Ann: First, call Alltel DSL support at 1-888-292-3827 and they will help you get everything up and going. The SpeedStream modem offers USB or T-base 100 ethernet connections; use the ethernet for better results. Unfortunately, their hours for support are 7a-7p so that probably means Wed. They are friendly, helpful people in my experience. No need to worry about your router until you DSL is up and running.
The Linksys routers are very good, reliable, have a good firewall and are Mac compatible. Actually, they are not Windows friendly, but rather are more industry-standard to work with any equipment, any OS. Alltel will tell you they cannot support routers (co. policy), but the set-up is straight forward. Open Safari (or your browser of choice) and enter http://192.168.1.1. The default passwork is 'admin'. The setup page will open. Host name (Alltel), domain (alltel.net), MAC address (192.168.1.1), subset (255.255.255.0), WAN is PPoE, user name, password (your rimary email acct.) Choose the options for connect on demand. Change the standard password (admin) and enter a new one you will remember and bookmark the page in case you forget. (I wrote my passwords and the IP address on top of the router because I forget everything.) Go to the <Status> menu and click on connect. If I haven't screwed up, you will see the wireless signal lights on the router start churning. Check in System preferences-Network-Automatic-Airport and see if you have a signal. There will some configuration to do, but it's pretty straight forward. Good luck. ctw On Feb 15, 2005, at 5:38 PM, Ann Richmond wrote: > I know there was a thread a while back about a Linksys router and > getting it setup. Regretably I didn't save that one. > > I just got Alltel DSL. They sent me a DSL modem which I have not > hooked up yet. I bought a Linksys WRT 54G wireless router because the > guy at CompUSA said it would work with a Mac. I can't find any > instructions on the cd which refer to anything but the usual Windows > stuff, setup wizards etc. > > Have I got the wrong piece of gear or am I just not looking in the > right place for the installer or whatever it would be? > > Thanks for any enlightnment. > > Ann > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be February 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
