Is it possible? (WRT54GS)

I posted two time about the Kernel Panic before.
I exchanged it one time and I got the repair service two times.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4334227#4334227
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4402489#4402489
Technician updated 10.4.8 to 10.4.9, but that still happened.
So he is checking other things.
Description:
•15/04/2007•5:06:57 PM•: Turned on Airport and downloaded two 300 MB files from Apple's website: no kernel panic.
•4/18/2007•11:31:44 AM•: Tested Airport some more, changing networks, and downloading files from all browsers found in Applications. Also tested the three new programs he added. Cannot reproduce kernel panic.
So... My asking is...
Does my router and airport(macbook) cause the kernel panic? Is it possible?
We have 2 computers at Home. 1 intel, 1 amd. They are connected via wire cable with Linksys router. Macbook is connected via wireless.
The router medel# is WRT54GS v2, Firmware ver. 4.71.1.
wereless settings are:
Wireless Network Mode: Mixed
Wireless Channel: 6-2.437GHZ
Wireless SSID Broadcast: Enable
Security Mode: WPA Personal
WPA Algorithms: TKIP
Wireless MAC Filter: Enable
Permit only: Enable -> only my macbook Mac address
Authentication Type: Auto (Default : Auto)
Basic Rate: Default (Default : Default)
Transmission Rate: Auto (Default : Auto)
CTS Protection Mode: Disable (Default: Disable)
Frame Burst: Enable (Default: Enable)
Beacon Interval: 100 (Default: 100, Milliseconds, Range : 1 - 65535)
DTIM Interval: 1 (Default: 1, Range : 1 - 255)
Fragmentation Threshold: 2346 (Default: 2346, Range : 256 - 2346)
RTS Threshold: 2347 (Default: 2347, Range : 0 - 2347)
AP Isolation: (Default: Off)
SecureEasySetup: Enable
Old Kernel Panic Log:
Fri Mar 30 17:11:23 2007
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A429B): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 0, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000009, CR3: 0x00d93000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x00000006, EBX: 0x127f4107, ECX: 0x00000009, EDX: 0x1254eb54
CR2: 0x00000009, EBP: 0x13efbd28, ESI: 0x0000000f, EDI: 0x1254e2c8
EFL: 0x00010206, EIP: 0x00198c54, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x02750010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x13efbb28 : 0x128d08 (0x3cb134 0x13efbb4c 0x131de5 0x0)
0x13efbb68 : 0x1a429b (0x3d0e4c 0x0 0xe 0x3d0670)
0x13efbc78 : 0x19ada4 (0x13efbc90 0x27556c8 0x13efbcd8 0x197c2c)
0x13efbd28 : 0x9a2313 (0x9 0x127f4107 0x6 0x3f1928a0)
0x13efbf08 : 0x39a463 (0x1254e2c8 0x2a65c80 0x1 0x25f706c)
0x13efbf58 : 0x399635 (0x2a65c80 0x135eb4 0x0 0x25f706c)
0x13efbf88 : 0x39936b (0x2a75100 0x0 0x450 0x1303)
0x13efbfc8 : 0x19ac1c (0x2a75100 0x0 0x10 0x2ba0d60) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AirPortAtheros(223.47.4)@0x971000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.1)@0x78f000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x582000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(153.2)@0x7a5000
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.9.1: Thu Feb 22 20:55:00 PST 2007; root:xnu-792.18.15~1/RELEASE_I386
Sun Apr 1 00:40:14 2007
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x0035C2B2): mbuf address out of range 0x1300ffff
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x13fe3ab8 : 0x128d08 (0x3cb134 0x13fe3adc 0x131de5 0x0)
0x13fe3af8 : 0x35c2b2 (0x3eb8f4 0x1300ffff 0x13fe3b68 0x1416ad)
0x13fe3b18 : 0x23abdb (0x1 0x2 0x0 0x25cb6600)
0x13fe3c28 : 0x239783 (0x2cd2c9c 0x47654869 0x47654e11 0x6601a8c0)
0x13fe3e08 : 0x22e364 (0x25cb6600 0x14 0x13fe3e58 0x1a1738)
0x13fe3e48 : 0x22fdc5 (0x25cb6600 0x14 0x6 0x0)
0x13fe3f58 : 0x21d53a (0x25cb6600 0x25cb6600 0x44507c 0x1a3010)
0x13fe3f98 : 0x203df7 (0x2c87e04 0x25cb6600 0x25bf481a 0x1)
0x13fe3fc8 : 0x19ac1c (0x0 0x0 0x10 0x2fecae0) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x0
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.9.1: Thu Feb 22 20:55:00 PST 2007; root:xnu-792.18.15~1/RELEASE_I386
Please help me to solve this problem.

I have a similar type question I think. I have an older wired Linksys router (WRT150?). I have connected a WRT54G wireless router to that router so I have wireless capability. I would like to add a second WRT54G wireless router to provide additional coverage ( I guess it would act as a wireless access point). They would both be hard wired to the wired Linksys router. Is this possible? I know there is a range expander available, but they are more expensive than purchasing the WRT54G ($50 vs $90 for the range expander). Thanks Okii

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great thread toomanydoughnuts, thanks! all the hours I spend googling for an answer are such a waste when I can post a specific question and a human being answers me back :-)
I see that what I was trying to do is possible but before I start let me ask your opinion.
My initial goal for a seperate network was to give Router 2 a static external IP and connect our server to router 2 so external users would always be able to access it at the same address in case Router 1 ever had an IP change (I don't have constant access to router 1 and am not supposed to be fiddling with it!)
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Here is what I have:
Netgear DGND3700 v2 set in use as the router/dhcp/modem/wireless. It's wireless range is **bleep** (more like pathetic).
I ran a Cat5 through the attic to the other side of the house. All is good at this point. I can plug that wire into a single machine and it works.
I wanted to plug the WRT54GS v6 into that end and use it as a wireless AP with 3 switched ports left over.
Here comes the problem. No matter what I do, the WRT won't get DHCP from the 3700.
I have tried putting the WRT on it's own subnet, putting it on the same subnet as the 3700 but with it's own unique IP, setting it as router instead of gateway, configuring static routes in advanced routing, disabling all security, set the WAN config from factory default Auto DHCP to Static IP and entered in the 3700's IP info.
All of this has been to no avail. It won't connect to the 3700 and get DHCP. Computers connected to the WRT just get private IPs.
I would like to note that the WRT54GS does not have the entry in Setup>Basic Setup>Network Setup>Router IP where I can enter in the gateway IP. I have a WRT54G and a WRT55AG running on other networks in this same capacity and they have that entry field.
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With my current config, I am not taking advantage of the 5 dynamic IP's, but all the computers connected to the Netgear switch or the WRT54G can connect to the internet and the NAS.
So my ideal config (where I don't have to buy anything and where all the computers can print and access the NAS) is to connect all the computers and devices to the Netgear Switch and somehow force 4 of the computers and the WRT54G to get a dynamic IP from the cable modem, while the other computers and devices use the DHCP server on the WRT54G to get to the internet.
Is this possible?
I called Time Warner Cable and they weren't any help. I called the Linksys sales department and they weren't of much help either.
I suppose that I could purchase a new 8 port switch and attach 4 computers, the cable modem and the WRT54G to it. Then attach the Netgear to the WRT54G to accomodate the printer, NAS, and the other 5 computers. But in that senario, the 4 computers connected to the new switch can't print and can't reach the NAS. And geez, some computers would have to go through 3 devices to reach the internet, which has got to slow them down.
I did read about the Linksys EFG120 which has a DHCP server, but at $400 and only 120 gigs, it doesn't work for me.
I called Time Warner and the cost of more dynamic IP's is prohibitive, I'm already paying $79 a month for this internet and they want another $50 a month for 7 more dynamic IP's and that wouldn't help my NAS or my printer.
The cost of a 16 port gigabit switch with DHCP is an amazing $800 or so, which is out of the question.
Sorry for being so long winded and thanks for reading this far. I'm looking forward to any replies.

That is a hell of a setup. I don't know if it would be easier and cheaper to either buy a real router like a Cisco, get fixed IP addresses and a RV042, or buy 4 network cards for the four of the five computers which need the internet access for gaming.
O.K. First your setup:
1. You wire the modem to the 6-port switch.
2. You connect the remaining 5 ports with the WAN ports of 5 WRTs with DHCP on the WAN interface.
3. You configure each WRT with unique LAN IP addresses in the same subnet, e.g. 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0, 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3, 192.168.1.4, 192.168.1.5.
4. You turn off all DHCP servers except on one, e.g. 192.168.1.1. That router will be the default router and internet connection for any client which gets dynamic LAN addresses (as fallback or guests, I would not configure the NAS or printer with DHCP addresses if you have everything else on static IP addresses). You can certainly disable all DHCP servers if you want, too.
5. Now you connect all WRTs with each other.
5a. You connect port 1 of the 1st WRT with port 1 of the 2nd.
You connect port 2 of the 2nd with port 1 of the 3rd.
Port 2 of the 3rd with port 1 of the 4th.
Port 2 of the 4th with port 1 of the 5th.
(Do not create a loop connecting port 2 of the 5th with port 2 of the 1st!!)
5b. You buy another switch and connect each port 1 of each router with this switch. This has the advantage that you don't have a long cascade between the 1st and the 5th router like in 5a.
6. You connect all devices to the LAN.
6a. If you did 5a, you will probably put each computer to the router which internet connection it uses. The NAS and printer could go anywhere.
6b. If you did 5b, you hopefully bought a 16 or 24 port switch. Then you plug simply everything into that switch. Otherwise you can certainly use the free ports of the WRTs like in 6a.
7. You configure all your devices with static IP addresses. For instance,
IP 192.168.1.11
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
For the DNS servers I would highly recommend to use the DNS servers of your ISP directly and not use the relay on 192.168.1.1.
The gateway address defines through which router the computer connects to the internet.
8. You may still have to configure port forwardings on the router to the game computer if required for the game.
An interesting alternative to this setup might be to buy 4/5 network cards for the 4/5 computers with direct internet access. Then you use the one network card to connect to your single LAN behind your single WRT. The other network card goes into the switch behind the modem and has direct internet access. You then have to tell Windows which of the network cards has the default gateway for the internet connection (to prevent routing all traffic through the LAN and the WRT to the internet). One game computer would have to be behind the WRT.

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At one of buildings at our church, we have had a WRT54G acting as an access point. For awhile it would require a reboot about twice a month due to lack of connectivity. About two weeks ago, it would barely function. Our staff could connect to it but connectivity would go down several times a day. After reboot it would work for an hour tops. I pulled out the WRT54G and replace with a WRT300N. The staff experienced the same problem. There are about 8 staff members that connect to the router for LAN and internet access. What could possibly cause the dramatic drop in performance? Given no network changes. When folks connect with wired Ethernet at their desks, they do not experiences any problems. There has been an iMac and an MacBook Pro added to the wireless network. Is it possible at wireless interface is sending spurious/chatty packets? How could I monitor this? An MAC address filter is used for security. No WAP or WPE password security.

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ssid - any non-linksys name
radio band - wide
n-channel - 9
standard channel - 11
also ensure that the router has the latest firmware on it ..

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