Linsky freezes I have a wireless G 2.4GHZ router which was working just fine until my daughter returned from the USA and I had visitor from Canada. They both had laptops and since my router is unsecure they were able to log on. The problem is whenever they get on the internet the linsky freeze,that light that blink stop and we can no longer get on the internet

can you access the Linksys page while on wireless even if it gives you page cannot be displayed error when you browse?
try to do a hard reset on the router and reconfigure your wireless connection. just press the reset button for 10 seconds to reset it properly.

Don't see why not.

You can reset the wireless router simply by pressing the little button in the back of the router for 15 seconds (using a pen or needle). This will reset the entire router back to default where the "admin" username and blank password will work. To reinstall, just go to Linksys website and download the software for your brand. It will walk you thru easy setup and will take you approximately 5 minutes to reinstall.

Maybe it is an electricity problem, or it's nearing the end of it's life. I bought 2 routers till now.each one worked fine for 2 years and then never worked.You should buy a new one or check if there's something with the electricity . Maybe a higher voltage

Under this condition you should connect the linksys router physically by LAN cable and that try to get connected with and reconfigure it properly as per your requirement. If still unable to solve the problem than kindly reset the unit to factory default by pressing the reset button.and that try to get connected with and reconfigure it properly as per your requirement.

are you connecting the laptop hard wired or wirelessly?

for wired connection, just plug the ethernet cable from the router to the laptop and it should work fine.

for the wireless connection, check on the wireless network connection. for xp, click on start> control panel> network connections> right click wireless network connection> then click on view available wireless network> then select your network.. for secure wireless connection, type the security key then click connect. :-)

You need to edit you're router's wireless settings, maybe there is a conflicting default network w/in you're range. Make sure you change the SSID (wireless name) to a unique name, the channel I advise you to set it to CH11, and enable wireless security as well, you can go for WPA-Personal it will be supported by XP and it's a good encryption method. And try removing all the network's listed on the "preferred networks list" on windows to make sure there won't be any conflicting wireless profile.

If you're after the default userR/password to log in to the admin-intaserface on the router it's usually ussername=root and password=admin

If it's the wep-key it's asking for there are software that can fetch this from your computer, but it's probably just as quick and easy to change the wep-key in the router and set up your writeless computers with that key.

generally speaking any compatable wifi unit should work with any other unit.. In saying that yes it is "Better" to get all the same make if one can.. but not essential.

I have found a router freezes up due to memory leaks. After a while it just uses up all its available memory and can't make a new connection. Calling the manufacture and raving until they send you the firmware fix for the memory leak is the best option. In the meantime, just pull the power plug on the thing and when it comes back up it will be fine (until it uses up all its memory).