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• Connecting 2 antennas to WAP54G

  Hi all.

  I want to connect to a local (wired) network to a WLAN 2 km through 2 WAP54G in the formation of bridges. My? is on the side of WLAN do I need to connect 2 antennas to my 2nd bridge WAP54G which connects to the WLAN, so that the second antenna connects to a 3rd WAP54G in AP mode (for wireless clients) or can I connect the two with a cable.

  LAN - WAP54g = (BRIDGE) = WAPG54g - AP (WAP54g) - wireless clients.

  Or is there a better way to install this network.

  Yes, I think it should be sufficient.

• Access point WAP54G whose MAC addresses are the same

  I have 3-point WAP54G access that are connected together using wireless bridge settings found under the "AP Mode" in the menu.

  I would add a fourth unit, but as I am doing so I discovered that the 4th unit network MAC address is the same as that of the three already existing in my lan bridge WAP54Gs.   How can this be?  All units, aren't supposed to have unique MAC address of the factory.  I have triple checked to make sure that I am indeed two different units WAP54G.  Yes there is indeed to disting WAP54G units in my possession to what appears to be duplicate MAC addresses.  Then two units with double MAC addresees exsist on the same bridge LAN?  If this is not the case, is it possible to change one of the units, itg is not possible to return a device?  Thanks in advance for your help in this matter.

  David Desesquelle

  Tech Mgr.  HE

  Capricorn productions

  New Orleans, Louisiana

  (Mod Note: deleted non-public information.) (Thank you.)

  What is the common MAC address?

  Concerning

  Fred

• I need the G-Repeater for WRT610N

  Hi all

  I need to extend your wireless network.
  This network is expected to cover the four floors of the dwelling house.

  I have the WRT610N router operates in mixed mode.

  The router is installed on the 3rd floor and covers the 2nd (weak signal), 3rd (excellent signal) and 4th floors (good signal).
  1st floor is not covered or too bad, it's covered.

  Uses of PC main (large NB) N. He remains close to the router on the 3rd floor.
  Other NBs uses G, and they are more mobile. But they were not able to connect to the 1st floor.

  How can I extend the Wi - Fi coverage for 1st floor?

  I know WRE54G and WAP54G only, which can function as Expander and repeater accordingly.

  Which of them will be compatible with my mixed G, translated by WRE610N?

  WAP54G works only with WRT54G or WAP54G in Repeater mode. You can use WRE54G with WRT610N which repeats the wireless signal.

• Linksys WRT54g + WAP54g setup help

  Yes I know im using a material more older, but its what I have available lol. Hoping someone can help out me. its been listen to me like hell.

  play with it for a few days and I can not understand
  its driving me crazy lol hope someone can help.

  Here's the Setup program.

  WRT54g router is configured in A with connection Wi - Fi on.
  Laptop to wireless connection point C , which lies on the opposite side of the House. so that means that it is very weak signal.

  now looks like A-C

  Now, I tried to put WAP54g to the point B , so that she could get the signal to the point and he raises so that the signal can reach the point C

  so, it looks like now a C-B - less is what im trying to accomplish.

  the wap54g does for AP mode and I tried all the MS and cannot operate. IM missing a step, i just don't know where lol

  Access point
  The AP client
  Wireless Repeater (it seemed like the obvious choice, but it does not work or I did wrong)
  Wireless Bridge

  can anyone?

  Thank you

  If you are referring to my previous post, you can configure your access point in Repeater mode and router and wireless access point communicates and it will send the signal wireless to your laptop. If you want to connect the AP wired to the router then configure the AP in AP Mode.

• WRT54GS jumpered to WAP54G - can be done "wireless".

  I can find no confirmation that ALL Linksys products allow the fillers 'Wireless' a wireless router with a wireless access Point. The only solution I've seen involves 'wiring' a router to a WAP browser and then "wireless" bypass than another WAP WAP.

  I want a connection 'Wireless' between a router and a WAP browser. It's not that hard to is it?

  Currently I have my modem cable connected to my router WRT110 range wireless more (I could replace a WRT54GS the WRT110 if needed). What is installed on the floor and all my electronics IP based on the floor to connect to this router with cables. I have several computers downstairs who need access to the Internet as well as to communicate with the hardware on the floor. One of the computers is down already connected 'Wireless' to the WRT110. However, I extend my office on the ground floor and I want to group these computers together on a switch that is then connected to the WAP54G. The WAP54G cannot (without too much pain) be connected by cable to the WRT110 due to the design of my house.

  You would think that this scenario would not only common, but also simple to do.

  Anyone out there with a solution to this (other than to do everything down to communicate wirelessly)?

  Thanks amine.

  At least you tried to answer my question and give me a solution as possible. Fred, OTOH, is an arrogant geek and no help at all.

  I ended up solving the problem on my own. I used my existing WRT54GS wireless router and my WAP54G access point that is configured as a bridge.

  For those looking for the same solution as I type, I posted the details of how I arrived later in this post. ***

  It took a lot of trial and error. Mainly due to the fact that Linksys/Cisco online documentation and the documentation of 'aid' within the Web interface for the devices is erroneous and confusing (at least to anyone who does not work for Cisco).

  For example, any person (other than a network experienced pro) read the manual of the product, the web help screen interface on the device itself or the product description on the Web site for the WAP54G will be left asking exactly how to actually connect this device.

  I resorted to the use of Linksys ask which took a lot of research/reading just to get closer to the info that I needed. In fact, a description indicates that the WAP54G may ONLY be connected to the WRT54GS as either an Access Point (AP) or as a wireless Repeater (which would solve my problem). It does not you can connect to the WRT54GS in Bridge Mode or AP Client Mode. So, it's very misleading at first.

  In addition, when bring you up the web interface on the WAP54G and click on-screen in AP Mode, the note at the 'bottom' of the screen says that you can only connect to an another WAP54G in AP Client or in Bridge Mode. It excludes the WRT54GS device.

  However, if you click the HELP link on this page AP Mode, that the documentation says that you CAN Bridge to a WRT54GS device.

  So you can see how difficult it was getting just enough information to determine that it would be possible to fill the two devices together and solve my problem. That's why I have a bone to pick with Linksys and, apparently, no-Help Freddie.

  Here's the scenario and solution for those of you following this post who want to do what I did:

  SCENARIO:

  Connect the network segment 'A' to 'B' network segment using a wireless connection (essentially means that you need a wireless bridge).

  Network segment 'A' consists of the cable Modem connected to a Linksys WRT54GS wireless router. This router provides switching and Internet connectivity for all connected it devices whether they are with or without wire connections. In my case, I have a NAS device and a laptop connected via a CAT5 cable, and I have a TIVO box connected via the wireless connection.

  Network segment 'B' consists of a group of computers in the lower corner of my house. It is not easily possible to run a CAT5 cable out there so a wireless connection is necessary. In addition, devices to connect have no wireless cards and I don't want to spend the money to add. My approach was to wire all of these devices to a switch and then connect this switch for the WAP54G. The WAP54G then it must connect to the WRT54GS connect wireless 'haul back' (since I couldn't do cable together using CAT5.

  SOLUTION:

  Start first with the WRT54GS device:

  (1) follow the procedure of Linksys to connect your PC to the WRT54GS router so that you can access to the routers configuration utility web interface.

  (2) using the web to access the WRT54GS interface, configure the WRT54GS with the INTERNET side of the router to auto configure itself (DHCP) in the Modem/Internet cable box.

  (3) on the side of the router LAN, configure it to 192.168.1.1 IP address and set it as the DHCP server for the local network. Assign the address of 192.168.1.100 rental range 149.

  (4) you should now have Internet access.

  (5) download and install the latest version of the firmware from the site Web of Linksys (version 4.71.4 in this case).

  6) write down the "wireless MAC address" of the WRT54GS. This information is shown on the STATUS and then the screens tabs wireless web interface. You will need when you configure the WAP54G.

  5) click on the WIRELESS tab and set the SSID to something that will be common to all your connected wireless network devices. I set mine to MIXED mode and use the CHANNEL 6. I also enabled SSID broadcast (at least initially).

  6) click the fixed wireless SECURITY tab MODE for WPA-PERSONAL and serve the TKIP algorithm. Enter a character from 8 to 63 KEYS in the field. The docs say nothing about the case of the letters (LC or UC) but I found that it is important. Also, I tried to use WPA-PERSONAL2 and AES, but it wouldn't work. So use the one I mentioned to start.

  (7) to change the password for the router in 'admin' (which is the default) to something else.

  (8) save all of these changes.

  (9) the backup configuration of the WRT54GS on hard drive of the local computer.

  Now, configure the WAP54G device:

  (1) connect a CAT5 cable between the WRT54GS LAN port to the Ethernet on the WAP54G port.

  (2) use the PC connected to the WRT54GS make the configuration of the WAP54G.

  (3) connect to the WAP54G using IP 192.168.1.245, which is the default address assigned to the plant.

  (4) on the SETUP / NETWORK SETUP screen, change the IP address to 192.168.1.2 STATIC address (in any case, it must be different from the IP address on the WRT54G or there is a conflict).

  (5) download and install the latest version of the firmware from the site Web of Linksys (version 3.04 in this case).

  6) click on SETUP, then AP MODE tab change the AP to WIRELESS BRIDGE MODE and enter the "wireless MAC address" of the WRT54GS that you noted in step 6 above in one of the fields in the section of BRIDGE wireless of this screen.

  7) click on the WIRELESS tab and configure the BASIC WIRELESS settings to the same as those used for the WRT54GS (named Mode, SSID and channel).

  8) click the wireless SECURITY tab and configure the WPA-PERSONAL, TKIP and password to be the same ones you used on the WRT54GS device.

  (9) change the default password of "admin" on the WAP54G and the BACKUP configuration.

  (10) now both devices can connect wirelessly.

  (11) disconnect the WAP54GS CAT5 cable. The WAP54G and the WRT54GS should now be able to communicate "wireless".

  (12) connect a switch on the Ethernet on the WAP54G port.

  (13) connect your PC, etc. to the switch. Wireless devices will also be able to connect to the device either WAP54G or the WRT54GS device that gives the signal stronger.

  (14) a set of the PC, network etc configurations use DHCP to obtain their IP, subnet, gateway and DNS automatically (mainly the WRT54GS).

  (15) you should now be able to connect from a PC on the side WAP54G of PC and Internet network via the WRT54GS device. The WAP54G will be connected to the WRT54GS 'Wireless '.

  Ciao

• Router WRT54GS WET54G bridge question, the bridge to connect to a wired router?

  Hi all

  I have a wireless - g LAN using a WRT54GS router.  The existing wireless devices on the local network are 2 PCs, a TiVo unit (using the TiVo wireless adapter) and 2 WET54G Wireless bridges.  A bridge connects ethernet wired to a network printer.  The other bridge connects by ethernet cable to a reader Blu - Ray Sony BDP-S550.

  Security is WPA2-AES.  so far this works well, believe it or not, but I grew a lot older, making it happen.

  Now, here's what I would do: I would like to add another device LAN cable where the second bridge WET54G connects to the Blu - Ray player.  The bridge has only an ethernet cable connection, so I have to find another way to get the two devices connected to the wireless LAN.

  I have two other devices LinkSys, kicking around here that I can use.  One is a BEFSR41 wired router.  The other is a WAP54G Wireless Access Point.   If I can use one or two of those who in some way, I won't have to buy another camera.  It is the order of the day so far.

  Right now it looks like this:

  Router WRT54GS wireless wire WET54G bridge entry WAN router BEFSR41 son to two LAN devices.

  I have problems performing this work, assuming that it can still be done.  Can I get this config to work, or what I need to add the Access Point where the bridge is now, or...?

  Thanks for your time,

  Big Al Mintaka

  You already have a network working with your existing devices. What you're trying to include in your network is possible and can be done. Rather than plug the cable of the WET54G to the WAN port on the router, connect the cable to the router's LAN port. Disable DHCP and change the LAN ip address in the range of your existing network. It should work.

• WRT54g a bridge?

  Hi I upgraded old wrt54g to a wrt160n just now and I does not do anything with the wrt54g, and I was wondering if I could configure it to connect to my ps3 and direcTV box (without cable between wrt160N and the wrt54g) sorting so if a bridge or an adapter for games?

  According to Brenda, this is not possible with the firmware of the router default, but with a 3rd party firmware (i.e. dd - wrt) you can configure the router a bridge client to achieve this goal.

  Just flash with the correct version of dd-wrt and follow the instructions.

• Bridge WRT120 and WRT54G wireless?

  I have a WRT120 connected to my modem by cable in the bedroom of my house before.  The signal is very weak in the room from behind, so I would use my WRT54G spare as acess point/bridge to extend my wireless range.  Is this possible without cable?

  No, this is not possible, you need to use a cable.  However, there may be 3rd firmware of DD - WRT that can work.  Visit their web site.

• How to put in as a bridge wired by another router WRT54G

  I now have a provided verizon wireless router and want to use my wrt54G as a cable bridge.  Basically I want to use the WRT54G as a switch for connecting 3 elements that do not have a wireless (an A / V receiver, XBOX 360 and some storage networking).  The race is too long to have 3 connections directly to the verizon router, so I ran an and want the WRT54G to act as a hub of sorts.

  I plugged the release LAN of my router verizon at the entrance of the WRT54G, but no internet on the wired WRT54G no outputs.  I guess I need something to "bridge mode", but can not understand it.  I suspect also that I need to disable DHCP, assign a static IP address, and probably more, but I don't have a chance.

  Any ideas?   Help is greatly appreciated.

  What is the ip address of your router verizon?

  Make sure that the ip address of the router Verizon and both are the ip address of the router Linksys assume to be in the same network range. (E.g. Verizon router ip - 192.168.2.1, Linksys router ip - 192.168.2.2). Then connect the router verizon Ethernet cable to linksys router in the number in Port 1. Open the page of the Linksys router setup disable DHCP and wireless (as you say you want to 'use as a wired router wrt54G')

• WAP54G (v3.1) in Repeater Mode to WRT54G (v5) will not affect the IP via DHCP

  Hi, I just installed a WAP54G Access Point and define the AP as REPEATER mode.  I followed all the instructions, including the seizure of the MAC address of the router (WRT54G).  The signal seems to have substantially improved by the WAP in Repeater mode, but I can't connect to the wireless network as an IP is not able to attribute.  I tried different laptops running different wireless cards and get the same result.  Two (for WAP and the WRT) MAC addresses appear in the "monitor of the site" the utility of the wi - fi card (of course, WAP is the most powerful signal), but it fails when it tries to acquire a network address.  If I move the laptop closer to the WRT, assigns an IP address physically & I can connect, I just can't get the router to pass the IP address through repetition to the laptop.  I have updated the firmware on the two WRT & WAP.  No difference.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

  Ed Lefkowitz

  Montgomery County, Maryland Government

  Fred, you're a genius! Who did the trick!  Live and learn.  I had no idea there is more than one MAC on the WRT54G.  I appreciate your help.  Super Bravo to you.

  -Ed.

• Using a WRT54G as a bridge?

  I have an old WRT54G and I was wondering if it is possible to intertface with another wireless router in my house? I have 4 machines all need an internet connection would be nice if I could plug them all on the wrt54g and have this router to connect wirelessly to the router in my house which is connected to the net. Any ideas?

  Sports betting

  Sorry, you can not connect two routers wireless with Linksys firmware.  However, you can install firmware in party 3rd in DD - WRT that allows you to do.  Your bandwidth will be cut in half you mind.   Go the DD - WRT web site to see if your routers are supported.

• WAP54G and WRT54G to extend my wireless coverage

  
  
  

• Problem installing WAP54G in Repeater mode

  I have a WAP54G-EU 3.05 firmware and firmware WRT54G-EU 7.00.1

  I would use them in Repeater mode so I put. I also put in the WAP54G wireless to the router MAC address, the SSID of the router. The WAP54G is on static IP and the computer that is connected to it also has a fix IP address. No security option is set to none on the router and access point.

  From the desktop, connected with a wire to the access point I ping the AP, but I cannot ping the router and the desktop computer connected to the router. It seems that the WAP54G and WRT54G can not communicate with each other.

  What can I do?

  It is a known problem.

  The use of the WPA in Repeater/bridge mode interrupts the connection.

  Concerning

  Fred

• WAP54G change IP

  I have insalled a bridge (WET54G) and an access point (WAP54G) in a remote location, about 200 yards from the router (WRT54G), the bridge is attached to a directional high gain (15db-30deg distributed) Hawkins. The system works very well for a few hours or as long as there is activity within the connection on the side of the AP. After sitting idle for a few hours the AP assigns new IP addresses (such as 169.254.128.34) and I get little or no connectivity to the remote location. I can turn off the AP for a few seconds, power up and select Repair and it works very well 'again. "

  There are 2 computers to the trapdoor, connected wireless and 3 wireless connected to the router and my BlackBerry to two points. I have no hard cables in each position except for the installation of computers. The system is configured as an infrastructure.

  Any suggestion why it is reasigning or wht/do try?

  spearmint57 wrote:

  I have insalled a bridge (WET54G) and an access point (WAP54G) in a remote location, about 200 yards from the router (WRT54G), the bridge is attached to a directional high gain (15db-30deg distributed) Hawkins. The system works very well for a few hours or as long as there is activity within the connection on the side of the AP. After sitting idle for a few hours the AP assigns new IP addresses (such as 169.254.128.34) and I get little or no connectivity to the remote location. I can turn off the AP for a few seconds, power up and select Repair and it works very well 'again. "

  There are 2 computers to the trapdoor, connected wireless and 3 wireless connected to the router and my BlackBerry to two points. I have no hard cables in each position except for the installation of computers. The system is configured as an infrastructure.

  Any suggestion why it is reasigning or wht/do try?

  In my view, that there is some confusion here.

  OU said that the AP assigns to the new IP 169.254.128.34 and your while end up with little or no connection.

  The 169.254.128.34 is a windowz default IP address that is assigned to a customer when the customer does not receive a response from the DHCP server.

  Apart from that, can not change the WAP54G is not IP randomly without human intervention.

  In my view, that the question is one of the integrity of the connection. You will need to determine where the link is a failure between the client and the WAP54G or between the WAP54G and the WRT54G.

  The WAP54G c a study on site to check the level of the signal. While this is not final, we found that the signals below 50% in Mixed Mode / G seen fail easily. In mode B, this phenomenon seems to be more common below 20%.

  Also check the security used, they must match. You will also notice that you cannot use WPA in Bridge/Repeater mode. Also check the integrity of the pass phrase be used, there are characters (punctuation, special characters and spaces) that will allow the connection fails immediately or after a period of use. Most immediately, there is also a requirement of the length.

  Also check the SSID, they should be the same. We discovered that if there is another device with the same SSID with the proximity of the bridge then the Red device will interfere with the bridge causing it to fail.

  Securing your bridge is limited, we suggest disabling SSID boadcast. While this is NOT a security measure it masks the presence of your network.

  Concerning

  Fred