WRT54G + 770 = no WPA, no .11g
 

I have a Linksys WRT54G wifi router. I had it configured for WPA w/PSK, but nothing I did could make the 770 work with it, including bumping down to 802.11b.

Once I bumped it down to 802.11b AND set it for WEP, I am now able to connect consistantly. I don't like having to use a proven easily-crackable protocol even if it's just for home use. Yeah, I know I can set up MAC filtering, etc, but if someone's gonna crack my WEP key, they can sniff my wireless MAC addresses as well. This is unacceptable.

If anyone has gotten a WRT54G working with their 770 WITH WPA, please let me know. Also, please make a note of what firmware you are using. I'm using Alchemy-V1.0 v3.37.6.8sv.

There are some previous posts that indicate the maximum key lengths the 770 supports and others have had similar issues. I tried to search for them but my search words were too short.

Anybody remember where that info was?

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I use a vanilla WRT 54 G (v4.01.1) and WPA PSK works fine.

edited to add: I had some problems first but after setting a 13 key password it worked

Our WRT54G has the standard Linksys firmware, 4.20.7. WPA works fine. It's set for WPA Personal with TKIP encryption and a 60 (yes, sixty) character shared key.

The Linksys is set to accept 802.11b and g connections because one of our laptops only does b. I'm not sure what the Nokia actually connects at.

I read the previous post about wifi problems, but I guess I was skimming and missed the parts about key length, or figured they were unimportant... I'll go back and re-read it again.

Also, maybe I'll "downgrade" to the latest standard Linksys firmware, if that'll let me do WPA with my 770. I used keys that were only 8-10 characters... maybe I'll try playing with the key length as well.

Thanks for your input!

I have two linksys wrt54g's (one stock and one DDWRT) and they both work fine with WPA PSK. My key is 8 digits.

It was the firmware... running mixed mode WPA right now with the official Linksys 4.20.xx on my version 2 WRT54G, no problemo. 14 character key.

My experience with the Linksys WAP54G v2 access point was that I had to use WPA with AES encryption, not TKIP nor TKIP+AES.

Now I am able to use the 770 with WPA and AES, my preshared key is 15
ASCII characters.

I have had a lot of frustration with finding Linksys PCMCIA cards which have the ability to use AES. I just keep sending them back until I get one that can be upgraded.

I'm using a WRT54G with DD-WRT firmware, WAP, AES encryption, and a 33-character key and I've never had the slightest problem connecting with the 770.

There is no upper limit for TKIP or AES key length, they can be as long as you want.
For WEP, there are upper limits and they are defined in the 802.11 standard. 770 follows the standard in that regard, so there are no issues here. I tried to explain the rationale behind WEP key lengths in one of my previous posts:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...=4539#post4539