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  1. Poloshirtbandit

    Poloshirtbandit Member

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    I have a Linksys WRT54GL and a Nokia Phone. I've never had trouble connecting anything to the router (PS3, laptop etc.), but when I try to connect the phone it says "invalid password." I can connect it to my apartment's free wifi no problem and at other places.

    I even tried removing the password from my router but it still asks for a password and says invalid when I try to enter. If it means anything, I'm using WPA2 but I've tried WEP and WPA as well.
     
    #1 Poloshirtbandit, Dec 9, 2012
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    Try hard reset on the phone or reset the phone all together. Regardless, it seems to be a issue with the phone not the router.
     
    #2 MIAGI99, Dec 10, 2012
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  3. Puss In Booty

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    Struggled hard with a Linksy's wireless router for about a year. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Giant pain in the arse.

    Got fed up one night, bought a Netgear router, & life on the internets got a WHOLE lot easier in less than two minutes.




    The Linksy's now sits in a junk box in the closet ... Where it belongs.
     
    #3 Puss In Booty, Dec 10, 2012
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    A couple years ago I had a device that didn't like my network name. I changed the network name and it decided to connect. Tried that yet ?
     
    #4 Scionxa, Dec 10, 2012
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    Building on this, make sure your SSID doesn't have any special characters in it, just keep it to A-Z and 0-9.

    Also, make sure your router is updated with the latest Firmware. You should be able to find the update link within the administration panel.
     
    #5 Svpernaut, Dec 10, 2012
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    Are you freaking kidding me? Install dd-wrt firmware and it's one of the best router out there. I still own the WRT54GS and never really have to reboot it.

    Best thing to do is go here http://www.dd-wrt.ca/site/support/other-downloads. Select v24-sp1>consumer>Linksys and make sure if your router is WRT54GL_1.0 or WRT54GL_1.1 and download the dd-wrt.v24_std(voip or vpn)_generic.bin. The default login after the dd-wrt firmware update is user "root", password "admin".

    http://www.dd-wrt.ca/wiki/index.php/Linksys_WRT54GL

    If you don't want to go through all this(which I totally recommend installing the DD_WRT firmware) then just reboot or reset your router.
     
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    Right on ... That sounds a whole lot easier than taking something out of a box, & plugging it in. What was I thinking? :rolleyes:
     
    #7 Puss In Booty, Dec 10, 2012
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    This did it, thanks.
     
    #8 Poloshirtbandit, Dec 11, 2012
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    DD WRT is the whole reason I bought this particular router after reading reviews. Probably the first connection problem I've ever had with this one that I can recall. I've had it for about 3 years now.
     
    #9 Poloshirtbandit, Dec 11, 2012
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    I actually agree with CB for once, and in fact, recommended this to a friend just two days ago when he had issues connecting an old laptop to his linksys router. He was able to install the firmware in a few minutes and it fixed his issue right away.

    It's actually very, very simple to do this upgrade.
     
    #10 The Captain, Dec 11, 2012
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