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MacBook repeatedly disconnects from Wi-Fi
I have an early 2008-model MacBook (2.4 GHz). The Wi-Fi router I have at home is a Linksys WRT54GX2 that I have had for a few years.
My MacBook has recently started disconnecting from the router ...
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Assign IP's to certian mac addresses in dd-wrt
I have a Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS that I am running DD-WRT v24-sp2 (10/10/09) vpn - build 13064 on it and for the life of me I can not find a way to assign ip's based on Mac address. Basically I have a ...
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How do I fix a router which often reboots in high-load conditions?
I have a Linksys WRT54G v8 with DD-WRT micro installed. I find in high load situations (downloading a torrent for example) the router will simply restart several times.
Any ideas what's wrong? Should ...
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LinkSys WRT54GL + AM200 in half-bridge mode - Setup guide recommendations?
I am basically looking for a good guide on how to set up my home network with this set of hardware. I need:
Dynamic DNS
Firewall + port-forwarding
VPN
Wake-on-LAN from outside firewall
VOIP would ...
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Connection issues with Linksys WRT54GL / Tomato
So I recently purchased a new router, and decided to put Tomato on it for some of the fancy features, like graphs. Only problem is, now I've installed it I can't connect to the internet any more!
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I can get in, but I can't get out
Like most technical folks, I suppose, I'm my family's primary source of tech support. I'm a developer--not a sysadmin--by trade and tonight I bumped into something I've never seen before. I'm hoping ...
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Setting up a router as a DNS server only
I have a Linksys WRT54GL router that I don't need anymore, since I had to buy a 3G capable router (Dovado 3GN). As I only have a 3G connection at home, I want to optimize it as much as possible.
I ...
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How do I mount my Linksys WRT610N to maximize range and connection strength?
The current generation linksys routers have internal antennae.
I currently house my primary router in my basement and would like to maximize the strength with which it covers my home.
Is there ...
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Tomato Firmware on Linksys WRT54GS Firmware Version: v1.50.6
I'm trying to install Tomato and get "Upgrade Failed". Any idea why it's failing?
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Linksys Wireless-N ADSL2 WAG160N losing connection
It seems that recently I have to turn off and then turn on my router every time I want to connect my laptop(s) to the internet.
This is what's happens:
When I want to connect to the internet on ...
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Cablemodem frequent connection loss
I have a Linksys BEFCMU10 cablemodem and a WRT54GL router with Tomato 1.27 firmware on Cox cable. My question is this: I get what seems to be random disconnects from the internet, where the cable ...
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Connect to host by name using a Linksys wrt54g as my router and dhcp server
I have a Linksys WRT54G router at my house.
How do I enable/perform connect-by-name on my network (like "kitchen" and "musicbox") on Windows XP, Linux (Ubuntu and CentOS), and Mac clients?
Sometimes ...
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How can I use Linksys WPSM54G print server as a bridge for another machine AND also share the printer
I have a Linksys WPMS54G currently sharing a printer via the USB port with the rest of my network via the wireless.
Is there any way to set it up so that the ethernet port is bridged over the ...
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Configure WRT-54GL to accept/forward connections from WAN
Is it possible to configure WRT-54GL (using only its own web interface and without modifying the firmware) so that it doesn't filter connections originating in WAN (this is done elsewhere on its ...
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Youtube breaks my internet connection
This is a really annoying problem I'm having with my connection. Every so often, it'll randomly "freeze", that is, the NIC seems to stop receiving packets. This results in things like
If I'm trying ...
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I forgot my wireless router password. What do I do?
I have a Linksys wireless router but I can't figure out what the password is. I just got a new laptop and I can't connect via wireless.
My old laptop seems to have the password set in the security ...
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I cannot get my Linksys router to forward to my PC anymore with DSL
I am having trouble getting my Linksys router to forward traffic to my PC. I had it working recently.
I had brighthouse Cable internet hooked up to my router and was able to port forward traffic ...
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new PC not work with existing router, but works fine when directly connecting to cable modem
I bought a new desktop PC (eMachine ET1331G-03W from WalMart) with windows 7 installed, but I can not access internet by connecting to my existing wireless router(LinkSys BEFW11S4) with wired cable. ...
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Wireless from 54mbps to 1mbps
I've just changed ISP recently to 20/20 mbit and bought a Linksys WRT610N router to hook up my laptops wireless.
Everything is up and running now and I tested that the speed was as promised. Now, my ...
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How do I use a Zyxel P660 router as just modem so that I can connect a WRT54GL router in cascade?
I have a Zyxel P660HW-t1 v2 router (which has a DSL port) and a WRT54GL router (which does not) and the exact same situation as in this thread (UPDATE: the connection between both devices is the ...
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How do I disable auto-negotiation on DD-WRT?
I have a WRT54GL router with DD-WRT firmware installed, and have the exact same situation as exposed in this thread. The problem is, I don't know how to disable the auto-negotiation on the router ...
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Linksys by Cisco EZXS55W EtherFast 10/100 5-Port Workgroup Switch
I'm looking into buying a switch to expand the one ethernet port on one level. I'm considering "Linksys by Cisco EZXS55W EtherFast 10/100 5-Port Workgroup Switch" from Amazon, but I'm not sure what ...
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Configuring Shrew VPN to access Linksys RV082/RV042
Does anyone know how to successfully configure Shrew VPN to access a Linksys RV082 or RV042 over IPsec? Below is the error that I receive when I have configured our RV082 as specified in the Shrew ...
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Setup a network using 2 modem and 2 accesspoint
Our dormitory has been equipped with 2 ADSL lines for about 60 students. Most of us just used internet for chatting, web-surfing and email, but there are few guys want to suck all the network ...
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Problems with Linksys WiFi Router
I have a Linksys WRT110 that I'm trying to hook up at home and it's giving me issues:
It seems to be acting as a hub and assigning the public IP from my ISP to my laptop's ethernet adapter.
It is ...
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Linksys WRT54GS as a client
I have a PC which I have connected to a public Access Point via a RALINK dongle.
Now I want to connect my Linksys Router on this PC which the router will consider as the gateway and provide internet ...
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linksys WRT350N dd-wrt: how can i give upload priority to slingbox?
i have the router WRT350N by Linksys
I've installed dd-wrt v2.4 sp1 on it
how can i configure it to give upload priority to slingbox ?
The Slingbox is a TV streaming device that enables users to ...
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dd-wrt v24sp2 std. on WRT54GL v1.1 - remote access do not work (neither ssh not web-interface)
After installing the standard version of dd-wrt v24 sp2, I lost the ability to remote-access the router.
The sshd is running and remote ssh is enabled. I can ssh into the router from the LAN, and ...
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How to reboot WAG54G2 from Web Management
How can I reboot my Linksys WAG54G2 router from the web management interface?
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How can I find the IP address of my client bridge router?
I have a client bridge (LinkSys WRT54GL router with DD-WRT firmware). I specified an IP address of 192.168.1.2 for the device, however, when I run ipconfig, the default gateway is now 192.168.0.1. ...
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Port forwarding stopped working in my Linksys WRT54G2 Linksys router
How to do it again? I had simply forwarded needed ports (e.g. for counter strike, ftp, http etc)) but now with same system, same OS and same router and settings, it's not working. Tried setting router ...
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Connecting a 2Wire modem/router to another router
I want to hook a Linksys router to my 2wire modem/router (2701HG-b) to share my Internet connection. I ran from an open port from the 2wire to the WAN port of the Linksys but it will not work.
I did ...
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What is the maximum number of concurrent wireless clients a D-Link WBR-1310 will support?
How many concurrent wireless clients will a D-Link WBR-1310 support? What about a comparably priced Linksys router?
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Setting up MacBook Pro with Linksys 802.11.n router
I have a MacBook Pro (running Mac OS X 10.5). And I just brough a Linksys 802.11 n router (WRT 160N). I have followed the installed disk to configure the router. And it said the configuration is ...
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Weird networking problem ( Linksys, Windows 7 )
Okay it's a bit tough to figure out where to start from, but here is the basic summary of the issue:
During general internet usage, there are times when any attempt to visit a website stalls at ...
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Cannot connect via Mac OS X 10.6.2 & iPhone to VPN from LinkSys WRT54G
I am at a site that uses a Linksys WRT54G v8.0.0.7 router connected to an Insight Communications cable modem.
I cannot connect to my Windows 2003 PPP VPN via OS X or my iPhone. Both report: "You were ...
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Why can't my router handle heavy traffic from even just one computer?
Whenever I do anything much more demanding then web browsing over my internet connection (via a router), the latency goes from around 20ms to over a thousand. This makes streaming video and gaming a ...
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Why am I getting such slow transfer rate over wired LAN?
I have a Linksys WRT400N. Im trying to copy 400GB of data over LAN from one PC to another. Im getting 7-8MB/s over wireless AND wired. I have 10/100/1000 network cards in all PCs.
Anything I can do ...
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Linksys WRT54GC v2.0 - all connection lights flashing
I have just received a Linksys WRT54GC router of a friend. Apparently it has stopped working.
All lights on it are flashing apart from the power and wireless light. I have read of similar issues ...
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Help with Linksys WUSB54AG adapter 64-bit drivers
So it seems that Linksys doesn't provide 64-bit drivers for their adapters. Is there anyway to get it working without having to install a 32 bit OS?
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Sharing out an external HD on my WRT610N router
I've got a WRT610N router. I've put a Western Digital external hard drive on it, and am sharing it out to all of the desktops and laptops in my home (a mixture of Windows Vista and a Windows 7 ...
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Find the IP of the router between me and main router/gateway?
I have a Netgear router that is the main router/gateway in and out of the network. Then I have a Linksys 54g router with WiFi that we use as are main WiFi access point
The Cat5 runs from the router ...
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Home Network with two routers
My home network was using a linksys WRT54GL in the "traditional" - WAN port is hooked to the DSL modem, once of the ports on the linksys goes to another switch and most of the computers in the house ...
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Linksys WUSB11 v2.5 - anyway to make it work with WPA?
Is there any way to get a Linksys WUSB11 v2.5 adapter to work on a WPA network?
The only option in when trying to connect is WEP.
I have the only driver available from the website, which is from ...
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Outgrowing Linksys WRT54G router
Looks like the WRT54G is no longer adequate for our needs. At first with only a 2-3 people on the router it was ok, but now with more people and devices it's just no longer reliable. Crashes almost ...
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Why does my Linksys WRT54GS keep losing its memory?
I was given this second hand wireless router a while back. It generally works fine, but sometimes loses all its settings. It gets turned off at night, along with the PC and cable modem, so I'm ...
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Monitoring a Linksys WRT54G v8 network activity
Is there a way to monitor my router's network traffic, without having to replace the standard firmware? I want to be able to see each network host's network activity, but I don't want to replace the ...
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Remote Router Access For Linksys WRT54GL
I just set up a wireless network at home using a Linksys WRT54GL. All was fine except that I can still access 192.168.1.1, the configuration setup page of the router, within the local wireless after I ...
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Linksys gateway unable to set static IP of my PC
I got a Linksys gateway WAG54G2 and there is a problem, that I can't find in the gateway web-configuration how to set static IP for my PC using cable connection. Firmware Version:V1.00.10
