On Thu, July 27, 2006 11:58 am, Winterlight wrote: > I have a couple of new Linksys wireless routers that I want to deploy to > my LAN, with my existing Belkin Router, in an attempt to isolate my WAP > from my LAN. I want to set these Linksys Routers up before I hook them > into the LAN. > > With Belkin Routers all I have to do is use my Printserver laptop to boot > into 98, setup up TCP/IP with specified IP numbers, then plug the router > directly into the NIC, and use IE to log directly into the routers > setup. I can then set everything up the way I want. Power down the LAN, > plug the new router in, and power back up. > > I have not been able to log into the Linksys like this. There is no > mention of setting up TCP/IP to direct connect the router. There is a > default log in IP 192.168.1.1 but it won't let me log in regardless of > what I set the NIC up for = 192.168.1.100. > > > There is a software CD and some kind of easy button that I don't want any > part of. How am I suppose to get into the Router to set it up?So is > there is no direct access to a Linksys router? Do I have to screw with the > easy button software? > > I bought the Linksys because they allow for external antenna replacement, > but I am begging to think I made a mistake! >
I think that some linksys models required that the WAN port have a link before their set up would work - if you have a spare switch, plug the WAN port in to that (IIRC, it doesn't need to actually be connected to anything - it just must have link). Then you can try your setup again. They should run DHCP on the LAN ports out-of-the-box, so a computer that's plugged in to one of them should get an IP address. If it doesn't, hard reset the router by holding down the reset button for 30 seconds or more (this should erase the NVRAM) and then try again. Jamie
