Laptop forgets to connect to router
 

Just wanted to ask a little advice

Ive recently purchase a new Linksys WRT610n Router,

which ive set up for

1. Laptop (Acer) wireless
2. PC Wireless
3. Xbox 360 (wired)
4 PS3 (wired)

When I first configured this new router, it was via ethernet to the laptop, and once sorted I removed the ethernet and established a wireless connection.

From there I then set up the connections for my other kit.

The only problem I have ( and its not a major one ) is that every time the Laptop is turned off at night and then turned on the following day.

It wont connect to the wireless network unless I go into the linksys software (on the laptop) and tell it manually to connect.

Which it does and then all is well with the world.

Any advice for a novice

Re: Laptop forgets to connect to router
 

Personally, I'd remove the linksys wireless manager and let windows deal with connections. Generally speaking, I find third party wireless management tools create more problems than anything.

Remove it and connect via the windows wifi manager

Re: Laptop forgets to connect to router
 

^ what he said ^

Re: Laptop forgets to connect to router
 

fair enough will give it a go, its a shame really because I like its simplicity of it.

thanks gents

Re: Laptop forgets to connect to router
 

Just out of interest, you're not using Vista are you? with the SSID set to not broadcast, I noted that you have to specifically tell the connection to connect when hidden in windows, dunno if its also a feature of the linksys wireless manage manager as well.

Re: Laptop forgets to connect to router
 

AFAIK the ssid has not been disabled, and the other equipment (PC) which is also wireless connects fine.

I think the laptop is XP but I will have to confirm when I get home as I didn't take much notice of the wife's laptop.:)

I use the Linksys manager software at present, which shows all devices past and present seen by the router, so not sure what you mean by "hidden in windows"

Thanks

Re: Laptop forgets to connect to router
 

This seemed to do the trick, and the laptop now connects fine.

The only issue I had initially was that little scrote had hacked into my new router and changed the passphrase etc so I couldnt connect wirelessly anymore.

So in effect it did me a favour because I did a hard rest of the router and then chose to uninstall the Linksys wireless manager software.

Thanks for the info guys.

Re: Laptop forgets to connect to router
 

What encyrption method are you using out of interest?

Re: Laptop forgets to connect to router
 

Wpa/wpa2

Re: Laptop forgets to connect to router
 

Just as an FYI, on my vista laptop, it will not automatically connect to a network if the SSID for the network is not being broadcast even if it has been setup to in the past. You have to go to the connection and tick the option for it 'connect when hidden' other wise it'll complain it cannot find the network.

I set my SSID to not broadcast as I have to use WEP encryption (my primary, older; laptop only supports WEP) so not broadcasting the SSID in an area where there are 10+ networks is just an extra layer of security. And yes the admin password of the router is some God awful combination of letters and numbers so it's as secure as I can make it without MAC filtering and I haven't been bothered to get that sorted out yet.

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Do you know where that is?

As both my parents laptop would connect to my linksys router with SSID not broadcasting, but my laptop, xbox 360 & PSP all connected.

If I can set it to not broadcast I'll be happier.

I'm using the window network manager and not linksys.

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Yes I understand where your coming from and SSID broadcast was on at the time, thanks for heads up anyway