I’m surprised how often I find open linksys routers when I take the iBook out and about. Most appear to be installed with the factory set up.

David, I’m not sure if it’d work w/ OS 9. If the iBook can understand DHCP via a wireless card, I’m don’t know why it wouldn’t.

Hey, thanks for the info. The total absence of Mac config info is really a shame…

Have a great day!

Pascal

Hi Garrick!

I’ve been killing myself for the last 11 hours trying to set my powerbook G4 800 into a WRT54G and i only got closer to the sucess because of your tips but still not working!

I’m in Brazil at the moment and i spoke for hours with Linksys tech support here, spend hours on live chat with Linksys in US and my frustation is massive with them cos they dont know NOTHING about Mac, is unbeliveble!

If you have any other ways to conect, i wuold apreciate

Thanks you so much
C

This is useful info because i just bought this router and it wont work with my Mac.
But i dont understand your STEP 4 (via Ethernet how? with another ethernet cable from router to my Mac?)
I can’t get to Step 5 and on if I dont have the internet connection anymore. Stuck at step 4.

Could you please help? Thanks!

Hi. Sorry if I sound obtuse. Regarding Step 5: “Open up the ‘Network’ panel in the Mac’s System Preferences and plug-in the following specs:

IP Address: 192.168.1.5
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1″

how and where do you plug in these numbers? After opening up Network, i go into TCP/IP under “built-in ethernet” but there’s no option to put in the subnet mask or router.

thanks again.

One more addition to my last post, even when the Wifi portion of the router has failed ethernet works reliably as an alternative. If you are stuck in the same situation by all means, grab a cord and start complaining so Linksys will fix the product!

iBooks are cheap. If you work for Linksys, please print this page and bring it to your manager so you can have a testing unit in your office.

Emery,

I only had the one powerbook and an emac to set up. With the subnet mask @ 255.255.255.0 and the router at 10.0.1.1, the macs found the network easily using dhcp.

I just set up my Linksys router using these specs. At first it didn’t work. Here’s what I did to fix it:

1. First, in the Network Control Panel dialog box, you MUST configure DHCP with manual address. Enter 192.168.1.5 as the IP address. It should autopopulate the other two fields.

2. When you get to the http://192.168.1.1 setup page, you MUST clone your PC (or in my case Mac’s) MAC address. As soon as I did this, Internet and wireless worked like a charm.

The only thing I am still having problems with is setting a password. I have reset/redefined a password for logging into the setup page, but when I use my iBook, it never asks me to enter a password to connect to the wireless network. Any help is appreciated!

Well, I got OSX to set up the connection for me using the setup assistant, but now when I direct my browser to http://192.168.1.1
it promts me with this pop up:

To view this page, you need to log in to area “WRT54G” on 192.168.1.1.

It asks for a name and password, but I never set one up as I never got to the setup page at that address. Anybody know what that name and password might be. It’s not my system login or my .Mac login. So how do I get to the setup page to find this info if I need to to get the page. I am perplexed…help

OK, after MUCH googlel searching, I finally found an answer to the problem of our iBook not working with our Linksys WRT54G router. Specifically, the iBook was hanging on most web pages and timing out on most.

To fix: Go to the router admin page and in “Basic Setup” change the MTU from “Auto” to “Manual” - I put it at 1450. Now, I am reasonably tech-friendly for a non-engineer, and I have no idea what MTU is, but what I do know is that an iBook that was timing out pulling down most Web pages is suddenly a happy camper again. Phew!

I found the suggestion to do this here:

Hope this helps someone else who was as angry and frustrated as I was with this senseless iBook/WRT54g problem.

Also, I might note that the iBook was working fine with WPA security and this only started happening with WEP when I switched to get my Tivo on the network, which doesn’t support WPA. Whatever!

I didn’t bother with step 5. I had to call my ISP because the routers MAC address is diferent than the registered one. But you could just select to clone the existing MAXC address. for security, because i was also worried that it connected without asking for a passwrod???
1. change the name form “linksys” to anything “MyNetwork” etc.
2. disable broadcast, meanig you have to know the name is “MyNetwork” to connect.
3. Best idea. Go into MAC address filtering and tell it to only allow your powerbook to connect. You have to figure out your powerbooks MAC address first tehn tell it to only allow that machine to connect.

All the Linksys preferences/adjustments are available at http:/192.168.1.1 on your browser.

can’t believe they can’t publish Mac instrctions!!!!

Just had the same problem. My ISP uses PPPoE, and before being able to enter these settings, I had to go the the PPoE tab in System Preferences > Network > Configure (Built-in Ethernet) and deselect “Connect using PPPoE”. Then, when I went to the TCP/IP tab, I had the option to enter the subnet mask and router settings manually.

You should then be able to get to http://192.168.1.1 and configure the router (I had to clone my MAC address to get things working).

Finally, you can go back to the PPPoE tab at System Preferences > Network > Configure (Built-in Ethernet) and re-select “Configure using PPPoE”. I was then able to get online using Internet Connect > Built-in Ethernet.

Hope this helps.

Hi,
Thanks so much for posting these instructions. I followed the directions but am not able to open the router’s control panel. After setting the netowrk preferences as advised, I opened a browswer, typed in http://192.168.1.1, put in “admin” for the id and “admin” for the password. And then nothing came up on the screen?
Any suggestions.

Thanks very much

I am network illiterate but I used these comments for a WRV54G and it seems to be working fine now. I needed to clone the mac address in order to get it to work. Now I just need to figure out how to get the VPN part of this router up and running. Anyone have any success with this?

There seems to be a number of folks in this forum with extensive hands-on knowledge. I hope you can help us.

We’ve got a Laptop G4, with a pretty current version of OSX, using AirPort and a QuickerTech antenna enhancer for wireless activity, and a LinkSys router.
We have a bizarre problem.

We set up the laptop G4 and the LinkSys wireless router and it worked fine, all bars on the antenna display everywhere over 4 floors. The next day, the bars on the antenna display are constantly fluctuating, and there is no wireless connection. So we plug it up to the Ethernet of the LinkSys router, and it works fine.

Then we re-select the proper Network Configuration in the System Preferences, and then- immediately, we get all bars on the antenna display, and the wireless connection is fine again throughout the building.

We can put it to sleep and wake it up, and it works fine.
We can Restart, and it works fine.

But when we put it to sleep for the night, the next day it has lost it’s wireless connection again . . .

And it’s back to the process I’ve described above . . .

Our workaround works, but surely there is a reason and a fix for this situation.

Thanks for your time !

“admin” and “admin” isnt’ working to log on, and neither is leaving one blank and putting “admin” in the other… any other ideas?

Jamie,

Is the ‘internet’ light lit on your router? If so, I’d double check the IP setting on both your router and Mac to verify they’re in the same subnet.

I have done what the directions have said but I still can’t get into the routers controll panel. And where do you type admin.

Well this is what I learned after speaking to most of India tonight at Linksys support. Linskys does not support Mac products. None of their techs know Macs. I spoke to three different techs, one tried to give me an 800 number for Mac support and a supervisor later said there was no number. The number the guy gave me is for smalldog electronics, go figure…

You can not password protect a Linksys router for a Mac. It won’t work. If you figure it out please let me know because I spent an hour deciphering what the tech was saying and finally remembring what they said when i spoke to them in December after I bought this thing. From the wireless security page on the linksys page the tech support person(they tried to help as much as they could) you need to input a 10 digit number as a password in the line for key 1. But when you input the number /password on your mac it will say unable to join airport network. You will have to plug in ethernet to get back online, go to the page and disable the security.. simply put, there is no way to password protect if you are configuring the router from a mac. you can have a password if you set it up initially using a pc.. it’s just whacked..

who in this day and age doesnt provide support for Macs? well, linksys for one.

When I said I was getting intermittent connections the tech said you might have to restart the router each time.. you cant do firmware upgrades and again Linksys does not support Mac.

Argh. If you know something the techs and I don’t please share. Thanks.

Eva,

To answer your questions:
1. No.
2. Pick any of the ports, 1-4. All should work equally.

Here’s one for you. I have a wireless PC network at home (cable setup with 1 laptop and 2 desktop PCs - one ethernet connected, the other one using wireless card - all on XP).
I am doing a job right now where the shop has a Mac for a POS setup using an iMac G3. I want to do work from a remote location using an iBook. All they have at the shop is dsl. So I set the iBook up using the dsl link making sure everything work - internet, emails, etc. etc.
Then took the iBook home and plugged it into the linksys wireless port 2 and guess what? It works perfectly.

I am new to the mac-world …just bought a Mac mini. Also have problem setting up the Linksys hardware. Couldn’t get into the site http://192.168.1.1 or should I type this somewhere else?

Good News…..I found some information that might be helpful for all you. I was able to get my internet working. I have a mac powerbook G4 and a PC laptop after doing some research i found out that if you are using the router wrt54g v6 or v5 you should not upgrade to the new firmware which is 1.10.1 but instead use the old one, it has a bug…..after hours of reseach i found this great link http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=Wireless_Routers&message.id=11112&query.id=78445#M11112
(if the link doesn’t work, you can go to linsys help technical support boards and type on the search link:wrt54g v6+ mac= no internet)
from what i found the bug doesn’t let the router give an IP address reason why u think u are connected but ur internet is not working. I was able to set up throuogh ethernet both my MAC and PC. I did the set it up and went wireless on both computers..but when I went wireless on my MAC no internet..you just have to make sure u are in the old version, also i found some info about security…you can only close your network with specifics directions otherwise u won’t be able to the hook up ur MAC i have not try it yet…too much for one day …

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=240042

let me know if the network works for any of u guys

Aside from ‘admin’, I don’t know what the default would be.

i remember successfully logging in to the linksys control panel via http://192.168.1.1/, that was few months ago. Since then someone has used my open wireless network and had me charged $45 for using p2p filesharing software. I’m now trying to log in and secure the network. Maybe I changed the default password? I can’t seem to get in. If there is anyway to reset the whole process that would be helpful. or maybe the User Name is wrong when I log in. I also forget what worked last time.

After reading the tips here, and only then following the instruction on the linksys site (particular to my router) was I able to get things working. Many thank to the posters here. Linksys can work with Macs, but their documentation is very poor.

Ok I have tried every day after work for almost a month to get my Linksys router to work and nothing. I get everything set-up (or so it seems) then I try getting on to the internet and nothing!Could not connect. It’s so frustrating! I have digital cable and weirdly enough my “modem” is attached to the digital cable box (don’t ask I know its so screwed up) but anyway connecting via ethernet is no sweat when I connect my computer directly to the modem, however when I connect the internet to my router and then try and go wireless, nothing. I’ve tried everything… literally everything. Anyone have Step by Step directions for people like me that are wirelessly inept?
Like i get the part about setting it up and changing the network name etc.I just can’t connect to the internet. Help… PLEASE! I’m paying for internet for nothing, and I’d really like to stop doing that.

AHa! After days of struggle I finally got my macbook pro laptop connected to internet via my linksys (WRT54GS) router. Here’s what the linksys website doesn’t tell you–info one of their helpful tech assistants supplied me w/only this morning:

At the point when the online instructions tell you to type in a passphrase, DO NOT type in a passphrase.
Select 64 bit/hex, then type in a 10 digit # (or #s w/letters, or just letters)

Then, after saving these changes, etc, when connecting via airport from the laptop, type in that 10 digit # you generated–BUT FIRST insert a dollar sign.

Everything worked smoothly once I did this.

Thanks to all these forums online I got mine to work. Here’s what I did, hope it can help someone.

1. under network settings, goto TCP/IP.
Configure IPv4: Manually
IP Adress: 192.168.1.10
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1
DNS Server: 4.2.2.2

At this point wireless should work, you just can’t see pages. The connection to the router should work wirelessly so type http://192.168.1.1. In here under the Setup tab, click MAC address clone then click Enable and then the button to clone your MAC. Save changes.

If you haven’t already, give your network a unique name and under wireless security pick what you want. Even though people have said it doesn’t support WPA, I have WPA2 Personal setup and no problems. Oh and I browse in Safari and no issues with that.

Just make sure your Firmware Version is: v1.50.9, Sep. 14, 2006 (check under Status tab). This should work. Mine didn’t until I replugged everything back in.

Unplug the modem, then the router. Wait 5 seconds and plug in the modem. Wait til you have solid lights then plug in the router. It should work now.

In airport select your network, type password and go.

Hope this helps someone. I just spent 3 hours figuring this one out. Linksys customer service is hit or miss. Tonight it was a miss.

hi this is hugely amazing. i’ve been stumped. a houseguest set up the wireless on a pc, then disappeared and i couldn’t get in. then i just hit the reset button and now don’t know how to set this up for my mac. I’m a bit of a techno-fool so i’m still confused, any way to contact you w/ a question as i go along? it’s a big request but i’d be so very grateful.

Am trying to following all the instructions on this site, but am stuck when I go to http://192.168.1.1 I can’t get in because admin, admin doesn’t seem to work. Have tried on both Safari and Firefox. Have tried blank, admin as well. Any suggestions as to why this username and password don’t seem to be working?

Maybe it is a silly question, but I don’t know anything about networks. I assume that a wireless network doesn’t need wires (besides the one that connect the router to the modem). In the instructions says that you should use one Ethernet wire to connect the router to the modem, and another, to connect the router to a computer (used to configure the router), plugging in the cable to one of the four Ethernet slots. Will that computer be ever connected to the router with that cable? If so (and I guess the answer is ‘yes’), how can I make a wireless internet connection, using just a modem, a router and a laptop? I’m sorry if that is a dumb question, but I will appreciate any help.
Thanks for your time.
Marcelo

Ken, what steps did you take to connect your WRT54G to your airport? I have made a connection to the internet on my MAC and established a new network and password. However, I am stuck at that step. When I disconnect the ethernet cord and search for my network, it is there, but when I input my password, it does not accept it. Can you or anyone else help guide me through this??

Tried some more things, including Virtual PC using the Linksys setup disc, too.

When I have a few days to deal with the damn thing, I will try to set it up again. Until then the dumbasses can just use my network.
I am sure there is a step by step procedure for it, and it seems that many of the posters here have got it to work, but they all seem to have different ways of going about it.
I wish there was one set procedure but it seems not, so screw it!

OK; my temper tantrum is over; got some sleep and read through the posts all over again.

And the winner is: kim12.14.06 / 4pm

Follow it step by step; It DOES work.

But: if I had it to do over again, would have gone Apples Airport base station.

In this case, $49 for the Linksys is too much and $179 for Apple is actually cheaper, all things factored in.
Once you have done the setup, it is ok, but the point of
Apples’ software design is that setup of any process should not be a “medieval” process like so much of the Windows/other environment is.

Thanks to kim, whoever you are.

so, everything was going well until i had to get to the http://192.168.1.1 website. what is the username? i tried admin as the username and it didn’t work. any help? thanks.

Garrick, I just bought this wireless router so i could use my Inspiron 6400 laptop anywhere in the house. Setup went find. The signal from the router is very strong but it doesn’t actually give off any internet. Also when I plug in my Mac OS X into the router, it doesn’t even recognize that there is something plugged into it and neither does the mac. Any thoughts on maybe a step I’ve missed or something else I should try?

My new iMac suddenly will no longer connect to our wireless network. Sometimes it shows the network, often it doesn’t. Even when it shows the network and I enter the password, it gives me the “there was a problem connecting to the network” message. My laptop, which is on the desk right NEXT to the iMac connects just fine to the same network! Shows a decent signal strength. The router and modem are in a separate building (we are on 5 acres) - but this whole setup has worked beautifully for months - now suddenly this mysterious quirk with the iMac. HELP! Where lies the problem? the iMac or the Linksys router? When I lugged the iMac to the bulding with the router, it connected just fine!

In response to Lee…

I have the same issue. I’ve got a linksys wireless network running at home, and it works flawlessly. I just bought a new macbook, and I bring it home, the wireless connects, and then the whole thing crashes when I open certain programs. When I direct connect with someone through Adium it crashes the internet. Also when I open iTunes, the internet crashes. As long as I don’t mess with those programs, it usually works fine. But if it disconnects I have to switch off the router and modem, turn them back on, and then manually connect to the internet through the PC that the router is connected to. It never works the first time, and I usually have to mess with it for 20 minutes each time it disconnects. I haven’t tried anything in this post yet because I just got back to school and it’s working perfectly.

But its ridiculous and frustrating. It disconnects everyone on the network, and just crashes the internet, even on the main PC. I’m relatively new to macs–I haven’t used one since I was eight. I’m pretty good with PCs, and I’ve had so many wireless issues that I’m alright with the network, but this has me stumped. Based on what I read here, though, it seems linksys blows for macs, and I might just look into the airport base station…

Thanks to everyone here, I am finally able to connect to internet through my linksys router from my new iMac. I was prepared to go through a long and painful process, but I was lucky enough to find this site which has saved me a lot of time.
The suggestion I used thats working for me is From
dave
0:57 December 27th, 2006

I was able to keep using my WEP security setting for wireless by choosing 64 bit/hex. Didnt put in any passphrase, just fill in the key directly. After reboot everything, modem, router, iMac. I was able to connect to my network wirelessly using AirPort. The important thing is add $ in front of the WEP password. This is only for Mac. The pc i have in the house just need regular WEP password. So if your key was 1234567891, you use 1234567891 on PC when it ask you for password, but use $1234567891 on Mac when password is required.

Another thing I notice, which is something ppl might think is common sense but I didnt, and maybe some other ppl didnt pay attention. That is those settings you did for TCP/IP (IP address, submask….etc) you need to fill them up for both Your build-in Ethernet and Airport. I am a first time Mac user, actually just get my new iMac last Thursday, so you might all know this already. But if didnt , make sure you select the same location in Network setup, choose Build-in Ethernet, fill in TCP/IP infor. change to choose Aiport, fill in same TCP/IP infor again. That should make sure you can connect wired and wirelessly. Hope this has helped someone.

Great Page… Using WPA instead of WEP worked for me on my MacBook Pro. Thanks for the insite.

Okay, my turn. I seem to have a slightly different situation to everyone else…
I’m using a WAG54G (as opposed to a WRT54G) connected to an imac running 10.4.9. Now, after many weeks of battle with the router and my ISP, I have finally gotten the computer to connect to the router and the router to the internet -so I know all my router settings are essentialy correct. What I CAN’T do is stop my computer from disconnecting again - after which it fails to recognise the router, unless I turn it off and on again, or possibly restart the mac!? And yes, all the ‘disconnect’ related options are unclicked or set to redial regularly.
The complication, and why the guides here havn’t quite helped me yet, is that my isp uses PPPoA (not PPPoE) for which there are no apparent settings on the mac. I’m currently have the router configured to PPPoA and the mac configured for DHCP (automatic) which is the only combination to have worked so far.
Also, with the router set to PPPoA, I cant see where to put my MAC Address, as many have suggested.
Help? Anyone?

I just got the WRT54gs v5.1 router, and it works fine on my PC, but not Mac OSx v10.4.9. I have a DHCP cable connection, but was only able to get the connection to Linksys by manually setting the IP address to 192.168.1.5, as described above. Now the network is connected both via ethernet and Airport, and I get a strong signal, but still the internet doesn’t work, if I use Mozilla, for example.

Should I have connected via DHCP - in that case, how (I tried all combinations of turning off the computer, than swithing on modem, router, and computer sequentially) - nothing worked.

Thanks!

I’m able to access the router setup page and I’ve filled out the DHCP fields as per Garrick’s post.

When it comes to cloning the MAC address I have to do this by manually entering http://192.168.1.1/WanMAC.asp — there’s no MAC tab under Setup (I only found the address by viewing source). Can anyone explain why this option is missing from my menu?

Anyway, I’ve cloned the MAC address and the router is sending a signal, which my partner’s PC can connect to.

However neither the Mac wired to the Router and modem nor the PC connected wireless can access the internet.

Great ideas and good stuff here. Anyway , my story.
Have a Macbook Pro and bought a Linksys WRT300n wireless router. I used to have win pc’s (for 25 years) but bought the macbook 12 months ago. The router works perfectly in B and G mode but there are some things u need to set up correctly.
1. Clone mac address. This is needed as a lot of ISP match a user id to a mac address. You need to clone the mac address into the router so regardless of who logs onto the network the router mac address is the one your isp sees.
2 Security.
I use PSK personal security.All u do is type in a passphrase in the wireless security set up page and then enter the same passpgrase when Airport asks for it. Remember to click remember password at this time and from now on Airport will log on automatically.I have being using this security since buying my Macbook and had no problems at all.
3. IP addresses.
This is probably the area that is the biggest problem for most people.. I use DHCP and set range from 192.168.0.100 to 192…..168.0.110. This allows 10 users oon my network. The issue thst causes a lot of problems is that people are using macs and win machines that they use to connect to a variety of networks that alll use different IP ranges. If all the machines on your network are not in the same range with the same subnets yoou will get all sorts f problems like loosing wireless conectivity, loosinf internet etc. If you use your computer in more than 1 location yu need to use the Location tab. This is a great system that mac os x as it allows u to have different settings for networks in different locations. For mac users the network assistant is very helpful in helping u to set the networks up. I use multiple networks because of my wprk and depending upon where i am i just change the location. Again I have been using this system for over a year now and have had no problems. Hope this info is of sone use to you all and yes, Linksys support is pretty sad.

I was banging my head as well for this one. I have a WRT54G version 6 and an iBook.

The issue was that the firmware I had in the router (1.01.0) had an issue with DHCP for certain devices.

Updating the firmware to the the latest one (1.02.2) solved the issue instantly.

I followed all of these steps with my new imac and my wrt54g router. I got all the way to the link sys setup page , but when I clicked to save the settings and finish everything my connection would time out and I couldn’t go any further. This is probably the second most frustrating thing I’ve ever dealt with. grr.

I got everything setup. Got a network name and password. Connected with my Airport with a full signal… BUT NO INTERNET! I can not get this router to send an internet signal to anything. Been at this for 6 hours now. What do I do?!

“now” that “know”

I now have one iBook…..

Sorry

How would i connect via airport? Using the Ethernet works, but not airport.

I’m on day 3 of trying to get my WRT54G router functioning without problems. Without everyone’s suggestions I couldn’t have gotten it up and running as far as I have. Now my only problem is everytime I put my iBook G4 to sleep and open it back up again, I have to manually select the Airport Network and enter the password, before I can connect, which is a pain. I’m using WPA Personal security. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening and how I can fix it?? Pleeeaase!? I’d be forever grateful!!

can someone please help me, i got a new phone service, and a new computer three months ago, the computer is a 2007 imac the phone is called a voip phone, and i get it through my computer, sence i have i had the phone service it drops, calls i get feed back, in almost all the calls, and it goes dead, for days, the phone carrier sends me a thing saying set up you dmz which i can not do on this mac, i have no idea how to do this, because this computer is so new, just one month old, can someone tell me step by step how to do this, i am not a computer person, i can search for things, and email, and thats about all, i can do, so i need to be told each time i have to do sometime, if anyone can help me please email me at ratscats88@yahoo.com
thank you, from pamela

While searching the internet, I found this site and it was a lifesaver! It gives step-by-step instructions for hooking up a cable/dsl modem and Linksys router, with specific, correct settings for both the modem and router: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6323

I followed all your directions but for some reason when I enter in the password that is saved on the lynksys interface it does not work. suggestions??

The login name is either “admin” or “administrator.” All the linksys routers I ever used had ADMINISTRATOR as the user name. The password is “admin.”

I can connect to the network wirelessly, but I am having signal problems, one second its good and the next second its dropped. The PC in the house has no signal problems at all. Its about time for an Airport Base Station…keep Mac with Mac and let the cheese be with the PC’s.

@scooter - just thought i’d mention i have same issue, been using this for years now on linux and was fantastic but my brand new mbp gets the results you’ve got. i thought it was the mac till i went to a buddies house with airport, but i guess its the combination. seems to apply either via eth cable or wireless. will think of you if i find solution.

this also worked for me using the WRT150N-EU.

thanks a lot!

When trying to connect to the Linksys network from a MacBook Pro, use the “Shared Key” value (provided in the Linksys admin tool) as the password to gain network access.

This worked for me. I was able to set up the network from my Windows PC. It took me a while to figure out what to enter on the Mac when it prompted me for a network password.

i tried “admin” as username and nothing happens.. help please! thanks!

Thank you so much! I was thinking about putting the damn disk in the blender (still might), when I came across your lovely description. Now to think up a horrendous name for my network that will once again, remind my older neighbors, of why they hate us.

i have done all of the steps from the website and i STILL CANNOT get internet! it is listed under my airport on the top but when i go to sign in the password it tells me that it is the wrong one. help! any suggestions?

FYI, my problem was that when we visit relatives and bring 3 laptops adding to their 2 desktops and 1 laptop in the house already, then several of us couldn’t get to the Internet, although we all had strong wireless signals.

I appreciate all the info in this site and while I didn’t find the specific answer I was looking for, after logging into the Linksys router page, I did find a setting that fixed my problem.

The fix: in the Linksys Setup page at 192.168.1.1, we found a setting for “Maximum Number of DHCP Users”, which was set to 5. We changed it to 10 and now we all have access. Wahoo!

If you are using username: admin and password: admin and its not working, then take a pen and hold down the reset button on the back of the router for 5 seconds until the light blinks, then try using admin for the username and password again. this worked for me! i just had to reset the previous users information that i didn’t know.

I am trying to set up a password to lock my router using a WEP. Everything was working great until I tried to sign-in with the password on the second imac. It told me “incompatible security” and it would not allow me to connect. The computer i actually was setting the password up for works just fine it is the second computer that is not allowing me to access the internet. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Also WAP worked just fine on both computers.

Hi Garrick,

So my problem is this, I get to the website 192.168.1.1 where it asks for the user name and password, I put in the admin password, but the window just keeps reopening, and I can’t log into the site….

Has anyone had any luck setting up a Linksys WAP11 802.11b with a MACbook? The problem for me is there is only one spot on the back of the router for a cord - so I can’t have it attached to my computer and my cable modem at the same time…If anyone has had any luck with this I would love some help.
Thanks!

I know I was completely frustrated and COULD NOT get this supposedly great router online even after reading all these posts. I was all ready to buy another router but a a last resort figured I would try the Linksys website for help.

So I went to the “Ask Linksys” page on the LInksys website and entered “WRT54G” and “Mac OS X.” Click below to see this page.

http://www3.nohold.net/noHoldCust56/Prod_6/KnowledgePortal/KPScripts/amsviewer.asp?docid=bea8c897d15545479bce1c15b83f586d_KB3688_EN_070328_v1.xml&amsstatsid=4319579

On this page, Linksys actually summarized the situation nicely, and provided some steps which in cluded hooking the modem to the router and the router to the Mac with Ethernet cables.

I did all the steps and still was not online. Next I thought I would try cloning the Mac address in the router admin panel. Once I did this everything sprung to life. All computers in the house now happily humming away at 10Mbps Charter high speed!

Hope this helps someone….

Garrick, thank you for posting this! I’ll think of you fondly whenever I blog from the backyard.