i have a linksys wrt54gs on one floor, and an smc eliteconnect smc2555w-ag on the 2nd floor. i am using 128bit wep shared mode. all the computers that connect to the linksys are fine. most of the computers that connect to the smc are fine. but a few have some major issues. these are all fairly new computers, mostly less than 6 months old, bought brand new from compaq/hp. when i turn on the laptop, it detects there are available networks. the option to enter in a wep keyt is grayed out, the option for 802.1x is checked and grayed out so i cannot change it. this option is not checked on configs that work. (i dont think i use that) so to put in the key, i have to go into advanced, then configuration. i select shared key WEP, and then enter the key. it doesnt even seem like there is enough room for 26 characters. i press ok, still will not connect to the smc AP. it says it detects networks again, i go in, the wep option is grayed out again. i go to manually enter it again, it switched wep to WPA. if i do the same thing, same thing happens- nothing. og back in, WEP changed to WPA again. these computers that wont connect to smc network, will connect to linksys easily. what kind of diagnostics and/or troubleshooting steps should i try to figure this problem out?? thanks a lot for your help Kevin

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