On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Frank Sestir <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for your help. I was contacted by email, obviously I couldn't read > the f 'in manual Tom. But I did get online to linksys and read their > instructions. They were very similar to your responses. I'll give them a > try when I go to set it up (and I WILL read the manual, ty.) Reading online > it says that the autoconfig doesn't work if security is set up. The > expander has to be set up manually. I find it amazing that some people can't > be helpful and civil at the same time. > > > John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > >> On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Frank Sestir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I have a friend using a Mac Power Book computer. They purchased a >>> Linksys >>> Wireless G Expander. Any suggestions on how to connect this to make it >>> work >>> with their wireless router. They were told by the store they purchased >>> it >>> from that all they had to do was to plug it in and it would work. >>> >>> TIA >>> >> look at post 3 at this site. < >> http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7585_102-0.html?threadID=49370> >> >> The basic outline of what they did to get it to work was: >> 1) Turn off WEP on your router >> 2) Plug the WRE54G in the same room as your router >> 3) Hit autoconfig button >> 4) Browse to 192.168.1.240 and make sure the settings match your router >> 5) Change the WRE54G SSID to something DIFFERENT than your router >> 6) Turn on WEP on the WRE54G >> 7) Turn back on WEP on your router >> > > > RTFM is way too prevalent. Part of the context of the post I pointed you to was the manual was bloody awful. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
