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Kenneth John · 08-25-2007, 10:36 AM

I've conducted the test with having a different laptop connect to the LinkSys router via a wireless connection. Bottom line is on two separate attempts, the test laptop connected with no issues (such as causing the router to reboot). Each time I had the test laptop shut completely down, power up and then connect to my router. The test laptop was a Gateway running Windows XP.
So it looks like my wife's Sony Vaio is the cause of the router rebooting and it is not a problem with the router itself. I guess I'll just have to dig deeper into the settings on the Sony Vaio to see what could be causing it to force my LinkSys WRT54G router to reboot.

08-25-2007, 10:36 AM	#12
Kenneth John Member (6 bit) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Needham MA Posts: 45	I've conducted the test with having a different laptop connect to the LinkSys router via a wireless connection. Bottom line is on two separate attempts, the test laptop connected with no issues (such as causing the router to reboot). Each time I had the test laptop shut completely down, power up and then connect to my router. The test laptop was a Gateway running Windows XP. So it looks like my wife's Sony Vaio is the cause of the router rebooting and it is not a problem with the router itself. I guess I'll just have to dig deeper into the settings on the Sony Vaio to see what could be causing it to force my LinkSys WRT54G router to reboot.