AirPort Extreme + Linksys WRT54g?

I have a Nov 09 AirPort withought dual band networking, that replaced a like 2005 Linksys WRT54G router.
I was wanting to do this and see if it is possible.
Have AirPort set up as main router, N only. Have Linksys as extended, connected via ethernet, set to wireless-G. Having the N only devices connect to AirPort and all non-N connect to Linksys.
Will the linksys make the AirPort run slower at G speeds? Right now everything is connected to AirPort g/n devices only. I wouldnt want to end up doing all this work and all the speeds be the same.

Will the linksys make the AirPort run slower at G speeds?
No, with the Linksys connected to the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) by Ethernet, you can create a "simultaneous" dual-band network, where non-"n" clients would connect to the Linksys router and not affect the bandwidth of the AEBSn.

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Airport Extreme, Linksys Router WRT54G: Internet is Impossibly Slow

I have a problem regarding wireless internet activity on my Powerbook G4. In my house, I have a Linksys Router (WRT54G) that has worked fine for other laptops (including an iBook running Airport Extreme, a Powerbook G4 running Airport, and an iMac running Airport) for many years. When I got a refurbished Powerbook G4 1.67 GHz with Airport Extreme, I found that while Airport could be configured to recognize the wireless network (with a WEP 40/128-bit encrypted key), it barely works on the computer. The signal strength is strong (the laptop is hooked up right above the Linksys router), but the Internet barely works at all. Surfing to webpages takes 10-20-30 sec to work, and often the connection seems to drop off all together. Something is clearly wrong because despite the fact that this is my fastest computer with the fastest wireless capability, it runs at a slower pace than any computer I have ever used on the web.
I was wondering if anyone has had similar problems with getting Wireless Extreme on Powerbook G4s to work with this particular (and older) model of Linksys wireless browser (WRT54G). Some Internet sleuthing led me to believe that perhaps the router firmware needs to be updated or something like that, but I haven't really found any definitive answers. If there is anything wrong on the laptop-OS-side, I have no idea. I would appreciate any pointers that you can provide!
Thank you to all,
Matthew
Computer:
Powerbook G4
1.67 GHz
1 GB DDR SDRAM
OS 10.4.8
Wireless Router:
Linksys
Model: WRT54G
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1.67GHz, 1GB DDR SDRAM

Hi all,
Thank you for your help. Unfortunately, my problems persist.
I was able to reset my router and to configure it again on the web-based router configuration.
As per your suggestion, I tried switching the Wireless Network Mode to "G-only." Not only did this kick off my older computers on the network (an old iMac and an older Powerbook G4, both with normal airport), but it did not fix the speed problems on the new Powerbook G4/with Airport Extreme. I am back on the mixed setting now in order to get most of the computers on the network back to their old working states...
I also tried disabling my WEP encrypted key but found that this did not speed anything up at all.
I have upgraded my firmware from its previous version, v 1.41.2 (very old!), to the latest from the Linksys website: v 4.30.5. This has not helped at all either.
Is it possible that there is any setting on the Powerbook/Airport Extreme itself that is causing these problems?
Thank you all again for your help,
Matthew
Powerbook G4 Titanium Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1gHz, 512mb RAM

AirPort to Linksys WRT54G w/WPA

So it's the holidays and I'm at my mother's house, where someone set up a wireless network through a Linksys WRT54G. Through her computer we printed up the router's security info, but the network seems to be carefully hidden--nothing shows up under the AirPort drop-down menu. When I use Internet Connect to try and log in manually, the available fields don't seem to match so that I'm not ever sure I'm doing it right.
Linksys, for example, uses a "WPA Pre-Shared Key" but my PowerBook's Internet Connect menu only offers WPA Personal or WPA Enterprise. Which one to use? Neither seems to be working--WPA Personal seems to get closer than any other method, recognizing the network but not connecting.
Does all this stuff about TKIP and algorithms have anything to do with anything?
Thanks for any help.
Bob

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424

Airport Extreme + Linksys Gaming Adapter?

I am thinking about getting the AE to boost my range. I currently use a Linksys Wireless-G router. I also have a Linksys Wireless-G Game Adapter connected to my Xbox360. I was wondering if I can connect my Linksys Game Adapter to the AE. If so, how well does it work? Anyone have any experience or suggestions?

Linksys will only give me a 10-digit hexadecimal password in WEP. AE requires 13 digits.
That indicates that the Linksys only allows you to use the extremely weak 64/40 bit WEP which uses a 5 ASCII character (==10 hexadecimal character) password.
When configuring the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS), try holding down the option key and selecting the encryption.

New Airport Extreme in Bridge mode -- some devices have no internet access

I just bought a new Airport Extreme as my old one which was probably 7 years old required restarting every day. My setup is as follows: DSL cable modem to Linksys Router (for a long set of convoluted reasons, I can't remove this layer) and then Airport Extreme. This is how I had it set up with my old one. The only difference is I recently started looking into using "Back to the Mac" on MobileMe and in order for it to work, I set my new Airport Extreme to Bridge mode due to dual NAT. I have an iMac, PC, MBP, MBA, iphone 4, AppleTV and ipad. All was working fine last night when I set it up. 24 hours later, for some odd reasons, I can't have my PC accessing the wireless network at the same time. If I did, it would knock my iMac off the network and says some other device is using the same IP address. For a while, only my iMac (my main computer) can access it and even my iphone can't. At this very moment, my iphone, imac and MBP all have access to the wireless network. My MBA and iPad has no internet connection. I've restarted Airport Extreme, Linksys, and modem more than once... If I switch back to "Use Public IP Address" instead of Bridge mode, everything works except for "Back to the Mac"... Help!

Hey Bob, Thanks...I have already repeated that multiple times yesterday and today but to no avail. I tried to get into the Linksys router control panel but unfortunately we can't remember the username and password (the router is not mine). The make things even more complicated, the router is actually part of the internet package provided by the ISP and they use a PPPoE to log in. Theoretically, we could do a hard reset but the problem is the ISP will not release the PPPoE information unless we sign a long and complicated form saying we want to bypass their Linksys router. We can do that but this process will take days and weeks... Our ISP confirmed that the Linksys router is set to max out at 5 DHCP but we can only connect 3 machines at a time. They are coming out to take a look tomorrow but in the meantime I have reset the Airport Extreme to "Distribute a Public IP Address" mode which will allow access to all computers/devices. What's even more weird is that if I did the Bridge mode, it messes up the Linksys router's own network as well. We can't even just sign into that network... Any ideas why?

Speed issue with the AirPort Extreme (802.11n)

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help out with this.
I am the Design Manager and IT Director at a publishing company where we have just upgraded to an AirPort Extreme (802.11n) base station to drive our network. We went this route as all of our machines are Mac Minis with built-in Airport and we were in a situation where re-doing a hardwire on the building was not going to be a possibility due to budget costs.
Our new configuration seems to be running very well and has the following devices connected to the AirPort Extreme:
Linksys Firewall Router (which was used on our old system and was requested by corporate to stay in the lineup to keep the static IP addresses we've already defined for our printers, VPN, etc. intact). The configuration on this part is modem to Linksys router to uplink port on the Airport).
New Panther, Intel based Xserve connected to the Airport's Ethernet port 1.
A 4 port ethernet switch connected to the Airport's Ethernet port 2 which drives four of our HP LaserJet printers.
Ethernet port 3 is not occupied.
All of the ethernet cords connecting our equipment are brand new.
For the most part, everything's been running blazing fast with a remarkable speed increase over our old hardwired setup. However, I've received a few complaints about slow speeds when dragging and dropping and working with files that are stored on our Xserve - we get alot of the "spinning wheel" and the transmission speeds seem very slow.
At present, we have several category 6 ethernet cords on backorder. I was planning on using one to take advantage of the gigabit ethernet capabilities between the Airport and the Xserve (as these are the only two elements of the network that support gigabit ethernet, besides the majority of our Mac Minis. Printers and cable modem are only 10-100 capable, so those will stand as is).
Can anyone tell me if the gigabit ethernet cord will be the solution to this one slow aspect of the new network? Any other settings I could apply to possibly speed up the transmission time when moving files to and from our server? Good news is that every workstation in the house is getting a full 4 bars.
Many thanks!

PS, just wanted to point out that we are also running in bridge mode.
Thanks!

Can't use my HP Deskjet F4580 Wireless Printer with the AirPort Extreme Base. The printer is NOT connected at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme, and is placed in another room. It worked just fine with my previous router (Linksys WRT54G). Help me!

Hey Guys!
I just got my AirPort Extreme Base, but I can't use my HP Deskjet F4580 wireless printer with it.
The printer is not connected to the AirPort Extreme's USB port. It is placed in another room, and I'd like to use it (the printer) wirelessly (not connected to the USB port os the AirPort Extreme), as I used to. There is no place for the printer close the AirPort Extreme. It worked just fine with my previous wireless router (Linksys WRT54G). I'm very disappointed with the AirPort Extreme Base Station because of that!...
Can you help me? Please?!
Thanks Folks!

This must be a tough one, no suggestions at all.

Airport Extreme and Linksys WRT54G v8 set up in WDS mode not working

Hi, I am trying to set up my Linksys WRT54g v8 router with DD-WRT v8.0.0.6 firmware as a WDS remote to my Airport Extreme Base Station set up as the WDS main, with WPA2 personal encryption, and it appears that they are talking to one another, but when I plug in a mac with ethernet to the Linksys, I can hit the linksys router to program it but it won't go out to the internet and gets a self-assigned IP.

Welcome to the discussions!
Duane posted a list of known WDS compatible devices about 6 weeks ago and the Linksys WRT54G or WRT54GS were shown as compatible, but not v5. Your post indicates that you have v8, so this may not be possible.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9745841&#9745841

Airport Extreme communication with Linksys WRT54G v6

We originally had Linksys connected to dsl modem; dell laptop was able to connect to internet; the mac could not. We purchased Airport Extreme and it is connected to the modem. All Mac laptops are online with excellent signal; Dell is online but has intermittent connection. We were told at the Apple Store to continue using the Linksys anywhere in the house; that it would pick up a signal from the Airport Extreme; that it only needed to be powered on, not connected to the modem or Airport Extreme. The Dell receives an excellent signal from Linksys when it is powered on but has "limited or no connectivity" to the internet. Is it true that the Linksys does not need to be connected via ethernet cable, that it will pick up a signal? If so, how can we get the Dell online using the Linksys?

Hmm, peer to peer works but not peer to router?
A couple of thing to try
first make sure boardcasting of the SSID is on in the router.
when I first set it up I had to have it on for it to "see" the router, after I disable SSID boardcasting and it worked like a champ, until it died on me for good last week but that's another show
second thing: if you have MAC address filtering on the router make you added the new airport card's address to the filter, or else you won't be able to connect.
third: Macs have problems using the other wep keys beside the first one listed in the router so I have seen. IE: using the second wep key might not work. Make sure you are using the first one. Try to mirror the settings of the other iBook if you can.
fouth: in system prefs. > network > Airport > make sure under preferred networks yours is listed.
the fifth which is kind of lame is unplug the router for a few minutes and replug it in, this worked for me on some cases.
what I did to set up my networks is I turn the airport card on (a given) and the clicked other as the network it pops up a place to give the SSID and wep key, usually this works and this is actaully how I have to connect each time.
BTW I have both a d-link router and a linksys router and it's basicly the same deal with each.
If nothing works, trade the card in and see if it happens with another card, is not hey your good to go, if so, might be the iBook or a bad install of OS X on it Some go as far as reinstalling OS X (wiping out the old install), when they get a new mac.

Linksys WRT54G bridge to AirPort Extreme Base Station

Is this possible?

The Linksys WRT54G appears to be one of the very few non-AirPort routers that may be WDS-compatible with the AirPorts. If you do a quick Google-search on the keywords: Linksys AirPort WDS, you will find at least a dozen articles on those who have been successful on doing so.

How do I configure my Airport to work well with a Linksys WRT54G?

I have DSL Extreme coming into my house in bridge mode. (Don't know the specifics, but they said that's how it has to work.) I had my Airport Extreme connected to the modem, sending out a nice wireless signal.
I was given a Linksys WRT54G Ver. 6 wireless router, and I thought I'd use it as the main router connected the modem. I also want to use it as a wireless access point for one half the house for b/g devices AND I also want to set up the Airport Extreme as another wired access point for the other half of the house for n devices.
So, I set up the Linksys as the main router sending out a wireless signal on channel 1 for b/g devices. I connected the WAN port of the Airport to one of the open LAN ports on the Linksys, changed the Airport to Bridge mode, and set up a new wirelss network to broadcast on a different channel. Unfortunately, this isn't working. Only the Linksys wireless is working properly, i.e. connected to the internet. The Airport broadcasts the wireless signal, but it isn't connecting to the internet.
I've tried changing the IP address of the Airport to one that falls within the range of the Linksys (192.168.1.x) and making sure that the subnet of the Airport is identical to the Linksys. I've also added the DNS servers, although I'm not sure why the Airport Admin Utility asked for this. Regardless, nothing works. I'll get a green light, but there's no connectivity to the internet.
I've also tried connecting to a LAN port and not the WAN port on the Airport. No joy there.
I've read through numerous threads, and they all seem to indicate that my original set up should work. I've upgraded my Linksys firmware, to no avail. I don't want the Airport to be a repeater as there is a reduction in speed. I want to have two separate wireless access points.
Thanks in advance for any and all help.

Ok, I got you. Prior to the introduction of the simultaneous dual-band routers, the only way to mimic them was exactly what you are trying to do. Connect two routers by Ethernet and create separate wireless networks to allow clients to connect to either as appropriate.
You are also correct that the upstream router (Linksys) should have both NAT & DHCP enabled and that the downstream router (AirPort) be configured as a bridge. The only recommendation is to set the AirPort's static Private IP address to one just outside of the Linksys' DHCP server range instead of inside it to prevent the same IP address being handed out to multiple clients.
You could do this a number of ways, but the simplest would be to use the Configure IPv4 = Manually option on the TCP/IP tab within the AirPort Utility. Use the LAN-side IP address of the Linksys for the Router Address, and the appropriate DNS server addresses (either your ISP's or a service like OpenDNS). The Domain Name field can be left blank.
Since the AirPort is in bridge mode, it really doesn't matter which Ethernet port (WAN or LAN) you connect the Linksys to, but for consistency, I would recommend the WAN (circle-of-dots) port.

Airport Extreme base station vs. Linksys router

Hi all -- I have a tech choice to make and I'm soliciting advice and war stories from those who have been in my place.
I have a DSL connection, G5 Mac and a Windows laptop. I've been connecting to the Internet via a Linksys WRT54G router -- the Mac is connected to the router via Ethernet, and the Windows machine connects wirelessly -- and I've been happy with this setup. I have it on good authority that I'll be getting an Airport Express in my stocking this year; I had done a little research and found that it is possible to make the WRT54G and the Airport Express work together, and was planning on doing some hacking and fiddling to make that happen in the new year.
However, last night my WRT54G seems to have died a horrible death -- all its lights started blinking at once, the Internet connection went away, then all the lights went out except for the "diagnostic" light, and now no lights come on at all. No idea what happened, but it seems pretty kaput.
So! I'm in need of a new wireless base station. I could get an Airport Extreme base station, or I could get another Linksys (or another off-the-shelf 802.11 router, but we'll just use "Linksys" as the catch-all phrase here to mean "not an Airport Extreme base station"). The most obvious difference is price -- the Airport Extreme station is $200, while the Linksys is more like $65. Another thing that irks me about the AE station is that it only has one LAN port. I do like being able to plug in my laptop to the wired network to do some diagnostics once in a while and it'd be a pain to have to disconnect my Mac to do so. And then there's nagging worries that the AE base station might not work as well with my Windows laptop.
On the other hand, I'm sure that setting up the Airport Express would be much, much easier with the AE base station. And I do like the idea of the base station being able to dial up if my DSL goes down (as it does from time to time). Basically, I am tempted by the AE base station feature-wise, but I'm kind of balking at paying three times the price and not getting even a second LAN port. Any advice, particularly from people who have used both types of routers in a mixed network, would be appreciated.

Replace your Linksys with another WRT54G. Then you can hook up your anticipated AX as either a client (connected like a computer), a wireless access point (connected using ethernet with DHCP disabled on the AX), or using WDS:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=607414

Linksys WRT54GL and Airport Extreme dropping connections

In looking through these forums, I realize that people have had problems with their Linksys WRT54G routers and their Airport cards. There seem to be a lot of suggested fixes, but no definitive answer as to what's wrong. I don't know either, and after changing channels, changing Linksys firmware, changing encryption, creating background pings, and all of the recommended solutions, the problem persists. I wanted to document it here in the hopes that someone can figure out what's wrong. Here's a tail of /var/log/system.log during a period when the Mac was having trouble connecting to the Linksys. I don't believe that this is due to Wifi interference or the Linksys, since other machines in the house (a Mac running 10.4.8, but using a Cisco card), for example, don't have these same problems at this time.
Basically, this kind of behavior repeats for a half-hour or so, then settles down for "a while," where a while could be an hour or could be 6 hours, and then it repeats. I have no idea what the problem is, and I suspect it's a problem with the Airport Extreme, rather than with the Linksys. Ideas?
Feb 3 18:46:30 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Active: "67ramona" - 001839cf9822 - chan 1
Feb 3 18:46:30 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk startup
Feb 3 18:46:36 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk startup complete
Feb 3 18:50:22 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN (AP deAuth 0)
Feb 3 18:50:22 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk shutdown
Feb 3 18:50:22 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk shutdown complete
Feb 3 18:50:26 droopy configd[54]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Feb 3 18:50:26 droopy configd[54]: setting hostname to "droopy.local"
Feb 3 18:50:26 droopy lookupd[3212]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Sat Feb 3 18:50:26 2007
Feb 3 18:50:32 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN (out-of-range 0)
Feb 3 18:50:38 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Active: "67ramona" - 001839cf9822 - chan 1
Feb 3 18:50:38 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk startup
Feb 3 18:50:41 droopy configd[54]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Feb 3 18:50:41 droopy lookupd[3216]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Sat Feb 3 18:50:41 2007
Feb 3 18:50:41 droopy configd[54]: setting hostname to "droopy"
Feb 3 18:50:43 droopy mDNSResponder: Repeated transitions for interface en1 (192.168.1.134); delaying packets by 5 seconds
Feb 3 18:50:44 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk startup complete
Feb 3 18:53:28 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN (AP deAuth 0)
Feb 3 18:53:28 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk shutdown
Feb 3 18:53:28 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk shutdown complete
Feb 3 18:53:32 droopy launchd: Server cbff in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[3216]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Feb 3 18:53:32 droopy configd[54]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Feb 3 18:53:32 droopy configd[54]: setting hostname to "droopy.local"
Feb 3 18:53:38 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN (out-of-range 0)
Feb 3 18:53:38 droopy lookupd[3235]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Sat Feb 3 18:53:38 2007
Feb 3 18:53:38 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Active: "67ramona" - 001839cf9822 - chan 1
Feb 3 18:53:38 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk startup
Feb 3 18:53:41 droopy launchd: Server cb0f in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[3235]: exited abnormally: Hangup
12" PowerBook G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

John Galt wrote:
jr azzarelli wrote:
Drops wifi and ethernet equally.
I thought I understood your Airport network would disconnect, but I don't understand what you mean by "drops ethernet". Clearly, if your wired connection stops working, so will your Airport network. Explain?
What I am saying is that I have wireless connections to the Ae and I have wired connections to it as well. Both are getting dhcp from the Ae. Both are getting dropped. In the log I am getting these entries, about once per hour...
"Jan 06 10:26:00 Severity:5 Connection accepted from ::ffff:10.0.97.190/57902.
Jan 06 10:26:01 Severity:5 unloading current configuration.
Jan 06 10:26:20 Severity:5 (WAN) link state is Up.
Jan 06 10:26:20 Severity:5 Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
Jan 06 10:26:20 Severity:5 Rotated TKIP group key."
The 10.0.97.190 is the recently-added OS X Server. Not sure what the port is. But it seems to be doing something untoward.
Anyone?
Anyone?
Bueller??

IMac - Airport (Ethernet) to use Internet hosted by Linksys WRT54G

Is this scenario possible.
iMac G4 hardwired via Ethernet to Airport Base Station
DSL Internet fed through Linksys WRT54G
My iMac is not Airport enabled so can I use the base station to somehow connect to and utilize the Wireless Internet Connection available from the Linksys router.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
G4 iMac 800 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

If your AirPort Base Station was an Extreme or Express, it would be possible to link them to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router as you wish to do. However, since you are posting in this forum, I assume you have a Snow or Graphite ABS, neither of which can make the connection to another router wirelessly.

Has anyone used WRT54G v5 with Airport extreme?

Like the title says, has anyone gotten the linksys wrt54g version 5 firmware 1.00.9 to work in wds with the extreme? Also, did the ethernet port on the airport extreme work to connect a computer on the internet?

I presume you are talking about the Airport Express base station?
Like the title says, has anyone gotten the linksys
wrt54g version 5 firmware 1.00.9 to work in wds with
the extreme?
It has been reported many times that the v5 firmware stops you from using an Express and WRT54G with WDS.
Also, did the ethernet port on the
airport extreme work to connect a computer on the
internet?
In WDS mode the ethernet port of the Airport Express is active and yes you can connect a computer.
iFelix

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