Using WRT54G Linksys Router

OK, I'm new to the wireless world, so bare with me. I'm trying to get my MBP to communicate with the router. It says "Airport Utility was unable to find any airport station."
Any suggestions?

Airport Utility will only work with an Aiport Base Station.
You just need to set up the network manually.
Asssuming the Linksys has been set up, and you have a network name and a network password, go to System Preferences/Network/Airport/ Click the + and enter the name and password of the network.
Then on the toolbar at the top, click the Airport icon (fan) and turn Airport Off and the turn it back on. It should find the network. If not, select it from the ones available or click "other" and enter the details again.
Best of luck.

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Hi. Not exactly sure what that HP software meant. Are you trying to connect wirelessly?
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Problem Using WRT54G As Router/Gateway

Have a home network with following configuration:
Windows 2000 domain with one box acting as the domain server, the DNS server, and the DHCP server.
4 PCs with wired connections to an 8 port hub. All of the wired PCs point to the domain server for DNS/DHCP.
A DSL modem routed through a sonicwall firewall to the 8 port hub (I don't knw if I'm saying this right, but all wired PC's are routed to the firewall then out to the internet, while all incoming traffic is routed through the firewall before reaching the LAN).
This wired network has worked fine, but we also have a number of laptops with wireless adapters, so we purchased a WRT54G to work with these laptops.
My idea was to just have the WRT54G attached to one of the ports on the hub (with no direct connection to a computer) and have all of our laptops connect to the WRT54G wirelessly, then be routed back and forth using the WRT54G.
Was finally able to set up the WRT54G with only one connection (via one of the 4 ports on the back of the WRT54G) to the (wired) 8 port hub. Our laptops generally can see the WRT54G, but routing is intermittant at best. I disabled DHCP on the WRT54G...this seemed to help, but not for long. I also established a reserved IP for the WRT54G on the DHCP server, but the intermittant problem still keeps happening (seems to route on the laptops for a while, then it just stops). In Basic Setup, I set the Internat Connection Typt to "Automatic Configuration - DHCP". IN Advanced Routing, I set the operating mode to "Router" (vs. Gateway).
Can anyone tell from this description where I'm going wrong? I can get the laptops to see the wireless and route for a short time, but it never seems to keep working (also note that on a couple of the laptops, the network icon states that the laptop was not able to connect to the wireless network...but it's able to route using IE????).
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Thanks Helm.
I had done what you suggested (which is consistent with directions I found last night at directions I've found at http://routersetup.blogspot.com/2007/08/connecting-two-routers-wired.html), but I'm still having some intermittant problems. My Vista laptop doesn't seem to be having any problems at all, while one of the two XP boxes will connect for (only) a couple minutes after rebooting, and the other XP machine will not connect at all (although it seems to find the wrt54g...it just ends up saying it's having a dns problem).
With this in mind, I think my problem is not necessarily related to the wrt54g now (although we do have cordless phones, but they are 5.4 ghz)....will keep playing with this...is there any limit to the number of laptops that can be connected this way?
Message Edited by DanJ on 12-24-2007 03:31 PM

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I've tried everything to get my WRT54G to work but no matter what I do I can't get past step ten on the CD. It asks for my password and when i type and confirm type it then press next it comes up with, Router Configuration Error. Would you like to try again?
I've been stuck at this for over two hours now, please help me
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I had the same problem this past weekend. The CD is the problem. It is much easier to go to www.linksys.com/connect and first update the firmware (if applicable), and then use the EasyLink Connect tool. I works very well.
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Has anyone enabled time machine using a link sys router and external hard drive? And if so how? I have a Linksys E4200 wireless router with a usb port on it. I also have a Western Digital Elements 1TB external hard drive. I would like to be able to use this hard drive with time machine. Has anyone done so and if so how can I do so?

You might get some responses, but we don't see many Linksys users on an Apple forum so it may be awhile before you see an answer.
It might be useful to point out that Apple does not even support Time Machine backups to the USB port on their own AirPort Extreme wireless router, so we may be heading down a very slippery slope here.
I've tried Time Machine backups on an AirPort Extreme router a number of times in the past. It's just not reliable. Works for awhile, then has corruption problems. Or has corruption issues immediately. I once went a month or so and thought I had it nailed, then got smacked with a corrupted set of backups again.
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I'm using the WRT54Gx2, version 2 router and have configured it per the directions and with a computer directly connected and logged into the router it connects to SBCglobal just fine. When I try to connect to the internet with the computer (not a wireless connection) it will not connect. I'm using a new computer running vista - if that makes a difference. I also tried connecting using another computer running xp and it will not connect.
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Best Wireless Security Settings-WRT54G Linksys Router

I've been running into problems attempting to set the wireless security settings for my router and then trying to connect to the internet from my iBook. As long as I enable SSID broadcasting I can find my router but the problem starts when I enable the security settings. The iBook will then ask for the password and nothing I've inserted works??? I'm at a loss. I've given up, those sorts of brickwalls can do a number on your head--major headache this weekend..so I will try again tomorrow. I thought the passphrase is your password--the only thing that I haven't tried (after searching the forums here) is putting the $ in front. Does anyone have this particular router that can give me some suggestions (in basic, simple terms please) that can help me get started on a good security setup so that I won't be scared someone in the neighborhood (as I've read previously) is scanning and can log onto my internet connection. Thanks!
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Why in heaven would you want WEP to secure your network when you can have WPA which is more secure and doesn't have this kind of problems???
With the right tools (available free on the net) you can crack almost any WEP protected network in less than a day (I have done this with my friends to prove them how weak WEP is).
So imagine you set your WEP protected network, a neighbor crack it and use it, all of this while you CAN'T use your own network.
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WOW is very slow when using the linksys router

If I connect directly into my cable modem I and run and play WOW with no problem, if I connect back the wireless router the proformance is very slow and can't see the characters sometimes. Is there a setting to turn off or lower the filters?
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i am having a strange problem. My macbook had no problem connecting to my linksys wireless g router. now it is. Set to automatic it isnt getting any ip info. I have to set it to manual and enter all the info manually to get it to work. It has a full wireless signal, and a pc on the same network set to automatic works fine. Linksys told me that it was a problem using IPv6 and that i need to change it to IPv4, but i never had to do it before and it worked for months. And when i go to another location, my work, i can connect to that wireless network with the automatic settings. My solution is to have two locations, one for work set to auto and one for home set on man. i am just wondering why its acting this way

I'm also having trouble with my MacBook and my Linksys WRT54G since the last update...
I've found that if I disable the password/encryption security it works fine - but if I have either WPA or WEP enabled, then I can only connect manually, and even then it doesn't get a proper IP address and I can't access the net, even though it shows me as connected with a good signal.
So, for now, I've enabled the MAC address filter so that only my computers can access the wireless network. I'd rather have the WPA or WEP encryption, but it appears something about that update has made that not an option when using a Linksys router.
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WRT54GS Wireless Router, Port Forwarding, LED Display

Hello everyone. I'm using a Linksys router on a network like this:
I have comcast cable internet using the motorola cable modem that is supplied by them. This is connected to my Linksys WRT54GS which is then connected to my desktop PC and laptop as well as a Troy500 print server.
The Troy500 print server is connected to an LED display with a serial cable. The desktop PC has a logitech webcam on it.
I was able to setup the webcam to be viewed online, I had to use the web configurator in the router to forward ports 8000 and 8080 to the desktop PC which has a local IP address of 192.168.1.2. This works fine.
My Laptop has an address of 192.168.1.3 and I am able to LOCALLY communicate to the Troy and display items on the LED using the laptop AND my desktop. BUT when I forward ANY outside port to the Troy to try and get this to work remotely through the router I get a communication error.
Someone suggested that Comcast may be filtering various ports so I tried over 10 different port numbers and still get the same error.
I then tried to get help from a tech guy I know from florida and he was unable to get to the router through the remote management feature, we used port 9000, 7000, and port 9999, nothing worked to get him in. ALSO he was unable to ping my outside IP.
BUT I am able to get online, and I'm able to see all the devices on the router, AND he's able to see the webcam which is using ports 8000 and 8080 to communicate outside.
Any suggestions?
Oh, ALSO, nothing on this network is wireless except for the laptop, and this functions just the same when I plug CAT5 into it, it makes no difference.
Message Edited by Matusky on 09-11-2007 02:16 PM

first off , make sure that the router has the latest firmware...on the router ui , under the "security" tab , disable "block anonymous internet request" ... check whether these changes make any difference....

Trying to establish a network with a Linksys router

Okay.
My family just recently bought a linksys Wrt54gs Linksys router. We are trying connect two laptops via airport card and a G3 iMac using an ethernet cable.
I tried following instructions on http://homepage.mac.com/car1son/initiallinksyssetup.html>THIS site. This ins't intructions for the exact router or computer we have but I figured it should work. The first thing we tried to do was set it up on the iMac, which has proven to be a real pain.
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um...sry...
heres what I meant to say
Okay.
My family just recently bought a linksys Wrt54gs Linksys router. We are trying connect two laptops via airport card and a G3 iMac using an ethernet cable.
I tried following instructions on THIS site. This ins't intructions for the exact router or computer we have but I figured it should work. The first thing we tried to do was set it up on the iMac, which has proven to be a real pain.
The instructions say to connect using DHCP and this is where our problems start. For a very long time we have been connecting using PPPoE. Our service provider was SBC. We can not connect using DHCP unless we disable PPPoE which means we can't connect at all.
When we try to connect using DHCP, it simply states that the server is not available.
Then I tried setting up the router using a browser. But it just wouldn't load and a message would come up saying it could not find the server.
I tried turning everything off, turning on the modem, then the router, then the computer and it still didn't work!
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