[OPLINTECH] Problem roaming to a Linksys 54GP

[Phil Shirley]

This was fixed by a firmware update.

Phil

Phil Shirley wrote:
> We have 2 Linksys Wireless G access points with power over ethternet 
> (model WAP54GP), plus one cheaper Linksys G access point with no PoE 
> (WAP54G), plugged into a Linksys gigabit 8-port switch with power over 
> ethernet.  These three AP's are set with the same SSID, and are on 
> channels 1, 6, and 11.  I can roam from any AP to the WAP54G, but when I 
> try to roam to one of the WAP54GP's, here's what happens: My radio 
> connects to the new AP, and the AP I'm connected to responds to my 
> pings, but I can't do anything else on the network: I can't ping my 
> gateway or do anything else.  This happens if I have a static IP address 
> or if I'm set up with DHCP.  Other laptops can use this AP just fine as 
> long as they didn't just move from being connected to another AP.
> 
> (Strangely, and contrary to everything else I've seen, one time I got an 
> IP address through DHCP while I think I was connected to the second AP, 
> but then could do nothing on the network after that including pinging my 
> gateway.  It was a DHCP address, not one of those 169. addresses your 
> computer comes up with if DHCP doesn't respond.)
> 
> After I see that I can't do any network stuff while connected to the 
> second AP, I've tried shutting down the laptop, turning it back on, and 
> trying again, but this doesn't help.  If I wait a while, like maybe 20 
> minutes, and then try things again on the second AP, everything's fine.
> 
> Any thoughts on this?  Again, my cheaper AP does not have this problem. 
>  Thanks for any help you can give me.
> 
> Phil

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Phil Shirley
Technology Services Coordinator
Cuyahoga Falls Library
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
330-928-2117, ext. 109
pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary dot org

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