB1 used to connect at 17 seconds remaining) 8) Cross your fingers again whilst it gets an IP from DHCP. Hopefully before the countdown finishes, and hopefully not a 169.x address. 9) Check your wireless signal strength. In my case it's always 88% or above. 10) Listen to your music!
This appears to be a problem with dhcp auto-ip assignment. I have a fix that should appear in firmware 37. Will update this bug when it's available for download.
Please try the latest nightly build with Firmware 37 and reopen if you have issues. Also, please note details of your configuration if you have not already.