WPA-PSK DHCP issue on Linksys WRT54G
I run a Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN card in my HP zv5000 laptop. My wife runs an Intel PRO/Wireless Network Connection 2100B on her Toshiba Port=E9g=E9. We both have the latest drivers installed from the v3.1 WRT54G cdrom. The router firmware version is 4.20.7. The router has no trouble whatsoever assigning multiple IP addresses in response to DHCP requests using WEP encryption. I have the client quantity set to 5 on the WRT54G. The problem I observe is independent of MAC address mask enable/disable. The preshared key I use was generated from the WEP setup -- 128bit.
However, when the router is configured with WPA PSK encryption, only one client successfully completes DHCP registration. The other is shutout -- it appears DHCP times out, suggesting that a data link error arises. The "Billyware" network status indicator states "Limited network connectivity." If the HP client configures the router for WPA, only it can successfully complete a DHCP request; the Toshiba times out. If the Toshiba client configures the router for WPA, only it can successfully complete a DHCP request; the HP times out.
I have tried this configuration operation 5 times. It fails identically for WPA encryption -- nice and deterministic :-
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Leon Spinks in Wireless Networking
