Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-04 Thread Russell Senior
Richard == Richard C Steffens rst...@comcast.net writes: Richard Time today permits working on this again. I'm endeavoring to Richard set up a WRT54G ver. 6 as a wireless access point. Using my Richard laptop, I have connected its wired Ethernet port to one of Richard the 4 ports on the back

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-04 Thread drew wymore
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.net wrote: Neal wrote: Sorry but I'm out of time for now. Good luck with it. Me, too. Tomorrow's mostly tied up, but I'll try to fit in some more testing. Thanks for your help. -- Regards, Dick Steffens

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-04 Thread Russell Senior
Richard == Richard C Steffens rst...@comcast.net writes: Richard Time today permits working on this again. I'm endeavoring to Richard set up a WRT54G ver. 6 as a wireless access point. Using my Richard laptop, I have connected its wired Ethernet port to one of Richard the 4 ports on the back

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-04 Thread Neal
Richard, I rounded up a WRT54G ver 8 for testing. Resetting the factory defaults does in fact worked without changing anything as its default LAN address is 192.168.1.x and my LAN is 192.168.0.x. Also continued to work Just Fine after upgrading the firmware to the current release for my hardware

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-03 Thread Richard C. Steffens
Time today permits working on this again. I'm endeavoring to set up a WRT54G ver. 6 as a wireless access point. Using my laptop, I have connected its wired Ethernet port to one of the 4 ports on the back of the WRT54G and logged in to the WRT54G's administration page. On the Setup tab. The

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-03 Thread Neal
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.net wrote: The next section is Network Setup. I've assigned the WRT54G the IP address of 192.168.0.251 and have set the Subnet Mask set to 255.255.255.0. When I try to save those settings I get an error message that says: The

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-03 Thread Richard C. Steffens
Neal wrote: Actually, the WAN subnet and the LAN subnet are the same. So, I'm right. There is something fundamental I don't understand. You must use 192.168.1.x for the LAN if you're using 192.168.0.x for the WAN, or vice-versa. That worked, as far as finishing that part of the setup

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-03 Thread Neal
That worked, as far as finishing that part of the setup goes. But, the laptop doesn't see the Internet. Wiring is as follows: Cable from street -- Cable Modem -- Netgear Router -- Switch -- WRT54G Router -- Laptop Is the last link wired or wireless? The laptop can log in to the WRT54G

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-03 Thread Richard C. Steffens
Neal wrote: Can you ping the Netgear router? Cable modem? 208.67.216.231 (google)? No. The only thing the laptop can talk to is the WRT54G. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-03 Thread Neal
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.net wrote: Neal wrote: Can you ping the Netgear router? Cable modem? 208.67.216.231 (google)? No. The only thing the laptop can talk to is the WRT54G. What does the WRT54G configuration page say the WAN IP address is? I

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-03 Thread Richard C. Steffens
Neal wrote: What does the WRT54G configuration page say the WAN IP address is? I set a static IP address of 192.168.0.250, a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and a gateway of 192.168.0.1. I would assume you're using DHCP for that. No. But when I tried changing to that I got an assigned

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-03 Thread Neal
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.net wrote: Neal wrote: What does the WRT54G configuration page say the WAN IP address is? I set a static IP address of 192.168.0.250, a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and a gateway of 192.168.0.1. I would assume you're using

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-04-03 Thread Richard C. Steffens
Neal wrote: Sorry but I'm out of time for now. Good luck with it. Me, too. Tomorrow's mostly tied up, but I'll try to fit in some more testing. Thanks for your help. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-03-28 Thread drew wymore
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 6:31 PM, m0gely m0g...@gmail.com wrote: drew wymore wrote: Dick, Flash with with DD WRT/Open WRT and you can put it in bridge mode so it'll just act as a range extender for the Netgear and you should be good to go. Extend the range of what? The Netgear he mentioned

[PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-03-27 Thread Richard C. Steffens
I have had a Netgear RT-314 router connected to my Comcast cable modem for many years. It still works fine. I recently bought a used ReplayTV 4080 DVR. It uses an Ethernet connection to get TV program info. Currently there is an Ethernet cable running across the floor in the TV room. It

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-03-27 Thread Richard C. Steffens
drew wymore wrote: On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.net wrote: ... Can I connect the WRT54G to the switch and have it go through the Netgear router? ... Flash with with DD WRT/Open WRT and you can put it in bridge mode so it'll just act as a range

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-03-27 Thread Bruce
drew wymore wrote: On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.net wrote: I have had a Netgear RT-314 router connected to my Comcast cable modem for many years. It still works fine. I recently bought a used ReplayTV 4080 DVR. It uses an Ethernet connection to get

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-03-27 Thread Neal
Not all WRT54G upgrade well from what I have read.  Be sure to note the software version you have and read on. Hardware versions V5.0 through V8.2 (latest) only support a micro version due to FLASH/RAM reductions. Here's the somewhat hard to find supported routers link:

Re: [PLUG] 2nd Router Setup

2010-03-27 Thread m0gely
drew wymore wrote: Dick, Flash with with DD WRT/Open WRT and you can put it in bridge mode so it'll just act as a range extender for the Netgear and you should be good to go. Extend the range of what? The Netgear he mentioned isn't wireless. Flash the WRT or not, but just disable DHCP and