plhome2: "airstationwep" - 128-bit WEP (13 ASCII characters)
2WIRE: "xxxxanitayyyy" - 128-bit WEP (13 ASCII characters)
2WIRE DHCP server must be (appears to be) be enabled, only those devices with leased IP addresses (randomly assigned or pre-fixed that are known to 2WIRE router) are allowed access to the Internet - otherwise blocked.
2WIRE router security setting requirements
The custom pass phrase entered is not valid for the selected encryption type. WEP encryption requires either 10 hexadecimal characters or 5 ASCII characters to enable 64-bit encryption and 26 hexadecimal characters or 13 ASCII characters to enable 128-bit encryption.TKIP (WPA-PSK) & AES-CCMP (WPA2-PSK) require either 64 hexadecimal characters or an ASCII “pass phrase” between 8 and 63 alphanumeric characters.
Trouble Shooting:
- When having Internet problem (for example, upstream very slow - as is the case since early 2012) connecting from downstairs, wire or wireless, reseting the Linksys workgroup switch might resolve the problem.
