how can I make my Linksys router encryption work with SBC DSL? The only way it works now is w/o encryption.?
I’ve tried using Linksys’ 64-bit and 128-bit encryption for its wireless router. When I try to use them, I lose my SBC Global DSL connection to the internet.
You internet connection isn’t going down but only the ability of your wireless devices to access the internet. Once you enable encryption on your router you then need to configure you laptop/pc’s wireless connection to match the ssid and wep key. Once that is done then your connection should work just fine. Wep isn’t the best security but it is a start. If you are going to use it then I would use 128bit and disable broadcast ssid.
As for configuring your laptop/pc it depends on if you are using an application or depending on windows to control the wireless card. An external card could be using an application. If it is an internal built in card then more than likely it is being controlled by windows. You can go to your network connections and verify. If so then there is an option to configure your wep settings.
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