pogue
04-16-2006, 05:10 PM
I have a wireless network connecting multiple PCs throughout the household. Only one device is using a non Linksys adapter card, which is this Dell Inspiron 6k laptop I'm using.
The router is far off in another part of the house and I'm getting a poor signal, so I bought a LS WRE54G. This one is the model w/o the ethernet port and just has an auto-configuration button and a reset switch.
On my router I'm using WPA2 encryption, but from what I've read the WRE54G only supports WEP. Is there a firmware upgrade to make the WRE54G compatible with WPA2 or should I just sell this thing on eBay? If anyone has any experience with getting this device to work, please let me know. If you have a link, or can walk me through it, or know if Linksys tech support can do it, I would appreciate it.
On a side note, I just bought longer antennas for the router and it doesn't seem to be helping much either. I'm wondering if I should try some third party firmware or something else.
I found this design online for a homemade Parabolic Antenna (http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template/) and was wondering if that might help increase my signal strength. Does anyone have any experience with these types of things?
Thanks for your help.
The router is far off in another part of the house and I'm getting a poor signal, so I bought a LS WRE54G. This one is the model w/o the ethernet port and just has an auto-configuration button and a reset switch.
On my router I'm using WPA2 encryption, but from what I've read the WRE54G only supports WEP. Is there a firmware upgrade to make the WRE54G compatible with WPA2 or should I just sell this thing on eBay? If anyone has any experience with getting this device to work, please let me know. If you have a link, or can walk me through it, or know if Linksys tech support can do it, I would appreciate it.
On a side note, I just bought longer antennas for the router and it doesn't seem to be helping much either. I'm wondering if I should try some third party firmware or something else.
I found this design online for a homemade Parabolic Antenna (http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template/) and was wondering if that might help increase my signal strength. Does anyone have any experience with these types of things?
Thanks for your help.