Re: Wireless Routers for Linux?

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 15:21 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> John Mason Jr wrote:
> 
> > Bob Goodwin wrote:
> >
> >> Can anyone suggest a "wireless" router they have had success with?
> >>
> >> I bought a Linksys WRT54g, gave up on it and returned it.  The 
> >> installation software only works with Windows and our efforts at 
> >> installing it on a Mac were frustrating to say the least. Tech 
> >> support is through New Delhi, the people are fine but the language 
> >> problem is near impossible!  That was replaced with a Belkin 54g 
> >> which at least came with usable installation software  but the 
> >> quality is poor,  I'm about to return the second one with an 
> >> intermittent power connector which has been causing maddening problems.
> >
> >
> >
> > You should be able to enter all the setup info via web interface
> 
> 
> Yes, if you can bring up the web interface, it doesn't always work.

> 
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> My FC5 Linux system has a Linksys WET54G "wireless" bridge.  I 
> >> discovered that when you get that configured wrong there is no way to 
> >> restore factory defaults except with a Windows computer and the 
> >> supplied installation software.
> >
> >
> > Linksys user manual shows a reset button, but this may be different 
> > than your model/version number
> 
> The instructions tell you to press reset and/or pull the power plug and 
> if that fails use the install software.  I have never been able to 
> verify that the reset button does anything of value to me?  I've pressed 
> it numerous times to no avail.
I think you have to od more than push it . You have to hold id for 10
seconds for the reset to be effected.

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Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>