Re: How to config WRT54GS sans internet/Windows

Take one of your laptops or desktops, configure it to get an address via
DHCP, and connect it to one of the LAN/switch ports on the WRT54GS.  Then
use ifconfig or ipconfig to identify the gateway IP address which is the
router's IP address.  You don't need Windows to do anything with the
WRT54GS (you only need a browser).  Try https://ipaddress if http://
doesn't work.


At 08:24 AM 1/12/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>I'd like to configure and play with my new Linksys WRT54GS
>router, but I can't figure out the "non-dummies" way to
>access it.
>
>The manual assumes I'm a Windoze person, who wants it to route my
>home network to the Internet, but I don't want to do that at all.
>
>For the moment, I just want to download the latest firmware to
>the router, and then play around with letting some wireless laptops
>access a wired Linux box behind my firewall.
>
>I certainly don't want to disrupt my ongoing DSL connection--
>which is serving web pages--just to configure this router, but
>all the Linksys docs want me to do exactly that.
>
>I tried just plugging the router in to a machine with an extra NIC
>configured for a (192.168.1.*) sub-net, figuring that would let
>me access it through a browser at its default address of
>192.168.1.1, but it didn't work--lights blinked on the router,
>but no web page ever showed up. I tried both the "Internet" port
>and the "hub" ports, with the same results (using a straight-
>through cable).
>
>Is there documentation somewhere telling people how to configure
>these units using Linux, or is it actually vital (as the manuals
>imply) to do the initial configuration with Windoze? 8-} I've
>been looking for clues over at linksysinfo.org, but haven't found
>anything yet.
>
>If necessary, I'll do the Windoze config, but it will have to be
>in the dead of night, if it means I'll have to unplug the DSL
>connection feeding my servers. 8-{
>
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