Hi all i need a bit of help i have just got a new router its a Linksys wireless-g model WAG54G at the moment i have a laptop (Wireless) and my PC (hard wired) linked to it internet works fine on both machines but its not letting me on hotmail or yahoo and its stopping me from doing the windows update i have never used a linksys before so im not sure of the settings can anyone shed some light on this for me?

I used that same router no problems at present. My compter like yours is hardwired and then there are two lap tops and two towers wireless.

Only problems I ever ran into was trying to set a couple of antique computers up to it wireless. Probably problom with their bios.

Really odd, you can get on line, surf pages, but can not hotmail, yahoo mail or do windows updates. Sounds like security settings maybe in the firewall or your WEP settings.

Last item, silly on my part but just in case, if your browsing / using Firefox you can not up date windows (only with IE).

Good luck

yeah it seems strange to me also, i can browse all websites but when i go to windows update it times out it wont let me go on hotmail either there is also a forum i use and there it wont let me post. all security settings are off eg: firewall on router

Hey If its web user forum ur talking about send me the info you want to post and will put it up for you.
Dark :shock: :shock: :roll: :roll: :evil: :evil: :twisted: :twisted:

That forum is fine dark its BOC|UK

Maybe this will help

http://www.techsupportforum.com/archive/index.php/t-45603.html

http://hardware.mcse.ms/archive80-2005-1-130879.html

http://www.tech-forums.net/computer/topic/18780.html

One or two of those had the same problem and the info there cured it.

Just a thought but maybe you should try and hook your lap top directly (not wireless) and see if you can still pull down microsoft updates and hotmail/yahoo mail. Just incase there is something else going on.

Everything I read so far kind of indicates that the problem lay in the MTU settings. Try something like 1400 or 1454.

I'll keep looking. Good luck :wink:

Last night i had a live chat with support at linksys they suggested the same thing unfortunately i set the mtu to 1400 and refreshed settings...........Then i was locked out of the router had to do a reboot and set it back to auto detect they told me that the only thing left was to update the firmware so i did that and still have the same problem....... So im thinking that its a setting i have missed somewhere i have turned off the router firewall and that makes no difference now im compleatley stuck :roll: :oops: :roll:

Sorry to hear that. I'm fresh out of ideas but will keep looking. Good luck brother :wink:

Well i and linksys have gave up on this router i had another live chat with them and the last comment they made to me was just take the router back to the store and get a refund :oops: so thats what im gonna do ill take the wireless stuff outta the pc & lappy and see whaqt else they have at PC world everyone seems to recommend Netgear anyone have any thoughts on this?

Sorry nothing on Netgear here. Using a combination of Linksys and Datalink. Now that I think about it the unit with the data link has a hard time staying connected. Even with the better antenna I installed. Hummmm.........

If you have wireless encryption turned on, turn it off. Several " Messaging" programs ( and others ) don't play well with wireless security encryption. Just a thought.

Ok now i am really confused today i swapped the linksys router for a NetGear DG834GT and i get the same problem no windowz update and no hotmail damn is there anything else im missing here
i cant believe i could be that unlucky to get 2 routers that dont work properly????? has anyone got this router so i could go through the settings with them.

BTW: im using hardwires for the pc and the laptop is wireless

All sorted fluffy i did the opposite that everyone said instead of putting mtu settings to 1400 i put it to max of 1500 and weeeeeeeeeeeee its all working

Way cool and congrats brother :wink:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/ try that link ,not sure really what u looking for ,hope it helps