Rich Emberson wrote:
I run Fedora 9 (only, no windows or macs). I recently was given a Linksys WRT54G2The wireless router is self-contained. You do not need any software to work with it. The software on the CD gives Windows (and maybe Macs) utilities to measure wireless signal strength and stuff like that.Wireless-G broadband router with its installation CD (which according to the terse instructions has a windows and mac modes - of course no Linux). I want to use this as simply a wireless access point to my existing LAN. I already have a router and DSL internet connection.
The router is configured by its internal web server. Others have noted that you access that at 192.168.1.1, no userid, and a password of "admin". That is if the subnet and password weren't changed by the previous owner. Others suggested ways around this. I do recommend using a wired connection to the router to configure it.
The one issue I think you will run into is that with the Linksys software, the WRT54G2 will want to act as a router. It will perform its own NAT. You can cable it to the existing router, but then any wireless connections will be on a different network segment than your wired boxes. The two solutions I see are 1. replace the existing router with the WRT54G2, or 2. install alternate firmware that gives more functionality, like simply providing a wireless access point on an existing network segment.
The two most popular replacement firmwares are dd-WRT and OpenWRT. One or both have versions intended to fit on a smaller memory router. I have installed one or the other on a WRT54GS. I don't have any experience with a WRT54G2. You could look at both websites and see what they say about your model.
Hope this helps. Andrew Robinson