How to configure and connect WRT54G2 Linksys router with ADSL Broadband Modem
Today I bought My Linksys WRT54G2 ( Wireless G broadband) Router. In this post I will talk on how you can configure , With Lan Wire and Wireless , the router with ADSL broadband Modem. This can be similar to other modems also. Configuring the router was little tricky for me. I say tricky because its not hard its just we need to know how to do the right way. So lets get to the topic.
What I had ?
- ISP : BSNL borad band
- ADSL Modem SMART AX MT882 ( provided by broad band )
- My ISP had give me a Static IP and Some IP for default gateway.
- New : Linksys WRT54G2 Router
My Goal :
- Configure my Linksys WRT54G2 Router to talk to Modem and My computer to Router
- Configure for both Wired and Wireless connection
Caution :
Though Lynksys modem comes with a CD which has setup for making this work but it did not work for me. I had to do the manual way. In case you have any previous settings, please reset to factory settings.
Update : This should also work with
- Linksys WRT54G Router with huawei MT 880 or 882 BSNL modem. Thye have similar settings
- ADSL Modem/Router UT-300R2U with Linksys Wireless Router WRT54G
- BSNL smartAX MT882 modem and linksys WRT54G router
So finally It Should look like this :
My Home Wifi network
Configuring for Wired Connection :
Saving Previous Settings :
- Make a note of all your IP, DNS IP address and Default Gateway which you can find in your current Ethernet /LAN connection. I had a static IP. The below step tells you how to do it.
- My Network Place > View Network
Connection. Select the network
connection which is for your Ethernet.Right Click the network
connection. Then go to properties You will see lot of things listed there. Look for Internet protocol ( TCP / IP ). It could also be IPv4Now Click on properties button. It will open another window . Under general tab of the windows. You can see if the IP is set to manual or Dynamic.
If manual You will have all the IP, DNS, gateway listed right there. Save the ip address on notepad .Also if you have any DNS IP save it too.
- Now change your LAN settings to Dynamic IP and Remove option for DNS. So its all Dynamic no manual configuration.
- Do not change any configuration of your modem. Let it be the same and keep it on.
- We will need them when we actually make the modem and router talk.
Detecting Router and Changing Router IP Address
- Unplug the network cable connected to your current Modem.
- Plug the network cable ( Mine was Blue ) which comes with the Router Box pack to your computer. The other end goes into any of the Router Ethernet Port ( 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 )
- Now type in 192.168.1.1 in IE or Firefox or any browser. You will prompted for password which is admin. You must be logged into Linksys Router.
- Now since your ADSL modem is also having the same IP , we will change the IP address for WRT54G2 Router to 192.168.5.1
- Under Setup >Basic Setup look for Network Setup and Change Router IP. Change to 192.168.5.1 and Save changes.
- Since the IP has changed you will need to close the Browser.
- Sometimes the IP doesnt change automatically. Do a IPCONFIG / RELEASE and then IPCONFIG / Renew
Wrt54g2 Router IP
Making WRT54G2 Router talk to ADSL broadband modem
- Plugin the Ethernet cable which comes from the Modem into the port on Wrt54g2 router which says Internet.
- Open Internet Explorer and Type in 192.168.5.1.
- Type in same password ( admin )
- You will be in Setup > Basic Setup
- Take a look at Section , Internet Setup. The current selection should be Automatic Configuration DHCP. Select Static IP instead.
- Add following details to it. In the first step we backed up All the IP configuration. Use them here
Internet IP Address: . . .
Subnet Mask: . . .
Gateway: . . .
Static DNS 1: . . .
Static DNS 2: . . .
Static DNS 3:
ADSL Modem Settings to Wrt54g2 Router
- Once Done just save changes and you should be back at same page.
- Now try to connect any application which talks to internet. You should be able to connect
Configuring for Wireless Connection :
Now once your Router is talking with Modem, it is pretty easy to connect on Wireless. The only thing we need to setup here is Security. Lets get WIFI
- Get to the Lynksys page again. Do all login and regualr stuff.
- Now look for menu Wireless, click on it. You should land on Basic Wireless Settings.
Basic Wireless Settings
- Select wireless configuration to Manual .
- Wireless network mode to Mixed.
- Give a Wireless Network Name (SSID), make sure its unique.
- Make Wireless channel selection 11 ( 11 – 2.463 GHZ)
- Select Wireless SSID Broadcast to Enable
- Save Settings and you wil back at the same page with changes you made.
Now Lets secure the Router :
- Go to Wireless Security on the same page.
- You will need to configure here Security Mode : WPA Personal, WPA Algorithms: TKIP
- WPA Shared Key is what you will need when you connect to your router without wire. This key does the authentication and keep unwanted people away. Add 8 digit alphanumeric key.
- Save changes.Just make sure you save that key to a notepad or remember it.
Wrt54g2 wireless security
- Now last step, Move to next menu Security > Firewall .
- Uncheck Block Anonymous Internet Requests .
- Save Settings.
Wrt54g2 firewall settings
- Remove the blue cable which you had connected with Router.
That’s it. Now just turn on yoru WIFI and Search for the router. The name should be visible. Click to connect. At this stage it will ask you for the Password or Shared Key which we configures just above. It will connect and you will be able to connect to Internet.
That’s all Folks. This is how you connect WRT54G2 Linksys router with Adsl Broadband Modem. If you have any questions feel free to comment.
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Posted on 18th January 2009 by Ashish Mohta , A Professional Tech blogger, Editor and Writer who talks about solving day to day problems of people who use computer. He also writes on How to use the applications like Office, PC tips, Online tools,Browsers and more. All posts by Ashish Mohta | Connect with me @ Twitter | Linkedin | Facebook | Stumble
Thank you very much. I had the problem of connecting my wireless router with the ADSL Modem in the absence of setup wizard CD. I tried to setup manually with a notion that dynamic ip config would work out, but it went otherwise. But after seeing your article I could connect within a minute. Great stuff. keep it up
Thanks Ram. I am glad it had helped you and I hope many people read it and get their problem also solved. Do share it with other people
i COULD NOT UNDERSTAND A COUPLE OF THINGS IN YOUR INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ROUTER. lIKE HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LAN SETTINGS TO DYNAMIC IP AND REMOVE OPTION FOR THE DNS. WHERE IS THIS?? I HAVE XP AND CANNOT FIND THIS ANYWHERE? OR IS IT ON THE LELA DISK? ALSO AS FAR AS MAKING WRT54G2 ROUTER TALK TO ADSL BROADBAND MODEM WHAT IP ADDRESS DO I USE? I CURRENTLY HAVE A CABLE MODEM, WRT54G2 ROUTER, COMPUTER, dISHNETWORK DVR AND XBOX 360 HOOKING UP TO THIS. 3 IP ADDRESSES. tHANKS FOR YOUR HELP…
For some reason after i hook everyhing up, my computers internet contantly connects and disconnects. The xbox and dvr do the same. on off on off…
thanks
@Ryan :
Regarding Setting IP to Dynamic
My Network Place > View Network Connection. Select the network connection which is for your ethernet.
Right Click the network connection. Then go to properties You will see lot of things listed there. Look for Internet protocol ( TCP / IP ). It could also be IPv4
Now Clic on properties button. It will open another window . Under general tab of the windows. You can see if the IP is set to manual or Dynamic.
If manual save the Ip address on some Notepad.Also if you have any DNS IP save it too.
Once Saved, Select to Obtain IP dynamically and Obtain DNS automatically also. Save.
Regarding XBox and DVR
Do tell me if you have the same problem if the above thing gets sorted out.
HTH
Thanks. It solved the Problem.
Hi Ashish, Great blog. I dont know if you use bitorrent or Utorrent but I can not port forward to the web with the above programs. I have followed the advice of Port forward.com and other websites relating to the set up of the wrt54g2 v1. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have set up my network with the wrt54 as you have stated above. works perfectly otherwise.
Thanks! I’d been trying for ages to get a similar set up working! Great job.
Hey all,
I would be very grateful if any one could help me out .I got a new linksys router WRT54G2 and already have a DSL router (i have a tataindicom connection).I tried to run the setup through the CD multiple times but keep on getting the error 322 router not connected properly. The router connections are fine have checked them througly.
Can any one guide me how to manually set it up???
Should i follow the same steps above.And one more point i have a always on connection.meaning my user id and password are in my exsisting router..
Any help is greatly appreciated…
Kalpak, I had the same setup you are having so just follow the above steps and you should be through.
Thanks ashish for the quick response …. will try the above steps and let you know…….
hey Ashish,
I tried to follow the steps you have given but had hard luck doing so .. I could not open the router page itself..then i reset the router then did a ipconfig release,renew and tried again… but still no luck .. then i tried to ping the router which also failed… my old router still pings properly (LAN card is fine)…I think i have a dead router on my hands…what say??
A point i forgot to mention previously is that i have a wireless lan card(d-link) and have created an ad-hoc connection wirelessly…
Does that mean i have to follow a different path to set up my new connection??
Awating your response…
Thanks.
Adhoc connection is the problem. Adcoc goes for computer to computer. You cannot connect to a router in that way and that’s why you cannot find the router on the set ip address. Change it, so it can connect to any wireless point. After you do that your router will be accessible from the Ip address you had set to.
I would recommend you to follow the steps again. Remove the adhoc connection type. First configure with Lan and then go for wireless. Dont worry its not dead router just it cannot connect to it.
hey ashish,
Thanks man … Finally got it up and running without any hitches..Thanks to your step by step perfect instructions…You have an amazing site here…
Cant thank you enough….will surely recommend the site to any one who wants to install a WRT..
just one more thing are there any more security issues that need to be handeled ?? Is the WPA enuough? Is there anything more we can do??
Thanks again ,
TC
Great Kalpak, I am really happy that you got it rolling. Nothing makes me happy if i know somebody was really benefited from things I write. Share it with people you know. I can assure then people will always learn from the posts we write here.
Thanks
Ashish
hey ashish,
The router which we installed is working fine …atleast with my laptop and my cell phone…but the desktop is giving problems conecting with it… most of the times it cannot find the router.Even if it does (1 in 5times)it connects and after say about 5 mins the connection drops suddenly..it gets disconnected…also i can see a garbled version of my SSID in view available networks sometimes …what could be the problem…
Range is not the issue.cause i get a steady connection with my laptop .also whenever my desktop connects it shows a ‘very good’ signal strength…
awating your reply,
Thanks in advance.
Hmm that sounds really different. Are you able to access the Admin Interface of router when connected ? Resetting is one option but You will have to repeat the whole process. I would suggest you to call the Netgear Support. They would know better . If you get to know what was the problem kindly do leave the details in comment.
A good idea… better than resetting… will let you know once things get resolved….
Thanks and regards..
hey ashish,
Sad news .. Range is the problem… Initial dianostics were wrong..Dlink card is not able to catch the signals…Had called the support..Wasnt of much help though..He too said the same thing…
Any specific option you have in mind for this..(high gain antenna is one)..The tecnician suggested i relocate the router (which is very difficult in my case).or buy a usb wireless Lan card…
What do you suggest..
Thanks & Regards
Hi Kalpak,
Tough choice. I think you can go for high gain antenna as you already have Wireless in your desktop. ( You have right ? ) Adding another wireless wont be much of usefulness. Moreover high gain antenna will help to get more range to other devices also. I am not sure if the price but should not be very costly.
Ashish
hey ashish,
Will try to get a high gain antenna..I too think thats a better option…
Thanks & regards
@Kalpak : Chalo good. I might also have to if I get another laptop or dasktop. Lets see. Good luck and I hope your problem gets solved.
Hello Ashish,
Very nice article. I was struggling to set up this at my home for quite sometime. I followed your steps and was able to set it up without much fuss.
Could you help me with another of my problem ? When I try to connect both my pc and laptop to net i get ip conflict error.
Both have been set with static ip addresses, as setting it to dynamic ip’s are not working.
hello…can u help me…how shold i do tis step???
Make a note of all your IP, DNS IP address and Default Gateway which you can find in your current Ethernet /LAN connection
@Ravi : Have you set the Lan IP addresses of your PC and Laptop to dynamic ?
@Caddy : I have updated the post with the information you asked for.
Thanks For your reply Ashish.
As I mentioned in my previous write up, if I change my lan properties setting to Dynmic Ip, I have been not able to connect to the net at all.
Strange, If the router has been configure for static IP address, the connecting devices like laptop or pc would need dynamic ip. Is there any more info you can provide. ?
hello Ashish Mohta
i wish u can help me with my connection
i have thomson speedtoutch modem 510 v6 which is locked and seems to be no way to unlock it,i try to upgrade,downgrade the frimware but its not working, my isp lock it.
i need to foreword ports in the modem to be able to use p2p programs
now i got a new C-net router, i want to ask if i connect the C-net router to my adsl modem will disable the modem firewall so i can foreword the ports only on my C-net router? there is noway i can log into adsl modem web interface or if i did that i will be behind 2 firewall which will make my problem more complicated?
thanks
Hi Tamer, No it will not disable the firewall as your router will run on it and if you cannot do it directly then you cannot do this way either. Seems like the ISP has purposely set the firewall fixed so people dont exploit bandwidth. May be you can try disabling the firewall on your router and then give it a try but I have still doubt on it .
Thank you for this great page.
I followed your instructions and now have everything up and running smoothly. However I do have one problem that I cannot solve and would therefore like to ask you for your advice.
My Linksys AG241Modem has IP 192.1268.1.1 (DCHP set to active) and my Linksys WRT54GL Router has IP 192.168.2.1. Everything linked to the router has IP´S from 201 upwards.
My problem is that I have a Linksys NAS200 (TZO activated) connected to the router with IP 192.168.2.201 and find that I am unable to access my files remotely, but when I change the IP to 192.168.1.201 and connect it directly to my modem then I can access my files remotely. What do you think could be the problem?
hello brother,
i have problem…. i have PTCL dsl connection and i want to make this wireless to use it on my Nokia N95 i have a Belkin F5D7630-4B
but unable to configure it…can u plzzz help me….thanks in advance
THANK YOU this help bigtime this really help i’v try all site and all but no luck, this site save my day
thank you again
hey..thanks a lot.ur tutorial was really great.i just bought this router yesterday nd spent the whole day makin calls to linksys nd tataindicom.the after sales service in india has gone to the dogs.anyway thanks a lot .hope to find solutions for my queries through u again.bye bye
Hi,
Found your blog through a google search. Very useful since I have a pretty similar setup (Huawei MT880 and Linksys WRT54G2). Have had a wired internet connection for a while but got the Linksys the other day after I got a new laptop. Have been struggling with the setup of the router since!
The difference between your configuration and mine is that I don’t have a static IP address through BSNL. The part I’m struggling with is how to get the router to talk to the modem. When I go into the setup of the router and pick Static as the connection type, it doesn’t accept my internal IP address as the gateway (192.1.1.1). I tried Automatic Configuration as the connection type but that didn’t work either. Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Kumar
Hi!
How about the WRT54GX, is it the same configuration with the WRT54G2?
@Daniel : Shouldnt be much difference. Can you accesses the Routers Admin part ?
Hi
I followed your instructions and everything works, so thanks. However this results in all PC’s connecting to the WR54G2 getting their IP address from the Linksys router and not the modem connected to the internet. This modem provides the IP address to the rest of my network. So the result is that computers connected to WR54G2 can’t see the rest of my network. In effect its created a different network though ,it will still use the modem as gateway for the internet.
Is this something that has to be addressed through Advanced Routing and can you give me more guidance?
Thanks again Richard
Hello,
I have a wireless router wrt54g2, i forgot the security key..
Now i have pressed the reset button on the router.. Do i need to adjust further setting.. please advise me, i am very new at this.. i have a lenovo t61..
Hey,
I am buying BSNL broadband, can you please confirm if I dont opt for DSL Modem then can my router (NetGear DG834 or Linksys WRT54G) act as DSL Modem too? In your above solution I want to get rid of DSL Modem and just one router which can do a job of Modem + wireless router.
In short a cable is connected to router and router is connected to phoneline+PC and simultaneously it act as Wifi also so that I can use phone line + PC + Laptop using one router only.
Please suggest me good router for above.
Thanks,
Ritesh L
Thank You very much for the steps ..
I was in really in trouble coz software supplied with the Router was not working .
Thanks
Anoosh
Worked perfectly. I was stuck for more than 4 hrs for the same thing as their cd doesn’t work for me also. Thanks for the great tutorial. Easy but if you don’t know how to do you may not crack it.
Hi,
Can any one please suggest me a good ADSL Modem+wifi router?
Thanks,
Ritesh L
Hi Ashish Mohta
I have a problem connecting to my DVR from internet.
I have WRT54G router connected to the internet trhough a ADSL modem, and a DVR 8 channel, connected LAN to the router.
The internet connection is Stactic IP, Public.
I went to the router and configured port forwarding to point my router such as
-start port 8000,
-end port 8000,
-Ip address 192.168.1.5, which is the static IP of my dvr.
On the DRV I made all recommended configuration for accessing from out side (internet).
There is a software that came with the DVR. I have configured de software and to connect to DVR and watch the cameras.
This is what happens
1. When I am(my pc is)connected to the LAN
a) I can access the DVR using the software
b) I can access the DVR using web, typing 192.168.1.5
2. When I am (my pc is) connected to the internet
a) I can access the DVR using the software
b) I CAN NOT access the DVR using web, typing 193.XXX.XXX.XXX:8000, which is my static WAN IP:port that is already configured on the router to do port forward.
Is there any problem with the router port forwarding or something else?
Can you help me?
The big problem is that I want access the DVR through Apple Mac notebook, because the supplier do not provide client software for MAC, only for Windows OS.
Ashish,
You are great! this solved my problem. Thanks so much
I am running windows server2003 at work. I have a linksys router gateway connected to the network. Hwever, recently I bought a Motorola broadband modem which I want to connect to the linksys router so that everyone on the network can access internet. The modem has no router facility. Can you plz help me to let setup the linksys router to connect to the modem without disturbing the network setup.
Thanks
hi there! i have a problem with my internet connection, i recently bought a d-link dsl-2320b modem and then connected it to a linksys 4-port wireless-N wrt160n v2 router and can’t get an internet connection.my modem is configured and it works if i connect the modem directly to my desktop but not if i connect it through the router, i need the router for wireless connection for my laptop. FYI i’m using an ethernet cable.
Can your configuration works for a AT&T 2Wire Gateway and a Linksys WRT54G router. You have changed the IP Address of the router to 192.168.5.1.
Can it be changed to 192.168.2.1 or any other numbers except 1? Any particular reason for choosing 5?
Does it mean with this connection, it will enable me to expand my PC network with ethernet connection?
Under Firewall Setting, what is the reason for unchecking “Block Anonymous Internet Requests?
@Lum :
1. No reason for choosing 5. Just did not wanted to use 1 as it is the default for everyone. You can choose anything you want.
2. Yes both wireless and ethernet .
3. How do you connect to wireless for the first time ? Since its already secured so even if ppl keep polling nobody will be able to access.
HTH
My first wireless connection was I did some fiddling with the SSID stuff that you had shown.
Wireless connection to the Internet with a laptop was by entering the WEP or WPA Key after scanning for my Network Name.
Any specific reason for selecting WPA security key instead of WEP. The former selection is known to slow down the performance of your PC.
Ever encounter any problem with your selection of WPA?
@Lum actually I never tried WEP. Let me find some more details on this but it should not slow down the system. Any particular reason you feel it can slow down ?
Hi Ashish,
Firstly, thanks for this information , it is really useful and much appreciated.
I am trying to install the WRT54G2 to be used with MTNLs SAM 300AX Modem. My problem starts at the point of IP change. I changed the IP through the basic setup page : and on saving that I got a page asking me to release/renew my IP.
I ran ip/release and ip/renew : I get an error at this stage.
Further on trying to go back to the basic set up page 192.168.1.1 in the browser does not work : neither does the new IP I gave in the setup earlier, so although it has changed I have no clue what it has become.
So as you can see I am unable to move forward so would appreciate any insight if you have any.
just an addendum : I ran ipconfig/release and renew.
Hi Mrinal,
There is a Reset button at the back of the Router. Just plug it and reset it. It should set it back to 192.168.1.1 And then repeat the steps.
Let me know if you still face the problem if You change the IP
Ashish
@laty : This is definitely an issue with Port Forwarding. Its not set right. I would suggest you to call the Call center to get the right direction. I have never tried using DVR.
Regards,
Ashish
@marvin: I would suggest you to follow the Tutorial here. You need to configure router to connect through wifi from your computer. You had missed second setp
@Ihab : Does your modem have Ethernet cable ? You need to connect that to router.
@Rajesh : Use the one I am using in this post.
Hi,
I did that a couple of times as well. The exact error I get when trying to release the IP is the following:
An error occurred while releasing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 : The sy
stem cannot find the file specified.
Any clue?
Thanks,
@Mrinal : Run a cmd / command prompt as administrator? right click on “cmd.exe”, choose “run as admin.”. then try your ipconfig/release command again.
Also Do you have two ethernet or lan card ? Have you tried removing the cable from where it is and plugging it into the other LAN port and power cycling the broadband modem ?
Got it running. Apparently on doing it again the ip is released/renewed despite the error message.
Thanks much!
@Mirnal: Awseome !!! Feel free to get back to us if you have any issue again.
Wow, thank you man! This topic saved my router’s life (i was going to…) haha thanks! Juan
Hai,
as per your instructions i installed linksys router and everything is fine. I am able to access the internet with wired connection but not with wireless connection. I disconnected the blue cable and pressed LAN E on. but i am unable to see any wireless connection. I went through administrative tools and enabled wireless and remote access connection.
The same way my mobile phone is able to identify wlan network but it doesnt ask any preshared key and also i am unable to access internet throught that network.
hAI,
NO REPLY TO MY PREVIOUS QUERY. ANYHOW NOW I RECTIFIED THE MISTAKE. iDISABLED MAC AND ABLE TO ACCESS THROUGH MOBILE WLAN AND WIRED CONNECTION. BUT MY HCL LAPTOP EVENTHOUGH HAVING WIRELESS OPTION, I AM UNABLE TO SURF WIRELESSLY WITH MY LAPTOP. i REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT CONFIGURATION I HAVE TO ADJUST IN MY LAPTOP TO WIRELESSLY ACCESS.
Hi Ashish,
I have question regarding on the configuration for static IP to have internet. What if the TCP/IP properties is setup dynamically, how can I setup the router for static IP?
Thanks!
Regards,
-Patrick
Nope You dont configure it for static then. You need to choose Dunamic IP instead of static from the drop down box.
Hi Ashish,
Are you refering to Automatic Configuration DHCP? I chose that settings but still I don’t have internet. Hope for your response.
Thanks!
Regards,
-Patrick
Yes the same. Automatic Configuration DHCP.
When you select this did you look out if there is anything that is required to be provided ? May be other pages do get changed also. Else I woudl suggest to call the Call Center.
Hi Ashish,
I already finished configuring the router. What I did was to Clone MAC address. I get the MAC Address when connected to ADSL then connected my ADSL, LinkSys Router, and my laptop. I went to Linksys GUI and tried the MAC Address clone and enable it. After that, I input the MAC address which I got previously when I connected directly to ADSL. Then click the ‘Clone Your PC’s MAC’ and save settings.
Thanks for the time and help. I was also able to make my router secured because of your blog.
Thanks a lot!!!
Regards,
-Patrick
Awesome. Never knew Clone MAC Address was so useful. Thanks for sharing this info.
tq ashish mohta…
i’d tried to configure this thing almost one week..i dont know it so easy like this…one more question, can i configure this router using static IP address???
tq
hi there,
interesting blog.
my issue is that I can’t access to the linksys wt45g router webpage to configure it, everytime I try the router reboots or the page gets frozen
Any idea?
thanks
@Pat : DId you try resetting it and then access the webpage ?
yes, resetting, disconnecting, different browsers, etc, I never heard of this problem before
when I configeration Linksys WRT54G2 Router when Save It come out Message “IP address and Gateway is not the same subnet mask! ”
How Can I save! Help me!
hey ,
i have a lyncsys wrt54g2 and i got two questions for you .
my first question is that i’m used to having two passwords for any router i’ve had before, what i mean is there should a password to use the internet and then there should be another different password for anyone to access the router settings.
on this router i can only set one password for everything so for example if i give the password to my tenant then he’ll be able to change the router settings.
my second question, is it possible on wireless to set different rates for each user or a certain user,so for example if someone is doing heavy downloading wont hurt the rest of the user’s speed.
if you read this far thank you for just that and if you decide to answer well thanks a million
waiting for your answer
Moe
hi, my computer is downloading very slow since i installer my router, i wasn’t able to use the cd that came with my router because my ethernet port on my computer doesn’t work so i pretty much wing it, now im paying the price it’s runing so slow. please help me ,
thanks
@Mohammed : No you cannot have 2 password. But I would recommend you to take a look at admin section and see if there is any user creation and role mapping availble. May be that can help you.
For your second question you need to use a Internet Monitoring software.
HTH
@Seyha : You need to have same subnet mask . Can you post your question to our support forum with more details ?
@eastwood : Assuming you are on WIFI, Is there anything that is blocking the strength of signal between the router and your computer ?
thanks Ashish
hi, no the strength othe signal is excellent, i unplugged the powercord on my router and my modem and the speed has increased, how long it will remain is unknown, but for now thanks for replying
thank you very much ashish for explaining this. i’m a home computer user and was having difficulties setting up my WRT54G2 to communicate with my ADSL modem as a router for my home network. i could connect my devices as a LAN but they couldn’t connect to the internet. then i got successful connecting my devices to the internet, but using my modem as the router/DHCP server and my WRT54G2 as a ‘dumb’ switch that didn’t manage my network. it even didn’t show on the network map on network magic.
after a lot of googling i found a tutorial like yours only shorter and less detail to put the wireless router and my network on a different subnet (i used 192.168.2.xxx). the network magic software said i got connected to the internet but i couldn’t load any web page. at first i suspected something should be added to the routing table, but i don’t understand how to do it. then i got stumbled to your page and this tutorial helped me solved my problem. i may have set the DNS or operating mode wrong. anyway, thanks.
Sir,
found the support , got confident that we will surely receive solution from experiences linksys technologist
i have brought wrt54g2 linksys router
issue :unable to connect to internet
pre wifi scenario : i am having local cable internet (isp) whose cable i plugin n my sys, n submit usr/pwd to axcess the net
isp provides dynamic ip to my connection each time i connect
with dns
current wifi status : wifi network configured, able to axcess the router with wifi enabled laptop/system
also able to see my previusly configured broadband connection
i tr to connect to broadband it proceeds with checking of isp usr/pwd
but displays unable to coonect to internet/register on network
my wifi router ip 192.168.1.1
my isp provides dynamic ip in series of 172.x.x.x.
while dns series is 123.208.X.X
thking u in advanv for the support u give to linksys users
regards
ashblue@indiatimes.com
HI I have to tell you how grateful I am for this post. I have tried to configure my little brothers computer for two weeks without spending extra money that we dont have! Finally this worked!
My network provider told me to call the router company and vise versa! very agitating after speaking with both a total of 4hrs and getting no viable info from either! I am not a computer whiz but in todays time its hard to learn without paying a hefty fee. It is not fair considering how everything school related (well in high school) is computer related and expected to be done on a computer, U’d think they would provide a technical support for students at least to be able to get the knowledge needed in order to set their computers to do the necessary homework.
He saved his money for this computer and was not expecting to run into so many problems with it being brand new plus paying for the router that the cd setup would not work at all for this connection. So thank you so much for step by step instructions. I know this was time consuming and I just wanted to thank you personally for your time taken to help inform for free. This really is hard to do and not cheap if I called for help! Thanks from an andoring fan!
can u tell me how to connect using dynamic ip…b coz iam not using static ip..plz could ny1 help..
I have a similar set-up as mentioned in the article above, but not with a static IP. I have configured PPPoE option in my WRT54G, which is connected to the ADSL modem (MT880). The internet connection works fine for me. However I am unable to connect to the ADSL modem with IP address 192.168.1.1 from my PC which has an IP address of 192.168.5.100 (assigned by the DHCP of WRT54G). Any idea what the issue could be?
Thanks,
Srinath
Hi, what are the compatible adsl modem for WRT54GL linksys router? Thank you.
Hey Ashish, I’ve had this router for around 2 weeks now and I’ve been having a few problems with it.
I set my router up basically the way it is in your tutorial, except I left it as ”DHCP” in the main router page (nothing happens when I click save settings if I try Static IP)… So, I’m using WPA Personal as my encryption mode and the issue I’m having is that my laptops don’t detect my router as an access point.. Actually, they do detect it and connect succesfully if I unplug and then plug the router power cable back, but I’m tired of having to do that every now and then.
I find this really weird since internet is fully functional 24/7 on my Desktop computer (which is connected to the router through cable).
Please help me if you can.
Thank you in advance.
thanks a million ton..:) got a router 4 months…cudnt get it to work..your blod made it real easy…thanks again Ashish
Hi Ashish,
I want to access other systems connected to the Router but I’m not able to. Is there a separate setting I’ve to do for this. Basically I want every system should be available over LAN/WAN. I’m able to ping to other systems but when in browser I typed 192.168.1.1xx I’m not able to access the other systems.
Thanks in advance
Hii Ashish, I want to Connect my Pc with my Laptop I have the Ethernet Cable how can i do this… I have tried a Lot but I want able to Connect It. I’ll be Highly thankful If you can Help me in this..
@Siddharth : Kindly Register with out forum and leave your question their. This is off topic.
Just wanted to say THANK YOU. I bought a wireless router a month ago, but couldn’t make it work. Today after I landed this blog I could do it in few minutes. Thanks again.
–Elango M
I greatly appreciate this blog… I just followed the simple steps given here and my Wireless router started working… Thanks a ton!
Hey i didn’t know what my DNS and i puted 1 for all parts. Now i cant get onto the 192.168.5.1. page…..am i screwed?
@Mike : It wont work
Hi Ashish Mohta,
I recently bought a WR54GT2 router and it works perfectly my problem is that my laptop which is connected thru wifi cannot ping the ip address of my pc I want to do remote desktop to my pc using my laptop but there is no lan connection what steps should i do? thanks in advance
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