Re: [SLE] WRT54G wireless woes
- From: "L. Mark Stone" <lmstone@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:11:02 -0500
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 17:54 -0500, Gil Weber wrote:
> On Sat December 17 2005 5:42 pm, lerninlinux@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
> > > Just got a Linksys WRT54G and putting it through its paces. PPPoE and
> > > switch components work great, but I'm having trouble with wireless. I
> > > had been using a 3Com access point, which my ThinkPad and Zaurus could
> > > both see without issues, but neither can see the WRT54G. On the
> > > ThinkPad, the output of iwconfig shows zeros for the WRT54G's MAC
> > > address (i.e. it didn't associate), although kinternet's "wireless
> > > connection" dialog and "iwlist scan" show it by ESSID with the correct
> > > MAC address. Neither the ThinkPad nor the Zaurus have the access
> > > point's MAC address specified. (I normally use 64-bit WEP, but also
> > > tried with no encryption.)
> > >
> > > What might I have done wrong? I've spent hours twiddling bits on the
> > > WRT54G. It's a version 5, and I upgraded to the latest firmware (for
> > > that version, it's 1.00.4). The ThinkPad is running SUSE 10.0 and using
> > > ipw2100 driver.
> > >
>
>
> We just got the same unit, also version 5. Have not yet tried to set it up. A
> couple of questions for you if you don't mind:
>
> 1) How did you install the latest firmware using SuSE Linux? For the past
> several Linksys routers we've had there has only been firmware for Windows.
> How did you load it if it's only available for Windows? (Or is there now
> firmware for Linux?)
>
> 2) I see that there is a sticker over the ports that says to run the
> installation CD before connecting the router. Again, it's a Windows CD, so
> what did you do? Ignore the sticker and CD?
>
> 3) If you determine that V5 does have Linux compatibility issues please post
> that to the list. Maybe we can return this one?
>
> Thanks!
> Gil
>
I picked a version 5 also. It's terrible, even after updating the
firmware. Very unstable; it would lose wireless connections several
times a day.
I bit the bullet and bought a SonicWall TZ150W and haven't had a hitch
since I finished installing it.
Googling shows many, many unhappy Version 5 customers, and not because
they can't flash the firmware with their own OS. The v5 units simply
crash a lot.
YMMV,
Mark
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