Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-29 Thread Russell Senior
> "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: wes> He's already spent the money. Just let him do it the way he wants wes> to. It's possible there is something wrong with his Linksys wes> device. Russell> Possible, but unlikely. ;-) John> It is also possible there is a (perhaps deliberate) John> inc

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:03:01 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >wes> He's already spent the money. Just let him do it the way he wants >wes> to. It's possible there is something wrong with his Linksys >wes> device. > >Possible, but unlikely. ;-) It is also possible there is a (perhaps deliberate) inco

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-29 Thread Russell Senior
> "wes" == wes writes: Russell> Now, since you aren't sharing your tubes with the neighbors, Russell> I didn't jump in right away. I suspect a PEBKAC issue. It Russell> pains me to see you go around in circles. If you want, I can Russell> come fix it for you. If it takes me more than 15

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-29 Thread wes
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: > > John> Up on the Linksys I have once again given. It will go into my > John> Clinic box and next month maybe we'll have time to play with it > John> at Free Geek. It might be good to leave it th

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-29 Thread Russell Senior
> "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: John> Up on the Linksys I have once again given. It will go into my John> Clinic box and next month maybe we'll have time to play with it John> at Free Geek. It might be good to leave it there for those John> occasions when the wireless is down. John> I

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
Up on the Linksys I have once again given. It will go into my Clinic box and next month maybe we'll have time to play with it at Free Geek. It might be good to leave it there for those occasions when the wireless is down. I have ordered a D-Link DWL-2100AP access point: http://www.d-link.com/pro

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-28 Thread wes
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 08:10:45PM -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:38:34 -0700 > > wes dijo: > > > > >> Default GW > > >> 192.168.0.1 > > > > >You cannot specify a default gateway in the Linksys (or any other

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-28 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 08:10:45PM -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:38:34 -0700 > wes dijo: > > >> Default GW > >> 192.168.0.1 > > >You cannot specify a default gateway in the Linksys (or any other major > >brand's) router's stock firmware. This may be possible with an >

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-28 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:10:45 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:38:34 -0700 >wes dijo: > >>> Default GW >>> 192.168.0.1 > >>You cannot specify a default gateway in the Linksys (or any other >>major brand's) router's stock firmware. This may be possible with an >>aftermarket fi

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-28 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:38:34 -0700 wes dijo: >> Default GW >> 192.168.0.1 >You cannot specify a default gateway in the Linksys (or any other major >brand's) router's stock firmware. This may be possible with an >aftermarket firmware. The Linksys web setup pages allowed me to do so, but afterwar

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-28 Thread wes
> > Default GW > 192.168.0.1 > You cannot specify a default gateway in the Linksys (or any other major brand's) router's stock firmware. This may be possible with an aftermarket firmware. > > There may be a setting to have the Linksys bridge all > interfaces, if you can find that enable it. (I

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-28 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:33:20 -0700 (PDT) "Michael" dijo: >OK, try >this: >Plug the Linksys into the 16 port switch, leave it at >192.168.0.3 >Enable it to be a DHCP server with these >settings: >DHCP range 192.168.0.65 - 192.168.0.99 >Default GW >192.168.0.1 >DNS servers - whatever they are for y

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-28 Thread Michael
John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:16:16 -0700 (PDT) > "Michael" dijo: > >>John, you've not ever stated what IP addresses and IP configs >>your Linksys is handing out. >>Reading through the threads I don't see any >>full, in one post, listing of how the DLink and Linksys are

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-28 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:16:16 -0700 (PDT) "Michael" dijo: >John, you've not ever stated what IP addresses and IP configs >your Linksys is handing out. >Reading through the threads I don't see any >full, in one post, listing of how the DLink and Linksys are >addressed.  This information is needed f

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-28 Thread Michael
John Jason Jordan wrote: > Then I tried to connect the phone. Still could get an IP address from > the D-Link. Finally, I went back to the Linksys setup and turned DHCP > server back on, then was able to connect the phone. But the phone still > cannot go anywhere. > > So the firmware upgrade

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-28 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:19:15 -0700 wes dijo: >> >> I also note that at the very top of the main setup page there is a >> dropdown box with the following options: >> >>Automatic Configuration DHCP >>Static IP >>PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) >>PPTP (P

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-27 Thread wes
> > I also note that at the very top of the main setup page there is a > dropdown box with the following options: > >Automatic Configuration DHCP >Static IP >PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) >PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) > > Automatic Configu

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:19:59 -0700 Ken Stephens dijo: >Set you wireless on it's own subnet in front of your other router. >The subnet should be different from your current subnet. If your >current subnet is 192.168.0.0, the make the LAN subnet 192.168.1.0/24. > >Have it receive the signal from y

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-27 Thread Ken Stephens
Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 27 Mar 2011, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > >> The number of possible permutations in the settings, even eliminating the >> ones that are obviously irrelevant, is staggering. I could spend the rest >> of my life trying things. >> > What the heck, John? It's

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011, John Jason Jordan wrote: > The number of possible permutations in the settings, even eliminating the > ones that are obviously irrelevant, is staggering. I could spend the rest > of my life trying things. What the heck, John? It's raining and will continue to do so. Might

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:04:25 -0700 wes dijo: >> >> The D-Link is a gigabit router that serves me well. Its IP address is >> 192.168.0.1, although the Linksys appears to see it as 192.168.0.0. >> >The network number (192.168.0.0) is not the same as a host's IP number. >Also, this doesn't matter in

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-27 Thread wes
> > The D-Link is a gigabit router that serves me well. Its IP address is > 192.168.0.1, although the Linksys appears to see it as 192.168.0.0. > > The network number (192.168.0.0) is not the same as a host's IP number. Also, this doesn't matter in a switched LAN situation. Setting it up with the

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:45:19 -0700 Michael Ewan dijo: >On 3/25/2011 7:20 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> My home is all ethernet, so I have never bothered with wireless >> devices. However, I now desire to set up a recently acquired Linksys >> WRT54GL so that only my laptop and phone can connect.

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-27 Thread Michael Ewan
On 3/25/2011 7:20 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > My home is all ethernet, so I have never bothered with wireless > devices. However, I now desire to set up a recently acquired Linksys > WRT54GL so that only my laptop and phone can connect. The laptop > normally sits in its mini-dock where it is con

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-25 Thread wes
> > > >> I set a password in the Administration tab. Is that where I set the > >> WPA password? > > >That's the password for the management interface for the Linksys. In > >the management pages, there should be a Wireless tab, and a Wireless > >Security sub-tab. WEP bad, WPA good. > > On the Setup

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-25 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:21:58 -0700 wes dijo: >The D-Link is acting as the DHCP server for your network. If the >Linksys is in switch mode, the D-Link's DHCP server will work for your >phone. The problem is something else. >> I set a password in the Administration tab. Is that where I set the >>

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-25 Thread wes
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:42 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:42:51 -0700 > wes dijo: > > >you can put tomato or another aftermarket firmware on it, but this is > >probably not ideal in your situation. > > I tried to understand the tomato pages, but it was even more confusing

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-25 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:42:51 -0700 wes dijo: >you can put tomato or another aftermarket firmware on it, but this is >probably not ideal in your situation. I tried to understand the tomato pages, but it was even more confusing than the Linksys configuration pages. >For simplicity, I advise putti

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-25 Thread wes
you can put tomato or another aftermarket firmware on it, but this is probably not ideal in your situation. From what I've seen, you subscribe to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" school, which means you are unlikely to be willing to replace your D-Link with the Linksys. This means you're going

Re: [PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-25 Thread Patrick J. Timlick
I suggest putting www.polarcloud.com/tomato on it. Tomato works better and is easier than stock. My WRT54GL has been running Tomato for years. I found enough info online to get mine going, although it took several hours. -- Patrick Timlick On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 7:20 PM, John Jason Jordan wrot

[PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

2011-03-25 Thread John Jason Jordan
My home is all ethernet, so I have never bothered with wireless devices. However, I now desire to set up a recently acquired Linksys WRT54GL so that only my laptop and phone can connect. The laptop normally sits in its mini-dock where it is connected via ethernet, but I want it to connect to wirele