WRT54G as Access Point & Intermittent Connectivity

So I followed the advice found here
http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=Wireless_Routers&message.id=26177
Hooking up a wired router to my WRT54G Router, which I am trying to use as an access point. I've set my LAN IP to 192.168.1.2, disabled DHCP, cables plugged into LAN ports, not the WAN port.I also changed it to Router Mode instead of gateway mode.
The problem is my wired router is my landlord's, and I don't have access to it. Anyway, I can usually connect, but sometimes it disconnects repeatedly, and it seems like i can't keep a connection for more than 5 minutes.
The problem doesn't seem to nearly as bad when I'm plugged directly into the wall (but there have been a couple times when I've gotten disconnected).
My theory is that I may be getting something mixed up with regards to my assigned IP address. When I'm plugged in i'm 192.168.1.108, but when I connect to the wireless, i'm almost always 192.168.1.100, even though there's only one DHCP server on the network. (this is just a guess, though)
Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!

I've updated the router's firmware I forgot to mention that in the original post. Are you sure regarding the "gateway mode", the little help blurb on the routers settings says that gateway should only be used when the router is the part of the network that deals directly with the wider internet. I am pretty sure I've tried it in both modes and was having this problem, because it was definately Gateway

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Make WRT54G an Access Point Only

I need to make my WRT54G an access point only. I tried information contained on Linksys site, but I can't seem to get it to work.
I can access my wireless router and disable DHCP fine. But when I try to change the wireless routers IP, I'm instructed to refresh/renew. Once that's done, I can no longer access the router at the old or new address.
My Netgear wired router has a range of 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.50.
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Temporary IPv6 Address : 2002:2ab7:5c22:8:35de:c0e8:c3a2:4946(Pref
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"Network connection required.Define access point to connect?
Then it'll give me a selection from a list of my networks various protocols.
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A couple of applications on my phone, particularly Ovi Maps keep doing this and it's getting REALLY annoying.
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I also put this on the Access Point Forum
Situation:
Using a cable modem.
Installed a WIRED SMC barricade router next to the cable modem (just plug & play).
Have 1 PC connected directly to port 2 of the SMC (PC works fine).
Ran a cable from port 1 of the SMC to downstairs.
Connected cable to the WRT54G.
Via wireless, went into the WRT54G and disable DHCP (and saved settings).
At this point I have can access the internet.
But if I reboot my pc, I can see the WRT54G but do not get internet access nor even access it using 192.168.1.1 (I have to reset the WRT54G and then I can access it).
Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
BTW, the SMC IP address is 192.168.2.1, so the only setting I change in the WRT54G was disabling the DHCP.
Thanks
Keith

OK, if the SMC's IP is 192.168.2.1, then you would assume your IP would also be on that network. Are you performing a hard reset of the WRT (to factory settings)? If so that would probably explain why you can access 192.168.1.1, because factory rest is to enable DHCP on the 192.168.1.0 network, and your PC may be getting an IP from there before the SMC.
Are the ports on the SMC router just switch ports (same as the ethernet ports on the WRT? If so, which port on the WRT are you connecting to the SMC? If you use one of the ethernet (not the WAN) ports on the WRT, and set it's IP in the 192.168.2.0 network you should be good. Disable DHCP on the WRT, and put it in Router mode, rather than Gateway mode (it doesn't really matter if you are not using the WAN port, as allyou are using are the ethernet ports and the wireless.)
Your DHCP requests will still get passed over to the SMC.
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Port forwarding / PPPoE setup / WRT54GS as access point

Hi,
i have 3 questions as u can understand from the subject
First's lets make a rough sketch of the net topology
Internet -------- DSL Modem ------- WRT54GS >>>> 2 wireless laptops
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                                                    Wired Desktop PC
My DLS Modem is a Siemens Speedstream4200 connected to WRT54GS using an Ethernet cable. WRT54GS is v7.0 using firmaware v7.50.0. The 2 laptops run Vista Home Premium and my Wired Desktop Windows XP Pro.
So, now to the questions:
A. I tried using PPPoE in the Internet connection box of the WRT54GS, i supplied the username and pasword of my ISP but i couldn't establish an internet conection. Of course i didn't turn off the modem, router and pc as pointed out in topic with AnwerId = 2210 which i found today, will do that tonight, so hopefully there will not be a problem. I just switched from DHCP to PPPoE.... so, there might not be a prob after all... (is turning on and off the hardware that substancial ? )
B. I am currently using DHCP as the preferred Internet connetion type. I tried to forward a port to use with uTorrent. I gave my desktop pc a static IP (192.168.1.199), forwarded the port to the corresponding area of the router's page (port 59876, both protocols, enable) and unchecked the Block anonymous requests. Had no luck . Thing is that i am not sure about the TCP/IP settings i have used...
Static IP :               192.168.1.199
Subnet   :              255.255.255.255 (default value)
Default Gateway : 192.168.1.1 (the router's IP)
Preffered DNS    :  62.178.90.17
Secondary DNS :   62.178.90.18
The DNS's are the ones that my ISP gave me. Are these the ones that i am supposed to use here or should i use my routers IP as a DSN? (my DSL modem is accessed in the network at http://192.168.254.254)
C. I have also a second WRT (currently not connected) and i want to use it as an access point (extending the range of my network in a building)
I am thinking of something like the following
Internet -------- DSL Modem ------- WRT54GS >>>> 1 wireless laptops (floor 2)
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                                                               |   (this is an ethernet cable)
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              (this is an access point)   WRT54GS >>>> 1 wireless laptop (floor 0)
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                                                    Wired Desktop PC
What do i have to do ? connect the 2 WRT54GS, make sure that both WRT54GS have the same SSID and use different channels? What about port forwarding ? i guess i will have to forward the IP of the access point to the router and the IP of my PC to the access point ? ? ?
Well, thx at least for your time to read my email
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A. If you cannot set PPPoE on the WRT although it is supposed to be required for your DSL connection then probably the SpeedStream is operating as router as well. That's why you can use internet connection type DHCP. You should post the full information on the Status tab of the router. It will show how you are connected to the SpeedStream and whether it is a router or not. Otherwise you could also do this test. If both IP addresses are not identical then you have a router/modem. You should consider putting the SpeedStream into "bridge" mode. In bridge mode it operates like any normal modem. Then you should be able to configure the PPPoE connection on the WRT.
B. Obviously, if your modem is also operating as gateway router port forwardings won't work unless you configure port forwardings on the modem/router as well. The modem/router is the device with the public IP address. You have to forward ports from the Speedstream to the WRT WAN IP and on the WRT to the computer in question. You should assign a static IP address in the internet connection settings of the WRT (for similar reasons like for the computer). As this is complicated this would be another good reason to put the modem into bridge mode. Then the WRT is connected to the internet and you only have to configured port forwardings on the WRT.
C. See here. For a roaming network wireless settings on both WRTs must be identical except for the channel numbers. If you set up the second router like suggested there is no port forwarding on the second WRT.
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Is there any way I can control which specific access point I connect (and stay connected) to from amongst a set of access points with the same SSID?

I'm working from a boat in a harbor in which the ISP has deployed numerous access points around the periphery. All the access points share the same SSID and each is configured to use either channel 1, 6 or 11. From my location, there are over a dozen of these access points "visible" (based on the the output of WiFi Scanner) with a range of RSSI and S/N values that vary over time.
The ISP has told me that the quality of my connection should be "perfectly fine" for any access point with an RSSI value better than -75, but I know from experience that my connection quality is miserable (i.e. < 50Kbps download) for almost all of these, including those with RSSI values better than -75. There is at least one exception, however, which gives me on the order of 2Mbps download, which is "great" in this context.
I've tried using a more powerful USB antenna plugged into my MacBook Air (mid 2011), but as far as I can tell, it really doesn't make much difference. Neither does my location within the boat. The overriding factor seems to be which access point I happen to connect up to.
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I'm hoping that I can determine, through experimentation, which access point(s) provide(s) acceptable performance and then configure my Mac to limit my connection to those points through whatever mechanism I need to use (e.g. channel, MAC id, etc.).

Establishing a wireless connection with a client computer is left to the access point for various reasons. One reason that your Mac may not connect to the strongest access point is that it may have reached a limit of the number of clients it can serve, leaving it unable to accept a connection with another. The limit may not be very large.
Suppose that happens, and your Mac establishes a connection with a more distant access point having a weaker signal. Then, suppose a client drops off the network. Doesn't this mean your Mac will switch to the stronger access point? Not necessarily. The throughput delivered to and from your Mac would have to drop below a threshold specified in the AP for it to drop the client, leaving your Mac free to connect with another one. The reason for this is to prevent rapid switching from one AP to another in an area in which two signals are of approximately equal quality. If that were to occur the frequent and repetitive handshaking between the two devices would slow throughput to zero.
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I thought about the possibility to use the new Apple TV as Airport/WLAN access point in the case that it is connected via LAN. You don't need an Airport Express and you got Airport/WLAN/HDMI/Audio in all rooms (and around that room) you connect an Apple TV to. Nice and best for hotels!
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Hi!
I searched through the forums and could not find the exact answer I was looking for.
I have a client who has an exisiting network. They wanted to add wireless capabilities and bought 2 WRT54G for me to install as access points only. Their exisiting network runs internal IPs of 10.0.0.x. They want the wireless clients to get an IP in that subnet.
Will the WRT54G do that? I cannot seem to make it work. It is easy to hang it off the network on the WAN port and DHCP 192.168.1.x addresses to wireless clients, but that is not what they want.
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Sorry, did not provide enough information.
The client has an exisiting network comprised of Cisco Routers and Switches. DHCP is handled by the Cisco Router. They bought the WRT54G without consulting with us first (we are the reseller and IT consultants) and want the WRT54G to act as a AP. They want the wireless clients to get IPs handed out by the Cisco Router. Basically they want the WRT54G to act like a WAP54G.
The client thought that by turning off DHCP and plugging the wired network into the LAN side of the WRT54G, the wireless clients/traffic would just be passed to the Cisco router. I dont think that will work.
Here is a basic look at the network.
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I could PDF a Visio if that would help.
I am just thinking that this is a waste of time to try to get this to work when the WAP54G will do what we want. But thought I would ask. Also, the 2 APs are to serve wireless clients in seperate parts of the building. They will have seperate SSIDs and will not be in a bridge mode.
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And in 6 cases after changing some parameters of RF Interface the all clients dropped the signal.
This trouble was solved very simple.
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I have been using WiFi tethering. However, as everybody knows, the battery of my Nexus 5 goes down so fast. Now I wish to use Bluetooth tethering. I updated my Nexus 5 to Android 5.0. I have a desktop PC, notebook PC and new Surface
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Some website indicates "KB290440" but it is not found in the history of update.
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