On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:42:51 -0700 wes <[email protected]> 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 putting the Linksys in place of the D-Link. >You can configure it however you want. > >Since you're not going to do that, what you need to do is use the >Linksys as a switch rather than a router. The way to do this is to >leave the Internet (or input) port empty, and connect the Linksys to >the D-Link on one of the numbered LAN ports. Use the Linksys' >configuration webpage to change its local IP to 192.168.0.something, >preferably something you can remember, like 2. Then, turn OFF its >internal DHCP server. Now it will act just like a wireless switch. Understood. But it doesn't work. First I connected a cable from my 16-port switch to one of the numbered ports on the Linksys. I was unable to connect to the Linksys via 192.168.1.1 or -0.1. I also tried moving the cable from the 16-port switch to the D-Link router, but I got the same results. Then it dawned on me that it is transmitting, so I should be able to connect to it from the laptop. I did another factory reset (so I would know for sure that the address is 192.168.1.1), removed all cables, and the laptop was able to connect to it. Then I set its address to 192.168.0.99, because the rest of the network is -0-. I connected a cable from one of the numbered ports to the D-Link router. And finally I went into the Administration tab and set a password. It all appears to be fine, except that the phone cannot get an IP address. It sees it, but the Linksys is refusing the connection. I assume this is because the phone expects to connect to a DHCP server, and the Linksys is no longer doing that. >As far as wireless security, MAC address based lockdowns are useless. >You can set a WPA password and put that into the phone and laptop. I set a password in the Administration tab. Is that where I set the WPA password? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
