My old DI-624 wireless g router died. I have a winxp desktop with a pci nic card (DWL-G520), another winxp desktop with a usb adapter (DWL-G132), a toshiba winxp laptop, a nintendo wii, and a DWL-G820 gaming adapter/bridge originally used for an xbox (and now used for a panasonic blu-ray player).
I use WPA1 TKIP.
I bought the DIR-615 a week ago and decided to change the WPA password.
I have discovered that if a device tries to connect to the DIR615 with the wrong WPA password, the DIR615 won't let that device onto the network/internet even after the correct WPA password has been updated in that device. In order for that device to successfully connect to the DIR615 and get on the internet, I have to reboot or power cycle the DIR615.
For example, a friend that connected to my old DI624 with his laptop. He comes over and turns his laptop on. It first tries to connect to the new DIR615 with the old WPA password. It doesn't work. I tell him the new WPA password and he types it in his laptop. The DIR615 still doesn't let him on the internet. I have to reboot or power cycle the router. Then the DIR615 lets him on the internet.
Another example. My desktop with DWL-G520 nic card connects to the DIR615 just fine everyday (I turn it off every night). Then one day just to see what happens, I have my desktop send the DIR615 the wrong WPA password. The DIR615 doesn't let the desktop on the internet. I change the desktop back to the correct WPA password. The DIR615 still doesn't let the desktop connect to it. I power cycle the DIR615 (or reboot it from another computer). The DIR615 now lets the desktop connect.
I have DIR615 hardware version C1. Firmware version 3.10NA.
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