Wireless routers on only 80211b or g instead of mixed as fix to connection

I posted before that setting an Airport Extreme base station to run only on 802.11b or only on 802.11g instead of mixed b/g fixed many connection issues on my MacBook Pro. Well, it seems it is also a fix with other routers. I just tried it on two Lynksys and Netgear wireless routers and now connection is perfect.
Can anyone please confirm if this works for them?

I forgot to include the link to the original post. Here it is:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=523621&tstart=0

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Is there a way to connect an old Sunflower iMac (OSX 10.4.11) to a new Time Capsule? It used to work with old Airport Extreme with updates thru Snow Leopard but now seems to only allow WEP encryption instead of WPA.

Is there a way to connect an old Sunflower iMac (OSX 10.4.11) to a new Time Capsule? It used to work with old Airport Extreme network, run from a intel iMac with updates thru Mavericks but now seems to only allow WEP encryption instead of WPA and can't connect to Time Capsule. Airport Extreme Base was controllable from either computer up through Snow Leopard (I didn't do any of the Lion upgrades). Then when I upgraded to Mavericks I lost the ability to use Airport Utility with this hardware on the Sunflower but could still connect wirelessly to network without any problems. But now with the Time Capsule upgrade the Sunflower is blocked from network by a dialogue that requests ony WEP password, not WPA pwd used by Time Capsule. Neither can I use the old airport extreme base to extend the time capsule network since I can't input the correct password/encryption approach to join it. Is there a work around? Would a newer but old Airport Express be able to extend network to Sunflower? Or maybe a third party wireless (such as Netgear, Dlink, etc) that has browser type control rather than special utility?
Another question--before I used MAC addresses to control who could access network. Now on Time Capsule I don't see anything about this--so is it true now that the only access control is via WPA2 pwd now (which appears to be the encryption pwd and not the time capsule pwd)?

Is there a way to connect an old Sunflower iMac (OSX 10.4.11) to a new Time Capsule?
I can’t claim to completely grasp the issue(s) you’re describing, but the underlying problem is presumably your iMac’s obsolete AirPort card. Whatever the case, an obvious (if not particularly helpful) answer to your stated question would be to connect your iMac with an ethernet cable, using powerline adapters as an alternative if you don’t want to have wire running all over the place.
My still fully functional clamshell iBook, with an original AirPort card, connects wirelessly to my 4th Generation TC network by means of a cheap 802.11b/g/n USB Wi-Fi adapter. This might be an option for you too.
Another question--before I used MAC addresses to control who could access network. Now on Time Capsule I don't see anything about this
When you edit your TC's settings the access controls appear under the Network tab, don't they?

AirPort Express vs. 3rd Party Wireless Routers

I'm confused!
The AirPort Express is just a wireless router, right. What is the benefit of the unit over other wireless routers?
I am basically trying to find the cheapest way to connect wireless to a DSL modem.
I have always used standard dialup and am looking into High Speed DSL service.

Your not confused, Airport Express, and Airport Extreme both are Wireless Base Stations.
If you are looking for the cheapest way it probably won't be using Apple products.
But on the other hand if you are looking for ease of set-up and reliability, and if you will READ THE BOOKLET that accompanies either one them, then you will be more than satisfied with Apple Products.
I realize that Dial-up,, sometimes is the only choice.
But using DSL, or Cable is like trying to comparing a Turtle to a Cheeta.
Reliability, Speed is so much better, depending on your Internet Service Provider.
I suggest, if you are hung on cheapest, go to your local computer store and talk to one of the associates. I fear you might be overwhelmed by the myrid of choices. All Manufactures have good products it really boils down to what exactly it is you are trying to do.
Not all Stream Music as well as other features that Apple does. Have a look at these 2 links.
http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/
And
http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/
Good Luck with your choice.
Don

Usering two wireless routers simultaneously?

hi there - I'm hoping someone here may be able to point me in the right direction:
problem:
I have a WRT300n that is currently setup for WPA encryption for most of my wireless devices (xbox, another pc etc.). I have 2 desktop pcs connected (via wire) to the back of the router with 2 free ports left on the WRT300n.
However, my pocket PC does not support the new WPA encryption, only WEP - I'm hoping to use my spare WRT54GS to serve any WEP only devices (in my case, only my pocket PC.
Can anyone recommend an appropriate way to configure the two routers to behave correctly? I've tried to connect the WAN port of the WRT54GS to the one of the spare ports on the 300n, but so far am unable to "see" the 54GS from any of the wired PCs.
Much appreciated in advance!
Ted

Did you try connectiong free lan port of WRT300n to the lan port of WRT54GS. However, configuring the wireless security of WRT54GS to WEP.

Third party wireless routers incompatible with PowerBook airport

Hello there. I'm not having success with my problem so I thought I'd ask if anyone knows anything about incompatible wireless routers. In Mac help under Airport there is a curious statement that some hardware may be incompatible with Airport. As I travel through Chile, I have encountered several public Wi Fi hotspots to which I am unable to connect. I have all the TCP/IP settings entered correctly (IP address, router address, DNS, sub-net mask, everything) yet still unable to connect, including the Wi Fi at my hotel. They have provided me with all the necessary information, entered in the TCP/IP tab in the Network prefs pane, yet still unable to connect. DHCP this is not. I have never encountered this anywhere. I suspect the wireless hardware they use will not communicate with an Apple product. Could this be true? Has anyone run into this?
Thank you,
Michael

Thanks for your help. I tried all the encryption methods using the password given to me by the hotel and the coffee shops. Wi Fi appeared to be a complete mystery to them, although they seemed to have enough of a clue to suspect the encryption to be WEP. (Wi Fi has only recently arrived to Punta Arenas). I tried all the WEP and LEAP and any WPA, although some of the WPA methods wouldn't accept the password (the "OK" button was grayed out). It's got me stumped.
Cheers,
Michael

Adding Wireless Routers

I have been using a WCG200 modem/router on a home network for some time with no problems. I'm trying to add a WRT54G router to the network, so I can add a printer to the network. So far i cannot make this work. Does anybody have any experience with this?

You don't want a router. You want a wireless access point. You have wireless routers which you don't want to use as routers but only as access points. A router by definition routes traffic between multiple subnets connected to different interfaces (WAN and LAN). That kind of configuration is not what the WRT is built for and that's why support tells you it's a not a standard configuration for a WRT.
You can use a WRT like a simple access point.
Reconfigure the router through its web inteface. Wire a computer to the router first.
1. Set the LAN IP address to a free IP address in the existing network.
2. Make sure NOT to set a static IP on the internet connection type.
3. On the main setup page disable the DHCP server.
4. Now save settings. You'll loose the connection.
5. Unplug the computer and wire one of the numbered LAN ports to your existing network.
Now you can access the web interface of the WRT on the new LAN IP address. Everything wired to the remaining 3 LAN ports and everything connected wireless has direct access to the network.

Linking 2 wrt300n wireless routers??

I need help in linking two wrt300n linksys wireless routers. I am setting up a retreat center with two wings 180 feet long. One router will not reach the length of the building. I am able to make connection with one router but the other router will not allow internet connection. Can anyone help me?
Dennis

With the equipment you have, the only way to "link" them together is by ethernet cable. You cannot link them wirelessly.
The WRT300N that is connected to your modem will be your primary router. The other WRT300N will need to be converted to a WAP (wireless access point).
For instructions on how to do that, see my post at:
http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=Wired_Routers&message.id=14774&query.id=175...
The instructions are the same for your setup, except the "wired" router in the instructions is the same as your primary router.
Also note that with two wireless routers, you will need to set them as follows:
SSID: same on both (do not use "linksys" )
SSID broadcast: both set to enabled
encyption method: same on both
encryption key: same on both
channel: set each router to a different channel. You can use any two channels, but ideally they should be at least 5 channels apart. Channels 1, 6, and 11 usually work best.

TS1398 My wireless password in only 6 lowercase letters, but my iPod touch requires me to enter 8 before allowing me to join. Therefore it will not let me log on to the wireless network, any solutions?

My wireless password in only 6 lowercase letters, but my iPod touch requires me to enter 8 before allowing me to join. Therefore it will not let me log on to the wireless network, any solutions?

What encryption are you using on the router?
If WEP you have to set the router to use the first key and you have to enter the first key as the password on the iPod. See:
iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points

Connect 2 Wireless Routers Wirelessly

I have two wireless routers, an older WRT54G (v5.0) and a new WRT310N (v1.0). I use the WRT310N for my wireless connection but I'd like to reconfigure my network. I moved the WRT310N downstairs so it would be closer to our laptops, but I would like to leave the network printer upstairs connected to the WRT54G so that we can still print, the problem is that I can't configure the two routers to talk to each other wirelessly, only through a wired connection between the two routers at which point I might as well just move the printer downstairs (which I really want to avoid).
Is there a way to do this with these two routers? If it's not possible with the existing equipment, what equipment should I get?
Thanks,

Yes it is possible to configure your both the routers to each other. But in this case your Both the Router should be Hardwired to each other.
Click Here how to configure 2 Routers to each other.
Message Edited by saber_tooth on 08-10-2009 05:09 PM

Help, Issues Connecting two Wireless Routers

Ahead of time I would like to thank everyone for their responses and help. I tried to be as clear as possible. I believe I got all the details right. Some things are repetitive and might be a little confusing, but please ask questions for any clarification. Thanks for the help.
Current Routers:
1. Linksys WRT600N ---- Used as primary router. Connected to the 4 ports are 3 PCs and a wireless router. All three PC have static IPs I reservered, also have a static IP reserved for the WGT624 wireless router. DMZ is also enabled and destination is the IP reserved for WGT624.
2. Netgear WGT624 ---- WGT624 is connected to WRT600N through the WAN port on the WGT624 to port number X on the WRT600N . I was using Netgear WGT624 as an access point for a Xbox360 , a couple of macs and ubuntu netbook. This router recently died needs to be replaced.
3. Linksys E3000 ---- Recently purchased to replace the Netgear WGT624 that has died. I want to use this as my new access point. Having trouble setting up the settings for this router. I want the same setup as before.
Detailed Problem
I currently have the WRT600N located in the basement connected to a cable modem through the WAN port. Connected to the 4 ports on the back of WRT600N are 3 PCs and a Wireless router. Most of the settings on the WRT600N I left alone. The only thing I changed was reserving 4 IPs for the 3 PCs and the WGT624 wireless router. I also enabled the DMZ for the destination IP of the WGT624. I also opened a couple of ports.
The Netgear WGT624 that died was located on the upper level third floor. I was using it primarily as an access point. It was connected through the WAN port of the WGT624 to port X on the WRT600N which is located in the basement. Settings on this are a little different. On the WGT624 I disabled the firewall. I left both the Auto DHCP enabled and the DHCP server. WPA was enabled on the WGT624. With these settings on the WGT624 I was able to connect to a xbox 360 and a few macs wirelessly to the internet with no issues . I also noticed that the the internet IP displayed on the status tab on the WGT624 was the IP I had reserved on the WRT600N.
Recently the WGT624 died after years of usage. So I purchased a Linkys E3000. I want to have a similar setup as before with the WGT624. However I have been running into issues. Wirelessly I cannot get access to the internet through the E3000. The E3000 is connected to the WRT600N in the same was as the WGT624. The WAN port of the E3000 is connected to the port number X of WRT600N. On the status tab of the E3000 I seem to be getting a strange Internet IP address. 127.0.0.1. This I think is a loopback address, I am not sure? Same with the subnet mask of 255.0.0.0
So the problem is I want the keep the same setup as before if I can. I don't want to the any computers who connect to the access point to have access to any computers that are connected to the 600N.
I read on another thread I could connect two wireless routers together by connecting port X on the 600N to port X on the E3000. Then changing the internal IP of the second router from 192.168.1.1 to 198.168.1.2 and then disabling the DHCP server.
I really want to keep the same set up as before if posslble. More importantly I want to know why my setup prior, the WRT600N to the WGT624 worked with no problems. Why could I use the WGT624 as an access point and not the E3000? Should I switch the the two routers use the 600N as the access point and E3000 as my main router?
Thanks again.

1. You have chained two routers. The WRT600N uses LAN IP address 192.168.1.1 subnet mask 255.255.255.0. The Netgear is connected with the WAN port to the WRT (thus uses an 192.168.1.* address on the WAN port) and uses 192.168.0.1 by default on the LAN side. Your new E3000, however, uses the Linksys default 192.168.1.1 on the LAN side. If you connect the E3000 to the WRT600 without making any changes it won't work. A router cannot work if WAN and LAN side both use 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0. That's impossible.
2. Thus, the quick and easy setup to get the same as before would be to change the LAN IP address of the E3000 from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1. After that change you can connect the internet port of the E3000 to the WRT and everything works like before.
3. However, in particular because you need port forwarding and you do port forwarding through two routers I would recommend not to run two routers chained. I can't see why it is necessary for you to run two routers and two separated networks. The basic setup and an explaination why a different setup may be better is here. I think in your case it would make things much simpler and you have full connectivity between all your computers. You can set up a roaming wireless network, too. The only problem is that you will "loose" one port on the E3000 because you cannot use the internet port.

Airport Express-Apartment-Multiple Wireless Routers

I live in an apartment and there are many wireless routers within range of my MBP and APE. I often have problems with skipping songs while streaming iTunes and so I was wondering if there was a better way to set up my network.
Frankly I'm not well versed in this sort of thing. When I bought it I just pluged it in and went with what worked.
Any advice would help.

There are so many external factors that affect this answer.
Actual distance required ,
Type of structure, ( Interference ). This affects all Routers.
Overall ability of the product.
Airport Extreme and Airport Express have several other features that normal Routers do not offer. The ability of the Extreme as a Print Server
The ability of the Express as Streaming Audio there are several options that are in fact only Apple propritory.
The ability to use Express with Extreme to extend your Network.
That being said I live in a 3 story Victorian and I have used several different brands and all worked very well with 100% coverage, the best in my situation was the Airport Extreme Base for the Print Server capability, that allowed for wireless printing.
Bear in mind that all of the major manufactures offer very good products that work and work very well. You will find that buying the top of the line from any company, will be extremely hard to compare side by side, because all are good. Some just offer different features you may or maynot need.
Cheers Don

Does Linksys even HAVE wireless routers w/VoIP-FXO capabilities anymore?

For the past year and a half, I've used a SPA3102 with Broadvoice. It was brutally hard to get working (mostly due to Broadvoice's awful instructions), but once I got it set up, it worked flawlessly. At least, until the bolt of lightning destroyed it on Sunday (along with the PLE-200 powerline ethernet adapter it was connected to).
Anyway, I need a new VoIP router. All things otherwise equal, I'd just as soon replace it with something that has similar capabilities, but can serve as my wireless gateway too. As far as VoIP capabilities go, it needs to satisfy two requirements:
1) Has a modular jack that a normal phone can be plugged into, and that looks (to the phone) just like a normal signal from the phone company. I believe this is a FXO port, but I can never keep FXO and FXS straight.
2) Can work with ANY VoIP provider who supports SIP, h.323, and/or IAX. It only needs to support one of the three, but by extension this means it can't be locked to a single company.
Capability-wise, I can live without 802.11N, but I'd classify "G" as fairly non-negotiable. A removable antenna is fairly important.
Do any of Linksys' current VoIP routers with wireless capabilities meet these requirements? Do they even HAVE any current VoIP routers with wireless capabilities? I remember ~1-2 years ago, you could buy wireless routers with VoIP capabilities and a phone jack or two on the rear at stores like Best Buy... now, you can't even find references to them on the sites for Linksys & their competitors.The models you can find online at Amazon & Newegg are all models from 2-3 years ago. It's like everyone just decided to quit making routers with FXO (FXS?) ports on them for some weird, unknown reason...

Update... assuming it doesn't have some fatal flaw (locked to some specific provider, or dysfunctional in some important way), the WRP400 looks like exactly what I want. Unfortunately, there's more info about it available in the description at Amazon than there is on Linksys' own website. Has anyone tried using it with arbitrary NON-Skype/Vonage VoIP service? Is there any ironclad way (UPC, perhaps?) to identify which ones are provider-locked (if any), and which ones aren't?
By the way, if I sound paranoid about carrier-locking, it's because ~2 years ago I ended up in a HUGE fight with a certain computer store that was selling white-boxed remanufactured WRTP54G wireless routers. Basically, they were locked to Vonage, the box and label only said they were "WRTP54G wireless VoIP routers" & said nothing about being locked. The store's argument was that their sales policy was "no refunds." My argument was that they defrauded me by selling a doorstop that couldn't be used for its advertised purpose. I finally got a refund after calling Mastercard in front of the manager to do a chargeback (nothing puts the fear of ${deity} into store managers like the "C" word), but I'd kind of like to avoid having it happen again.

Need help configuring: 2 wireless routers with 2 different SSID's on one network

Hello everyone:
I've been reading around on the forum trying to find the answer to this question, but have not found any clear cut answer that satisfies all my requirements. A more in-depth explanatiion.
I have 1 IP address coming in via cable modem. I want to configure two wireless routers (one secured with WPA-TKIP, and one unsecured--a "guest network" if you will) each with different SSID's. The secured network would be for my server, home PC's, IP webcams, DynDNS updating; while having an unsecured wireless router that friends and family can access. Ideally, I do not want anyone who accesses the unsecured wireless router to be able to get access into my secured network.
Can someone please tell me if this is possible. I think it is based on some posts I have already seen, but specific details about how to do it would be appreciated. Additionally, my DynDNS has to still be able to update with my ISP's IP so that I can access my server and home webcams.
EQUIPMENT
2 - WRT54G
1 - EZXS55W
1 - WVC200
1 - WVC54GC
(all of my stuff --webcam, server, dyndns, etc -- is working currently on my secured network. I just need to add the unsecured network)
I know this is a lot, but I would appreciate any help. THANKS.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

You must have the main WRT54G router connected to the modem. Set up the secured wireless network on the main router. Connect all your wireless computers or devices to the main secured wireless network.
Let's consider the IP address of the main router is 192.168.1.1.
Now connect only one computer to the Port 1 on second wireless router.
Open the setup page of the second wireless router. Change the wireless settings, SSID, unsecured.
Change the IP address of the second router to 192.168.2.1. Save the settings.
Connect the cable from the Ethernet port on the main router to the Internet port on second wireless router.
Power cycle the second wireless router.
Now the guest computers connected to the second wireless unsecured wireless network will be able to access the Internet only. They will not able to see the computers or devices connected to the first wireless router.

Problems with my LinkSys wireless routers since getting AT&T u-verse

I recently installed AT&T u-verse. Every since it's hit or miss on whether I can connect to my two linksys wireless routers. Sometimes it connects fine but other times I can try for hours and never obtain an IP address. I never have a problem connecting to the 2wire wireless router which was installed when u-verse was installed but it doesn't have coverage for my whole house.
The AT@T tech says the 2Wire has problems with routers being configured behind their router??? He said that I need to set my Linksys wireless routers up as access points???
Anyone have any suggestions on what to try? Anyone else have issues like this after u-verse was installed?
Thanks

I've had AT&T U-verse since March, and I wish it wasn't the best option in my area. I have been through 3 of those 2-Wire Gateways and as best I can track down it's that DHCP Server. I have a BEFSR41v3 (and yes, I am NOT using the WAN port, just the switch at IP 192.168.1.10) and a WAP54G (IP 192.168.1.11) using WPA2-PSK and have been using for years now. AT&T tried telling me it was my wireless devices, which strangely enough worked PERFECTLY fine on my Linksys hardware with the same SSID/Key when I was with TWC. My wireless devices would work fine for a while, then gradually start having problems until by 2 weeks they are completely unable to negotiate an IP from the DHCP. Called AT&T, they reset the gateway, and everything works for 2 more weeks. Most my computers (wired or WiFi) are manually IP configured. Only my laptop (also used on a college WiFi) and visitors use the DHCP server (and the AT&T Boxes). THUS far I've been reasonably successful by limiting the AT&T Gateway to 3 addresses for my Boxes, letting it issue them to the TV's, then adding my linksys router (ignoring the WAN port and using DHCP on with an allocation of 15 addresses) and setting the Linksys WAP to the #4 port. This weird setup now gets short lasting fits in the form of "Limited Connectivity" for my WiFi devices using Dyamic IP. It can still access the LAN perfect, only that device has no Internet Access, and Windows says i'm being blocked by a Firewall. It self resolves in a few minutes without me doing anything and it MIGHT come once or so a month, or until they run another update which seems to ALWAYS reset that gateway (I've given up changing the password and now keep a txt on every system since it seems to reset at least monthly). A few days ago it's started giving me IP conflicts that disappeared within 1-2 minutes, which is odd since it is my manual IP's getting the conflicts... It did that for 2 days then hasn't since.
Currently I'm wired as...
AT&T Gateway 192.1681.254 w/ 3 DHCP range 1.160-163, WiFi disabled, and 3 LAN ports to 2 TV's and my BEFSR41
BEFSR41 192.168.1.10 w/ 15 DHCP range 1.60-74, WAN port unused, 4 LAN ports to 1 Desktop, 2 unmanaged Netgear 1000 switches, and 1 to the WAP
WAP54G 192.168.1.11 with it's gateway set to 192.168.1.10
1 Netgear switch provides wired access for the entertainment center (PS3, DVD player, DVR, etc) and open ports for visitors
Other Netgear switch is upstairs and runs to 2 additional desktops and one more cable box...
All my wired NICs are set to a 1.2x address and all configured WiFi devices (Wii and a pair of Android phones) i have on a 1.3x.
Manual IP with a 255.255.255.0 mask and gateway 192.168.1.254, manually entering the DNS from the gateway's Broadband Details page
As far as I've been able to test and observe, that gateway is tempermental (and intermittent so tech support can't EVER find a problem conveniently) with anything using the DHCP other than the cable boxes. My manual set devices have had no problems other than that strange IP conflict that popped up on 3 computers, bugged me 2 days, then just never came back (also ironically the monday i was going to call a tech support about it)
I've attempted to disable the DHCP entirely from the gateway and only use my Linksys DHCP. That seemed to work for a few hours untill, i'm guessing, the leases expired. Then all 3 TV's stopped. Everything getting it's IP manually or from the Linksys continued just fine, internet and all. The cable boxes only returned when i re-activated the 2-Wire's DHCP Server.
I would like to try using the Linksys router to isolate my LAN (and everything else i can) from that 2-Wire with a cascade, just link across on a single static IP to dodge that DHCP, but i havn't been able to get the cablebox upstairs to work off the Linksys DHCP. Even then, I'm not sure how i can get a network split to work. If i only isolated the DHCP over my WiFi, they would still at least loose file-sharing with the my File/Media/Backup PC downstairs. Move that to the other side, then the PC's upstairs loose access. As is it's MOSTLY stable though, i just have to pull apart the gateway and cut down it's DHCP range so my devices will actually get an IP from my linksys. If i don't take away the 2-wires, i still get a high IP fail rate. It would be great if i'm overlooking some way to force all DHCP IP requests -OTHER- than the cable boxes to get their IP from the Linksys and not the 2-Wire
Far as jdaley, I havn't tried to set a cascade since I'm having problems figuring out a means to isolate the boxes (and 2-wire) away from the LAN since one box is upstairs sharing a single cable with the computers there. Someone else seemed to report a success that way. If not that, then only other thing I can think of might be to just manually set all your WiFi IP addresses by hand
Thanks for any other ideas on dodging this 2-Wire's DHCP I'd really appreciate it. I'm really hoping i'm just overlooking something SIMPLE.

Two wireless routers on same home network

hi - i have one wireless router downstairs and i want to install another one upstairs to get better connectivity. I have wired Ethernet jacks around the house and I can connect the wireless router to those. If I do this will I be able to roam around my house; I want to make sure I have one wireless network, not two.
thanks!

You can as long as they are connected via a wire (using Linksys firmware). In a nut shell you are going to connect the two routers together, router 1 will have IP 192.168.1.1, router 2 will have IP 192.168.2.1. You will turn off DHCP on one of the routers so only one router will be passing out addresses to your devices. You can have the same SSID on both routers but should have different channels like 1&6 (or 6&11 or 1&11) to avoid 'co-channel' interference.
Search Google for 'connecting two wireless routers' and read up on it.

Wireless routers on only 80211b or g instead of mixed as fix to connection

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