I have been having some problems lately with WEP on my WAP11 1.1. Lemme take it from the top as it is alot to explain. I will explain the events in the order they occured.
1st - About 2 weeks ago all of a suden the AP stopped functioning. I had it stacked on top of a 16 Port Linksys Switch that was stackable in the same fashion as the WAP11. I had them in an equipment closet and when I went to go check the AP it was pretty hot. So I unstacked the equipment and moved the AP to a cooler spot. I have since then installed a shelf to allow for better air circulation for the two pieces of equipment. I had been using the AP with WEP 128 Bit and an Orinoco Gold card Windows XP for quite a while before this happened. After messing around with the AP for a bit, I just generated a new WEP Key using the SNMP Management app and setup the key in Win XP. After that, the AP worked fine.
2nd - Took AP home for the weekend from office to where I had been using it before I took it to the office. Plugged in in at home and it worked fine.
3rd - Brought AP back to office and set it up on the well ventalated shelf. It worked fine for about 3 days then all of a suden while using it today the same thing happened where it was not authenticating with the WEP Key. I tried to do the same thing I did last time, but it did not work. I got out a USB cable so I could reset the AP to factory defaults. AP works with factory default settings.
4th - I am no longer able to use the SNMP utility to actually apply changes I have made. I can use the AP fine when WEP is not enabled. I know I have all of the settings setup in Win XP and on the AP that I had before all of these problems started happening. But as SOON as I ENABLE WEP I can not get on the AP.
I have tried a bunch of other things like reload the latest firmware and such. Im thinking that maybe there is an update to either the WAP11, my Orinoco Card, the Client Manager Software, or maybe some other patch that maybe I am missing. Or it could possibly be that the AP was damaged by heat. Allthough I do not know how it could be heat damage if the only thing on the AP that is not working is WEP and the ability to save changes using the SNMP management tool.
ANY HELP would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks.