Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-12 Thread Ben Barrett
:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Ben Barrett > *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2008 10:41 AM > > *To:* Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > *Subject:* Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers > > Curious -- how many boxen in the housen, Jason? Do they all ge

RE: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-12 Thread Jason LaPier
__ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Barrett Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:41 AM To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers Curious -- how many boxen

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers - anybody had this problem?

2008-03-11 Thread Ben Barrett
I do need to get a UPS or two. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, Bob > > > > Eugene, OR - Tucson, AZ > > > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > > Of Ben Barrett > > Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers - anybody had this problem?

2008-03-11 Thread Michael Miller
efer the classes used by 802.11, Voice, > Video, Best Effort and Background. > > > > I do need to get a UPS or two. > > > > > Cheers, Bob > > Eugene, OR - Tucson, AZ > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Ben B

RE: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers - anybody had this problem?

2008-03-11 Thread Bob Carlson
ice, Video, Best Effort and Background. I do need to get a UPS or two. Cheers, Bob Eugene, OR - Tucson, AZ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Barrett Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:37 PM To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Eug-lug]

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers - anybody had this problem?

2008-03-11 Thread Ben Barrett
I have not, and also have a Linksys PAP2 from Viatalk connected to my Linksys NAT-router -- although I have never seemed to need to fuss with QoS. I also do not have any LAN bridge or other switch, as you do. Is your switch a separate device, or are you referring to a multi-port router? If stand

RE: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers - anybody had this problem?

2008-03-11 Thread Bob Carlson
I have a couple of these. One is the main router, the other configured as a bridge to connect my office to the router and cable. At the router I also have a Linksys PAP2 (connected to the switch with an Ethernet cable) which is the IAD for a ViaTalk voip line. I set up QOS to favor the PAP2 usi

RE: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-11 Thread Darrough, James
. Sincerely, Jim Darrough -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of larry price Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:25 PM To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Ben

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-10 Thread Ben Barrett
So sorry to offend, apparently it is my own brand of being radical... pushing buttons and such. I am fully human and not entirely humane. Good to hear that Comcast is getting schooled. Thanks for schooling me Larry. It sucks to be irritated, huh? ~ben On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 7:25 PM, larry pr

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-10 Thread larry price
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PS - and in regards to the earlier comment about Comcast... I mean hey > c'mon, if you were MY customer and violated OUR business agreement I'd leave > you right away. I'm pretty sure Comcast's fine print doesn't allow most

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-10 Thread Ben Barrett
TECTED] > >> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:00 PM > >> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > >> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers > >> > >> I've had no problems with my WRT54G on the linksys firmware. > >> > >> I

RE: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-10 Thread Allen Brown
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:00 PM >> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group >> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers >> >> I've had no

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-10 Thread Ben Barrett
And, depending on the protocols and how poorly they're designed, TCP/IP may even do that for you On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:47 AM, silver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Jason LaPier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > if I get around to it I think I'll look at th

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-10 Thread silver
- Original Message - From: "Jason LaPier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > if I get around to it I think I'll look at throttling P2P > traffic to see how that works out. Comcast will do that for you ;-) ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http:/

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-10 Thread Ben Barrett
On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:00 PM > > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers > > > > I've had no problems with my WRT54G on the linksys firmware. > > > >

RE: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-10 Thread Jason LaPier
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:00 PM > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers > > I've had

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-05 Thread Michael Miller
Depending on your needs a it sounds like more memory is one of them. You might take a look at one of these. http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm I'm going to be replacing soon ( After tax season I hope. ) my WRT54GS with two Alix boards. I have one now running as my firewall running Zeroshell. You

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All someone has to say is extra memory, and I'm on board. You know...helping to organize the Ignite event is sure to help with EXTRA MEMORY. :) -kk ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-04 Thread Ben Barrett
768k is more than enough for anyone! (oh, 6 times). On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:30 AM, BB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Mr. O > > All someone has to say is extra memory, and I'm on board. How many time has > one been shorted by devices with insufficient memory? > > Brian > ... __

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-04 Thread BB
I'll probably stick to the well worn documentation trail of DD-WRT, but there's Tomato mentioned a second time. I'll need to look into that. Brian On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM, silver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > > > I'm curious w

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-04 Thread BB
Thanks Mr. O All someone has to say is extra memory, and I'm on board. How many time has one been shorted by devices with insufficient memory? Brian On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Web interface is enabled by default on the inside. You can > enable web access

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread Mr O
Web interface is enabled by default on the inside. You can enable web access to the interface from the outside as well. SSH is also supported in DD-WRT. You can also disable access to the web interface for wireless clients. You buy the "linux model" of the router because it is the WRT54G v4 which

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread silver
- Original Message - <[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > I'm curious which of the DD-WRT specific features people > find most useful What else? > > I've found that if you enable remote admin and don't bother > changing the password, there are a lot of helpful people on the internet that wil

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread Dwight Hubbard
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Hal Pomeranz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Be careful with this. If you crank it up too high, you can overheat > the box and destroy the hardware. Also, technically there are FCC > limits on how high you can set this, although I suspect that your > chances of h

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread Ben Barrett
I've set static IP's numerous times with factory-issued Linksys firmware... by MAC address, which could be spoofed, but just wanted to point out that this is possible without after-market firmware. DO use the latest version of the firmware in any case, and NOT what comes on the device. My best re

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread erock23175
Isn't Lynksis the greatest ISP? I have found so many places where they just let you hook up, no login or anything! >> I cranked? >> it down. If it doesn't reach outside my house it is really? >> hard to break in.? >? > Indeed. The default setting is higher than most people need? > for a

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've had no problems with my WRT54G on the linksys firmware. I'm curious which of the DD-WRT specific features people find most useful. Hal likes RADIUS. Someone else wanted static IPs (though I think Tomato was selected for that). What else? Also, I've found that if you enable remote admin

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread Hal Pomeranz
> The default firmware is quite usable for most people. It did > not meet my needs. Actually, my experience has been that the default firmware in most consumer-grade APs is very buggy and unstable. I was constantly resetting the AP because it would lock up. Since I switched to DD-WRT, the thing

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread Allen Brown
What firmware you use should be determined by your needs. Kinda obvious, but it needs to be said. The default firmware is quite usable for most people. It did not meet my needs. I required static DHCP. Basically I wanted all the computers on my net to be easily addressed by the others. I have

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread BB
This individual I'm helping uses Clearwire, may or may not, have a business, and I don't know much beyond that. I just want to help them get their encryption turned on and be done with it. I think, for me, the WRT54GL is a mature technology that's well documented. That's good enough for my eventu

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread Ben Barrett
Brian, this site might help you out some: http://www.linksysinfo.org/ Also, just wanted to comment [I've had coffee now, so hopefully I'm more helpful & making more sense!] that you should be able to find some online recipes/lead-throughs on enabling WPA for the Linksys routers, since they are suc

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread BB
Thanks Hal I'm not much of a command line guy, so that sounds good to me. I'm doing a little info fishing, in preparation to buying the WRT54GL. I just wanted to get back to this "little old lady" with some info. I'll need to do my own reading for my setup; I mean DD-WRT is still the "way to go

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread Hal Pomeranz
> Linksys' installed software on the WRT54GL has a browser-based > administrative interface. I haven't used ddWRT but I'd expect it to > be possible to administrate it through a command line. DD-WRT does in fact support remote administration via SSH (not enabled by default-- you have to turn it o

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread BB
Thanks Bob Browser based makes it easier to talk to this person about setting up WPA encryption on their WRT54G router. They will have to wait till I get my WRT54GL router in a couple of weeks. I'm assuming the router interfaces are very similar. Brian On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Bob Mill

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread BB
Thanks Ben I'll have to ponder what you said. Unfortunately for me I work Thursday Nights. Hopefully that will change this year and I can start to hangout at the meetings again. Brian On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're using DD-WRT or anything

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread Bob Miller
BB wrote: > 1) I just need to know if the access to this router is through a command > line interface. Many of the newer routers, such as my D-Link DI-524, use a > browser based interface. I imagine this browser based interface is sort of > like the Win Modem, not too popular with the command li

Re: [Eug-lug] WRT54G and WRT54GL routers

2008-03-03 Thread Ben Barrett
If you're using DD-WRT or anything similar (customized after-market firmware upgrades for embedded routers/waps/firewalls), I don't see why you need the linux model of the router. If you use any linux-based device, don't assume that you get command-line access, and conversely, you can get command-