Wireless Routers for Linux?

[John Mason Jr]

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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.
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> You should be able to enter all the setup info via web interface
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>> 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.
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> Linksys user manual shows a reset button, but this may be different than 
> your model/version number
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>> The HP6840 printer has the RF link built in but has a button pressing 
>> routine that will restore the defaults without the provided software!
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>> Any thoughts on the best solution to my problems will be appreciated.  
>> This router needs to be returned but is there something else that will 
>> be better suited to my situation or should I risk another of the same 
>> type?  Ideally something that would be manageable from my FC5 system.
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> Might look at openwrt.com to help select your hardware, this would give 
> you some options
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>> I realize this is not a straight forward FC-5 problem but my Linux 
>> computer won't work on-line until I get this worked out and I doubt 
>> I'm the only one with problems like this.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Bob Goodwin   Zuni, Virginia
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> John
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