On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:27:39 -0700 Chuck Swiger <cswi...@mac.com> wrote:
> Hi-- > > On Aug 11, 2011, at 5:03 PM, eculp wrote: > > In a trade with a "friend", I ended up with a Linksys E3000. The only > > windows machine that I have is my wife's 10" laptop that doesn't have a > > dvd. I use FreeBSD or pcBSD for everything, workstations, servers, etc. I > > need to configure this thing but can't find any instructions on web based > > configuration. The FAQ and the dvd all imply that you must run the windows > > installation programs. I doubt that is true. I've used other Linksys > > products, printservers, AP's, etc. with no problem. > > > > Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > You can do a reasonable job of configuring an E3000 without using the Windows > installer-- manually set up the laptop at IP 192.168.1.2 using a direct > ethernet cable, and the router ought to be at http://192.168.1.1. Note that > most of these Linksys Exxxx models, especially the ones with the "L" prefix > are updated variants of the classic WRT54G(L), and you might consider running > DD-WRT instead of the stock Cisco/Linksys firmware. > > Regards, > -- > -Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Mine just handed out 192.168.1.1 via DHCP, and I was able to configure it with the browser. But I returned it to Best Buy as it didn't have as good a range as the older one I was replacing. I didn't need to use the DVD at all to configure it. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
