Linksys WRT54G2

Craig White craigwhite at azapple.com
Thu Aug 28 22:49:30 UTC 2008


On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 18:44 -0400, fred smith wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 03:27:47PM -0700, Rich Emberson wrote:
> > I run Fedora 9 (only, no windows or macs). I recently was given a Linksys
> > WRT54G2
> > 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.
> > 
> > Anyone have any experience or links which can help me figure out how to use
> > this puppy?
> > 
> 
> And to post a 2nd reply to the same message:
> 
> i meant to add that you don't need their windows software for anything.
> Those puppies all export their UI via a web page. If you don't know what
> IP address it is configured for, you should be able to restore it to its'
> factory settings by powering it on and pressing the little reset button
> on the back of it and holding it for 30 seconds. Then you should be
> able to connect a cat5 to one of the lan ports (not the wan port, the
> one that would go to your modem) and browse to 192.168.0.1 or maybe it's
> 192.168.1.1, don't recall which.
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Linksys defaults to 192.168.1.1

Configure your computer to either use DHCP or to use 192.168.1.100 (IP),
255.255.255.0 (Subnet Mask), 192.168.1.1 (Gateway) and you can open
Firefox and connect to a new Linksys router by typing http://192.168.1.1
(login name is blank, password is admin)

Craig




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