>>>>> "Steven" == Steven Stern <subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Steven> On 12/19/2010 06:37 AM, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
>> This only started happening a couple of days ago:
>>
>> My wife's desktop, and my laptop, connect to our broadband modem
>> via wifi. We find that now (as opposed to earlier in the week),
>> we cannot connect until we restart the modem.
>>
>> My desktop and my webserver connect via an ethernet cable (static
>> IP address). Neither machine has a problem connecting.
>>
>> Is this likely to be a hardware problem that has developed in the
>> modem, or might it be due to a recent software update?
Steven> Check for a firmware upgrade for your wifi access point if
Steven> you're using WPA2 for encryption. I think WPA is still am
Steven> moving target. When we got Macs this year, we had to replace
Steven> the access point (originally purchased in 2005) because the
Steven> WPA (which worked with Windows and Linux) just wouldn't work
Steven> with the Macs.
I can find newer firmware (mine is a Thomson Speedtouch ST585 V6 running
firmware level 5.4.0.14 which is ancient. I found 8.something.
But I can't find a way to install it. The user manual mentions ftp-ing
to the router, but when I try, most of the directories it mentions
aren't present. It's configured by Demon, and I suspect they customize
it.
I also found instructions for setting up a bootp server to do the
upgrade, but I couldn't get anything to happen. There was no request to
dhcpd from the router.
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