Wrt 300n wireless router

How can I connect an external antenna to my wrt 300N?

They should just unscrew ... but the middle on (the square one) is the external and the other 2 are the detachable. I wouldn't mess with that though.

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I have a Cisco/Linksys WRT-54G wireless router and 2 Airport Extremes (the small ones that plug directly into the wall). Is it possible to extend the network from the router using these two AEs? I have a DVD player and Ext HD plugged into the router too..

I have a Cisco/Linksys WRT-54G wireless router and 2 Airport Extremes (the small ones that plug directly into the wall). Is it possible to extend the network from the router using these two AEs? I have a DVD player and Ext HD plugged into the router too. Any ideas? I'm guessing the only way is to do what I've seen in these community pages which states that it can be done but it will drop the bandwidth by 50%. Thoughts?? Thanks!

The Cisco/Linksys WRT-54G was one of the very few routers said to be compatible with Apple's implementation of WDS (Wireless Distribution System) settings.
The info that I have on file indicates that only the WRT-54G versions 4 and under were compatible, so that would be one bridge to cross.
Even if you find that your Cisco/Linksys might be the right version, Apple never published instructions on how to configure the Express devices with other manufactures, so users were left to their own devices to try to figure out how to get things working. Apple's instructions to connect to other Apple devices are in the link below:
WDS network
If you were hoping to use 2 Express devices in this type of configuration...even if it works...the bandwidth penalties will be extremely severe.
The first Express drops the bandwidth (and speed) on the entire network in half and the second halves everything again. So, the result, in effect would be a "g" wireless network running at 25% speed. Few users would consider installing this type of network.
At this point, it becomes one of those things where the fact that you might be able to do something does not mean that there would be much value in doing so. But, it is your decision to decide if you want to try to proceed.

WRT 120N Wireless Router

I currently have a WRT54G Wireless Router for 3 Computers that I have to reset everyday! I am considering purchasing a WRT 120N Wireless Router to replace it! Will I need to purchase all new cards for my Computers or can this new Router work with the ones already installed from the old WRT54G Router?

If you are facing that problem on your all the computers, the first thing which you can try is login to the router setup and below change the MTU size to 1300 and click on Save settings....
If you still face the same problem with the Router, then you need to upgrade the firmware of your Router. Go to website linksysbycisco.com/downloads.........insert model no of your router in search tab......select proper version of your router........download the firmware file......save that file on desktop..
Follow these steps to upgrade the firmware on the device : -
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on a computer hard wired to the router...In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1...Leave the Username blank & in Password use admin in lower case...
Click on the 'Administration' tab- Then click on the 'Firmware Upgrade' sub tab- Here click on 'Browse' and browse the .bin firmware file and click on "Upgrade"...
Wait for few seconds until it shows that "Upgrade is successful" After the firmware upgrade, click on "Reboot" and you will be returned back to the same page OR it will say "Page cannot be displayed".
Now reset your router :
Press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds...Release the reset button...Unplug the power cable from your router, wait for 30 seconds and re-connect the power cable...Now re-configure your router...

Problems w/ WRT 300N

Hello, I have been experiencing decreased connection strength through my WPC300N wireless notebook adapter using a WRT 300N wireless router. At boot-up, the signal strength will be low, with 100+Mbps as the speed. After a few minutes it drops to 54 Mbps, then 13 or 11 Mbps, then finally 2 and 1 Mbps, signal strength very low. The internet is as slow as molasses at this point. I am using windows XP with all service packs. I live in a two story house, with the router on the second floor. However, our old Wireless G router (can't remember the model, it didn't have any speed or range boost though) would get to the laptop where its at now. I thought a WRT300N would be better, but I am having this problem now. My laptop with a Wireless G card holds up at 54 Mpbs all the time. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks a bunch in advance.

No, the changes did not make a difference. Sorry for the long delay in response. The signal is still dropping off very badly. I am still having no problems connecting the WRT 300N off my really old laptop that is using an old Linksys Wireless G card. In fact, the other day I was downloading two programs at 100Kbps EACH!
BUT, the laptop using the Wireless N card is still slowing to a snails pace within 10 minutes of connecting to the Router. I dont know what else to do, I am thinking of trying different locations for the router to see if I can get a more stable connection. The 14 day return period has long since passed, so I have to find a way to make this work. But as of now, I am still having problems.

Problem with Wireless settings in WRT 300N (V2)

Greetings,
I've just managed to reset the WRT 300N to default settings and have setup the internet conncection etc and home network ... BUT no matter how I've fiddled with the wireless settings I cannot get any of the laptops or mobile phones to connect wirelessly to the network.
The Windows software on the laptops 'finds' the router OK but for some reason the router seems unwilling to supply an IP address.
I've checked ALL of the settings that I can think of, and all are correct ... well, all are exactly the same as my old router which worked perfectly.
It's something that I think muxt be to do with the security settings.
Can anyone offer any suggestions ??
THanks
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Try the following steps:
# Open up the browser and on the address bar type 192.168.1.1 that will open up the Router setup page.
# Then Click on wireless Tab select, Wireless Network mode “Mixed”, Radio Band to 20 MHz only and Standard Channel to 1, 3, 6, 9, and 11. Click Save Settings.
#Adjust the following advanced wireless settings:
~~ Lower the beacon interval from 100 to 75
~~ Lower the fragmentation threshold from 2346 to 2306
~~ Lower the RTS threshold from 2347 to 2307
Then check the status..
Here is the link for connecting the wireless network: http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=32036bdcd9dd44ec94f94fc5f6da666f_Connecting_wirele...

I want to reset WRT 300N router

My WRT 300N will no let me access to change the password. I want to Press the reset Button. How will i set up access to it again and put a password that I can remember into it.

Not much of anything . Here is what I did. I held reset for about 45 seconds and nothing happened. I did find out the router IP address it is 192.168.1.47 when I type that in it ask me for the log in and password. I try admin admin then nothing and admin and admin and nothing but it does not work. I am stuck again. I did yesterday get to CISCO/linksys help and after a while they said that it was out o warranty in Jan of this year....

WRT-54GS wireless broadband router speed vs wired speed

Why is the wireless speed for my WRT-54GS wireless broadband router about twice as fast as when I connect through one of the ethernet ports on the WRT-54GS? This effects my decission on upgading my family's PCMCIA cards and whether it makes sense to introduce a HomePlug to get the signal to my desktop PC.
And why is my DSL modem coming in at 100mps but no where near that after it passes through the WRT54-GS wirelss router?
Thanks, lpb

I alreadt have V.6. I don't see a firmware update on the Linksys site later than that.

I have both Apple and Android devices. My Android devices will not stay connected to wireless . I have the Airport Express. The Android devices are a Galaxy S4 and Tab 3. These both worked perfectly on my ancient Linksys WRT 120 N wireless router.

I have called Apple support twice and no one can confrm or deny as to whether Android devices can connect with the Airport Express. I have had the it configured 3 times so far and my Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 are useless with the Airport Express.

BTW what did you mean by using my old wireless router as a AP?
Every Wireless router ever made is actually made of two components..
A router and a wireless AP. (AP = Access Point).
To use any wireless router as a AP you simply bypass or turn off the router..
In an Apple router this is called Bridge mode..
In many routers it is known as AP or WAP mode.
But often they do not have the option..
Set it up manually.. we call this WAN bypass as it will bypass the router.
So what you do is open your wireless router setup page in your browser.. go to the LAN setup page.
You need to do two things.
1. Turn off the dhcp server.
2. Set the LAN IP to match the main router..
For instance if your plug it into your apple router and it is at the default IP.. 10.0.1.1 then set the Linksys to 10.0.1.254
The Linksys is then updated.. Plug the ethernet cable from LAN port apple router to LAN port WRT120 (not WAN)
Now with a computer plugged into the apple router or into the Linksys .. by ethernet.. open the IP address you just set.. go to the wireless tab in the setup and give the wireless SSID a suitable name for your other (non-apple) products.. voila.. you have now turned a wireless router into an AP.

WRT 300N - WRT 600N

After all I received 4 linksys wireless router n series.
2 WRT 300n
2 WRT 600n
I decide to test those routers in LAB and then migrate our buisiness medium platform from G to N.
Lets See what happened.
1- In open office env with 200 square meter I have weak signal at corner that reduce my bandwidth to 54 Mb/s(from 270 Mb/s).I test coverage area against WRT 54g and I get Incredible result.there is no more coverage except that you forget bandwidth because it Reduce it to 11 Mb/s.
2- I used Solarwinds Orion to get Throughput from this router and again I find a new incredible thing my dashboard show 150 Mb/s at 2 meters distance between my computer and router.
3- I decide to use site survey to plot a map of coverage area incredibly in close building area i see a circle with 10 meter in blue witch means I can use 270 Mb/s at this range only.
4- After All I tried to bridge two routers together I impact with a phenomena these routers series cant bridge together and there is no sign of option access point or bridge in web base console.But I read in Linksys catalog that this models are enhanced Access Points.
5- After all problems with signaling,bandwidth,Bridging ...
I can only say that linksys produce a product with many weakness in hardware and software.

There is always a reality check between what marketing materials claim (a perfect test in their lab) and a real-world test. Having been on the vendor side for many years, I have seen this situation many of times.
Hopefully the speeds will be good enough for your deployment situation. What caught my eye was your mention of Solarwinds. I have been a long time user of Orion and the Engineering Toolset. Recently I came across PacketTrap Networks (www.packettrap.com) for scanning and diagnostic tools. They also have a monitoring dashboard that I have been using for my critical devices. It was the easiest dashboard to set up that I have experienced. To top it off, they have a free version - gotta love that price. www.packettrap.com/download. Good luck, I feel your pain.
(Edited post for guideline compliance. Thanks!)
Message Edited by JOHNDOE_06 on 02-25-2008 10:49 AM

Home wireless router. Awful latency.

Hello guys.
I have a wireless router at home, as all the cool guys in the block. Recently I am experiance an awful latency. I am sitting next to the router, less then a metter from it. Here is what I have:
[ ~ ] netstat -rn
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.10.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
192.168.10.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
[ ~ ] ping 192.168.10.1 -c 10
PING 192.168.10.1 (192.168.10.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=67.8 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=593 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.749 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=96.1 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=474 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=6 ttl=64 time=379 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=7 ttl=64 time=94.9 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=8 ttl=64 time=19.4 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=9 ttl=64 time=76.4 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=10 ttl=64 time=0.797 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=154 ttl=64 time=1366 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=155 ttl=64 time=404 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=156 ttl=64 time=139 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=157 ttl=64 time=1564 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=158 ttl=64 time=1158 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=159 ttl=64 time=190 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=160 ttl=64 time=618 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=161 ttl=64 time=74.7 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=162 ttl=64 time=395 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=163 ttl=64 time=1024 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=164 ttl=64 time=276 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=165 ttl=64 time=1049 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=166 ttl=64 time=589 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=167 ttl=64 time=644 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=168 ttl=64 time=979 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=169 ttl=64 time=779 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=170 ttl=64 time=623 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=171 ttl=64 time=3450 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=172 ttl=64 time=13993 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=173 ttl=64 time=14286 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=174 ttl=64 time=13286 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=175 ttl=64 time=12320 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=176 ttl=64 time=11430 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=177 ttl=64 time=10586 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=178 ttl=64 time=10008 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=179 ttl=64 time=9684 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=180 ttl=64 time=8809 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=181 ttl=64 time=7857 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=182 ttl=64 time=6992 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=183 ttl=64 time=6610 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=184 ttl=64 time=6017 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=185 ttl=64 time=6606 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=186 ttl=64 time=8064 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=187 ttl=64 time=7057 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=188 ttl=64 time=6056 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=189 ttl=64 time=5123 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=190 ttl=64 time=4122 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=191 ttl=64 time=3131 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=192 ttl=64 time=2220 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=193 ttl=64 time=1407 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=194 ttl=64 time=506 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.10.1: icmp_req=195 ttl=64 time=185 ms
This is my wifi on my laptop:
[ ~ ] lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 15d9:0a4c Trust International B.V. USB+PS/2 Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 413c:8157 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 413c:8158 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad / Trackstick
[ ~ ]
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"Fanagoria"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: D8:5D:4C:F1:D7:02
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
I have the wl driver:
[ ~ ] lsmod | grep wl
wl 2557291 0
cfg80211 176889 1 wl
lib80211 3949 2 wl,lib80211_crypt_tkip
[ ~ ]
Here is my MODULES section in my /etc/rc.conf file:
[ ~ ] cat /etc/rc.conf | grep MODULES
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Blacklisting is no longer supported.
MODULES=(lib80211 wl fuse cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_stats cpufreq_ondemand acpi-cpufreq fglrx)
[ ~ ]
My wireless router is that TP-LINK and it`s firmware is updated to the latest version. (I using the stock firmware). There are no wireless network in range, that are using the same channel as mine is. The latency is happening to my friends connected to my router too. I am using wicd for network manager, and wicd-curses for network manager front-end.
I will post more info if needed.
Please advise me what can I do.
Regards
Last edited by Gruntz (2012-05-15 18:46:17)

Okay well I can see nothing that would cause this in anything you've posted. Especially if your friends are experiencing this too.
I would either try downgrading the firmware (If after upgrading this happened). However, I see that your TL-WR1043ND is VERY well supported by Open-WRT. You may want to give it a look.
Remember that the WiFi channels are overlapped. Try getting as far away as possible from other networks.
Ensure you are running WPA-PSK with the AES cipher and a key of 63 pseudorandom characters. This way others are not using your WiFi to torrent and suck bandwidth.
Try to stick to 802.11g but if at all possible go with 802.11n. Also if possible move up to the 5Ghz band to get out of the way of other things using the 2.4Ghz uncontrolled spectrum block.
If your router is running things like DHCP, DNS, FTP, SMB, SSH, NTP, VPN, Etc... Quit it. Your TL-WR1043ND is running a 400Mhz processor with 32Mb of memory.
That's basically all the advice I've got. Hope that get's the ball rolling on fixing this for you.

Connecting an older computer to my wireless router.

My wireless router is connected to my work computer which is in the same room as my own personal computer. I can hard wire the two together since they are only a few feet apart, but my older computer only has a phone line connection. Are there cables with a ethernet plug on one end and a phone line size plug on the other, or what do I have to do to hard wire these together. My older computer, which still works just fine for my personal needs does not have wireless capability so I was hoping somehow I could hard wire this to the router. Any help is much appreciated.
Message Edited by bzmom23 on 09-14-2008 09:32 PM
Message Edited by bzmom23 on 09-15-2008 05:31 AM

Also, does the older computer support USB? (Don't laugh; there's a method to the suggestion!) Even if, for some reason, there's no room to mount a wired or wireless network adapter inside the computer, there's nothing stopping you from using a USB network adapter (wired or wireless) to connect to the same computer. Since there are USB wireless network adapters available (wireless-b, wireless-G, and wireless-N, as well as multi-protocol), do give serious consideration to having one or more around (if for no other reason than as spares); I'm looking to pick up one or two such USB adapters for my two-computer all-wired network (the router is a WRT54GS V.2, but may shortly be replaced with a WRT-310N for additional range and wired gigabit support). I've had my GS since 2005, and I'm very happy with it.

Cannot see Mac Mini Server from Internet: DynDNS alias gets thru cable modem to wireless router, not to the Mac Mini. How to configure?

I want to make my Mac Mini Server (Lion) visible to the Internet from my home LAN. I have followed the Lion server install wizards and also set up a dynamic DNS at DynDNS.com.
When I enter the Internet address with the proper alias from a web browser, I get dumped into the admin screen of the Linksys wireless router WRT300N. Hint: the WRT300N provides DHCP for the LAN, not the cable modem providing DHCP. The WRT300N has DDNS service set up. NAT and RIP are disabled. The Mac Mini DHCP is reserved.
Suggestions? I could use the Motorola Surfboard SB6121 to provide DHCP but have hesitations.
Point me to the right discussion/article and get me back on track, please.

This sounds like a simple port forwarding issue, but I don't understand your LAN setup.
The WRT300N has DDNS service set up. NAT and RIP are disabled.
The chances are, you're running NAT somewhere in your network. If not the WRT then what? If it's your cable modem then you must have port forwarding configured on the cable modem, and that's where you need to focus - change the port forwarding to point to your Mac Mini's address rather than the WRT.
HOWEVER, it is far more common to have the wireless router perform NAT and DHCP, which is why I question your setup.
Not directly related, but:
The Mac Mini DHCP is reserved
Nix this. Your server should be configured manually, with a static IP address, not DHCP, even with a reservation in the DHCP server. The only advantage of DHCP is for dynamic hosts (hence the 'D' in 'DHCP') or if you expect to change your entire local subnet on any kind of frequent basis. The reality is that you can't just change the IP address of Mac OS X Server like this - there are too many dependencies, so it's better to set it manually, knowing that there's a cost (and pain) to change the server's address.

Use wireless router with existing network and switch?

I have an existing network using a T1 into a switch; all the computers and the server are connected to the switch. Some distance away, via ethernet cable to the switch, I would like to connect a wireless router, one computer wired to that router, and other computers connect via wireless. Our server provides DHCP. Is this possible? How best to do it? Which Linksys router would be best for the purpose? Thanks for the help!

The "correct" device to use would be a wireless access point like the Linksys WAPs and not a WRT router. WRT routers are supposed to connect to the internet on its own.
You can set up a WRT router as simple access point. see here for the setup.
The best router is the one which best suits your needs. All wireless routers and access point provide wireless access. It depends on what you want (802.11n, 11b, 11g, range, speed, etc.). The newer routers are better from the specifications but usually also have more firmware bugs. But that's pretty much all one can say based on your generic requirements.

Suggest a good wireless router...

Hello guys,
Need some help here. Being a total n00b @ computer technology, I need some advice purchasing a wireless router. We recently moved to a duplex house and got a wimax internet connection for which I need a wireless router. We also have a Vonage VoIP phone using a Linksys RTP300 which off late developed some issues.
So can I get a device which acts as both a VoIP adapter and wireless router?
If that's not possible i need a good wireless router and VoIP adapter.
I have zeroed on to a cpl of linksys routers viz. Linksys WRT54GL, Linksys WRT 310N, Linksys WRT 160NL.
My requirements would be:
1.Being a duplex house I need good reception on both the floors.
2.Good data transfer speeds.
3.Budget is 150$ max(for router and voip adapter).
I have a cpl of laptops(Vaio VGN FZ35GN and 3 year old Dell). Heard a great deal abt WRT54GL but a lil apprehensive abt its performance compared to WRT 310 and 16NL.
Help me guys.......

There are few things that you need to rule out - Out Of The Box - which are the following:
1. Can you access WPA2 (Personal) on all the Laptops since you have mentioned that you have old laptops.
2. If you cannot then you should try a Linksys WRT54 (G/GL/GS/GX) Since you can connect older ones with that model.
3. If you do then you might as well go with a WRT310N so that you would be good to go even if you create a gigabit network.
- o_o

WRT400N wireless router industrial network static IP

I have two small industrial networks all with static IP addresses. One network uses IP 192.168.83.xxx and the other uses 192.168.84.xxx. I plan to add two more of 192.168.82.xxx and 192.168.81.xxx where xxx is the last number of the devices. I had a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 for each. I wanted to use the abobe wireless router to connect by LAN each of the networks and then use wireless from my PC to connect to them. I am able to set the static address of the router to work with any one network but not all at the same time. There is no internet or intranet available and I have tried used the internet port to connect without success. Any sugestions? I think the problem is with my subnet mask but the router does not let me choose 255.255.0.0 as a subnet which is what I think I need to do this.

Well its not possible to change the Subnet Mask of your Router... As all the Routers works on a Class C Subnet Mask... You can try DD-WRT Firmware and check if they have the open to make your Router work with a Different Subnet..

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