Trouble connecting Xp clients wirelessly - 1.74

[mookie]

This is an excellent router for the most part with stock firmware (1.74).  In fact, I have tested it against some high end routers like wnr3500l and wrt610nv2and outperforms them, especially in terms of the wireless speeds and media server function using PS3.

 

However, a problem I have is that sometimes my 2 XP clients (one with an N adapter and another laptop with a G adapter) will not connect on start-up or wakeup until I do a right-click repair on the wireless icon.  The interesting thing is that none of my Vista clients experience this problem.  Any ideas how I can solve this?

 

My wireless settings and DHCP settings are:

 

Model AirStation Name Mode Switch Status Operational Mode Movie Engine Status Internet LAN Wireless(802.11n/g/b)

WZR-HP-G300NH Ver.1.74 (R2.06/B1.07)

Automatic Mode

Router Mode ON

ON

Method of Acquiring IP Address Connection Status Operation IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway DNS1(Primary) DNS2(Secondary) Host Name Domain Name MTU Size DHCP Server Address Lease Start Time Lease Period Wired Link MAC Address Auto Detect Mode - DHCP Communicating   255.255.255.0    (Via DHCP) 71.252.0.12 (Via DHCP) 71.242.0.12 (Via DHCP) AP00 (Manual) 1500 2010/09/22 20:43:16 2010/09/22 22:43:16 1000Base-TX (Full-duplex) C0:

IP Address Subnet Mask DHCP Server MAC Address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 Enabled 00:

Wireless Status SSID Authentication Encryption Broadcast SSID Privacy Separator Wireless Channel 300Mbps Mode MAC Address MAC Access Control WPA2-PSK AES Enable Disable 1 (Manual) 40 MHz (Extension Channel : 5) 00:24:

 

DHCP Server Settings [Advanced Settings]

Advanced Settings

Display

Lease Period Default Gateway DNS Servers WINS Server Domain Name

Hour(s)

AirStation’s IP Address   (192.168.0.1) Specified IP Address Do Not Specify

AirStation’s IP Address   (192.168.0.1) Specified IP Address Primary: Secondary: Do Not Specify

Assigned IP Address    (none) Specified IP Address Do Not Specify

Assigned Domain Name    (none) Specified Domain Name Do Not Specify