Linksys WRT110 and Windows7

My old but trusty XP PRO machine is failing and will be replaced with a new
windows7 machine. I plan to use the same WRT110 with the new machine. Has
any reader connected a WRT110 router and Windows7?
Best,
Seamus J.Wilson

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:01 -0700, "Seamus J. Wilson" <>
wrote:

>My old but trusty XP PRO machine is failing and will be replaced with a new
>windows7 machine. I plan to use the same WRT110 with the new machine. Has
>any reader connected a WRT110 router and Windows7?

It's standard Ethernet. Of course it'll work. Why wouldn't it?

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:01 -0700, "Seamus J. Wilson" <>
wrote:

> My old but trusty XP PRO machine is failing and will be replaced with a new
> windows7 machine. I plan to use the same WRT110 with the new machine. Has
> any reader connected a WRT110 router and Windows7?



The fact that you are going from a Windows XP machine to a Windows 7
one doesn't matter. A router connects hardware, and the operating
system isn't really involved.

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"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in
news::

> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:01 -0700, "Seamus J. Wilson"
> <> wrote:
>
>> My old but trusty XP PRO machine is failing and will be
>> replaced with a new windows7 machine. I plan to use the
>> same WRT110 with the new machine. Has any reader
>> connected a WRT110 router and Windows7?
>
>
>
> The fact that you are going from a Windows XP machine to a
> Windows 7 one doesn't matter. A router connects hardware,
> and the operating system isn't really involved.

Do I recall some routers needed a bios update when Vista came
out ?

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:40:54 -0600, DanS
<> wrote:

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in
> news::
>
> > On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:01 -0700, "Seamus J. Wilson"
> > <> wrote:
> >
> >> My old but trusty XP PRO machine is failing and will be
> >> replaced with a new windows7 machine. I plan to use the
> >> same WRT110 with the new machine. Has any reader
> >> connected a WRT110 router and Windows7?
> >
> >
> >
> > The fact that you are going from a Windows XP machine to a
> > Windows 7 one doesn't matter. A router connects hardware,
> > and the operating system isn't really involved.
>
> Do I recall some routers needed a bios update when Vista came
> out ?



Not that I know. But if so, and what I said was wrong, I'd like to get
some details about it.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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Ken:
There is a Firmware update at
http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/...RT110/download. Have a great
day.
--
Dennis Pack
Win-7 Enterprise x64, Win-7 Professional x64.
"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:40:54 -0600, DanS
> <> wrote:
>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in
>> news::
>>
>> > On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:01 -0700, "Seamus J. Wilson"
>> > <> wrote:
>> >
>> >> My old but trusty XP PRO machine is failing and will be
>> >> replaced with a new windows7 machine. I plan to use the
>> >> same WRT110 with the new machine. Has any reader
>> >> connected a WRT110 router and Windows7?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The fact that you are going from a Windows XP machine to a
>> > Windows 7 one doesn't matter. A router connects hardware,
>> > and the operating system isn't really involved.
>>
>> Do I recall some routers needed a bios update when Vista came
>> out ?
>
>
>
> Not that I know. But if so, and what I said was wrong, I'd like to get
> some details about it.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:45:35 -0500, "Dennis Pack"
<> wrote:

>Ken:
> There is a Firmware update at
>http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/...RT110/download. Have a great
>day.

I didn't see anything about Windows compatibility in the firmware
Release Notes. Can you point it out?

Thanks.

>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The fact that you are going from a Windows XP machine to
>> > a Windows 7 one doesn't matter. A router connects
>> > hardware, and the operating system isn't really
>> > involved.
>>
>> Do I recall some routers needed a bios update when Vista
>> came out ?
>
>
>
> Not that I know. But if so, and what I said was wrong, I'd
> like to get some details about it.

I could be wrong, or maybe it was because of Vista coming with
IPv6 enabled. I looked around but couldn't find anything solid.

I'm going to keep looking.

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:29:44 -0600, DanS
<> wrote:

>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > The fact that you are going from a Windows XP machine to
> >> > a Windows 7 one doesn't matter. A router connects
> >> > hardware, and the operating system isn't really
> >> > involved.
> >>
> >> Do I recall some routers needed a bios update when Vista
> >> came out ?
> >
> >
> >
> > Not that I know. But if so, and what I said was wrong, I'd
> > like to get some details about it.
>
> I could be wrong, or maybe it was because of Vista coming with
> IPv6 enabled. I looked around but couldn't find anything solid.
>
> I'm going to keep looking.



OK, thanks.


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"DanS" <> wrote in message
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>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > The fact that you are going from a Windows XP machine to
>>> > a Windows 7 one doesn't matter. A router connects
>>> > hardware, and the operating system isn't really
>>> > involved.
>>>
>>> Do I recall some routers needed a bios update when Vista
>>> came out ?
>>
>> Not that I know. But if so, and what I said was wrong, I'd
>> like to get some details about it.
>
> I could be wrong, or maybe it was because of Vista coming with
> IPv6 enabled. I looked around but couldn't find anything solid.
>
> I'm going to keep looking.


There were also some updates in regards to a change in some of the published
IEEE standards. I remember troubleshooting such an issue with
Vista/Outlook2007 where syncing to the exchange server over RDP in a remote
site wouldn't work properly/reliably until updating the router. Router in
question at the time was the RV042.

I'd have to dig through old notes to find the specific standard.