On Sat December 17 2005 5:42 pm, lerninlinux@comcast.net 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.
Don't know if any of this will help but... I am running SuSE 9.3. I also have a WRT54G, version 5. Just got it working wirelessly yesterday with my laptop (model LC2210D purchased from Linuxcertified.com). I got a lot of help from Linuxcertified and Linksys tech support folks. They walked me through configuration screens until we found a combination of settings that worked. I'm going to assume that the settings on your laptop are correct. So here are the router settings that work with my laptop. Sorry if this is way below your expertise level, but I'm a newb and this was a very challenging set up for me. :o) Anything I don't mention was left unchanged in the router. Set up tab, basic setup subtab: connection type: pppoe user name and password -- you fill in yours router name: WRT54G Click save settings at the bottom. Go to the Wireless tab, basic wireless settings subtab: Wireless network mode: mixed Wireless network name: (the router should generate a name for you) Wireless channel: 11 (Linksys told me that channel 11 would be better than the default setting) Click save settings. Wireless security subtab: Security mode: WEP Default transmit key: 1 Web encryption: 64 bits 10 hex digits (Note that Linksys tech support told me to use 64 bit rather than 128. They said it will work "better." I don't understand why, but they said absolutely to use 64 rather than 128.) Passphrase: (I entered something here although I don't know if it is actually used or not.) Key 1: you create the 10 hex digits here by clicking on the generate button. This code must be entered exactly into your laptop's configuration settings. (Again, I apologize if this is totally obvious to everyone except me! :o) Click save settings. Advanced wireless settings subtab: Beacon interval: 50 (Linksys tech support suggestion) Fragmentation threshold: 2304 (Linksys tech support suggestion) RTS threshold: 2304 (Linksys suggestion) Secure easy setup: disable Click save settings Then go to Administration tab: Here I did the same firmware upgrade you did. Then to to Status tab: Hopefully your shows "connected." One final click on save settings and that's it. When I enter iwconfig in a konsole I get numbers for the access point. Everything seems to work. One final note: Linksys tech support told me NOT to press the "one touch set up" button on the front lower left panel of the router (button with the Cicso logo). They said it is a Windows function that will only confuse things for Linux. Again, I don't know why; I just pass on the info they gave me. Sure hope this helps. If not I suggest a call to Linksys. They were very patient and very helpful. :o) Gil