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WN2000RPTv2 connection issues
I'm having trouble reaching the internet through a WN2000RPTv2. It has the latest firmware (1.1.0.12) and my Win7x64 laptop shows internet connectivity and Home Group access, but I cannot reach any we...
@ optodata
I had the same problems as you after changing my router from a Frontier-provided router to a Belkin router. Before, I had excellent connection between the router and the WN2000RPT and excellent connection to Internet through the range extender. After changing to the Belkin router, I had a very poor Internet connection through the WN2000RPT (less than 1 Mbps vs. 25 Mbps). And opening the WN2000RPT webpage through my PC connected to the router took about 90 seconds to fully load.
I fixed the problem by changing the authentication setting on the Belkin router to WPA2-PSK only, instead of WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK. The encryption was AES in both cases. As I recall, the WPA authentication is intended for slower networks, so I'm guessing that using WPA and WPA2 together slows the network down. Although I didn't have the connection speed problems with other wireless clients when using WPA+WPA2, changing to WPA2 only fixed the connection problem with the WN2000RPT.
You said in a previous post that you are using WPA2-AES, but you should make sure that your router is set to WPA2 only, not a mix of WPA and WPA2.
By the way, my range extender is the WN2000RPTv1, not v2, but I don't think that this should make any difference.
I had the same problems as you after changing my router from a Frontier-provided router to a Belkin router. Before, I had excellent connection between the router and the WN2000RPT and excellent connection to Internet through the range extender. After changing to the Belkin router, I had a very poor Internet connection through the WN2000RPT (less than 1 Mbps vs. 25 Mbps). And opening the WN2000RPT webpage through my PC connected to the router took about 90 seconds to fully load.
I fixed the problem by changing the authentication setting on the Belkin router to WPA2-PSK only, instead of WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK. The encryption was AES in both cases. As I recall, the WPA authentication is intended for slower networks, so I'm guessing that using WPA and WPA2 together slows the network down. Although I didn't have the connection speed problems with other wireless clients when using WPA+WPA2, changing to WPA2 only fixed the connection problem with the WN2000RPT.
You said in a previous post that you are using WPA2-AES, but you should make sure that your router is set to WPA2 only, not a mix of WPA and WPA2.
By the way, my range extender is the WN2000RPTv1, not v2, but I don't think that this should make any difference.