> bartho***@comcast.net wrote:
> > I am having problems with my wireless network using WEP on XP
laptops.
>
> > I have a SMC router, a laptop using ME, a laptop using XP Pro, and
a
> > laptop using XP Home.
>
> I had an SMC7004WFW.  Worked fine for a couple of years.
> I have a wired WinXPHome and a wireless 2000 pro, and a few visitors
of
> unknown variety.
>
> Then I set up a new system for someone, using WinXP Home.  Wireless
> connection would work for a couple of hours, and quit.  When that
machine
> quit, my laptop wireless would also stop working.
>
> I could use the wired connection to disable/enable wireless, or
reboot the
> router, or I could power cycle the router and it would work again.
>
> I thought there was something wierd with that one system.
>
> Then I upgraded my laptop to WinXP Pro.  My Orinoco silver, a DLink
DWL-122
> USB dongle, and a Netgear WG511 all had the same problem in my
laptop.
> They'd work for a while, and then the wireless in the router would
hang.
>
> I took the SMC to work where I only connect for a few minutes at a
time.
> If I leave it connected for a couple of hours, it hangs the wireless
> router.  I put a Netgear WGR614v4 router in at home, and it's fine.
>
> The Linksys BEFW11S4 that I connect to regularly has no such problem,
just
> the SMC.  Of course SMC support has never heard of such a thing, and
there
> are no firmware updates for the router, which is discontinued.
>
> Netgear WGB511 802.11g Wireless Networking Kit $74.99 - $25 = 49.99
> WGR614v4 Router and WG511 PCMCIA card that I have.
>

>
> This setup works well with WindowsXP.  I did have to upgrade the
drivers
> for the WG511 card, but that was simple enough.