How to configure router 2

[glove]

I am in an office building with a shared internet connection. There is a router in the building (which I don't have access to) that is assigning individual dynamic ip addresses to each office.
I want to configure a wireless router in my office to allow multiple laptops to be able to share my single connection.
I have configured this wireless router in the past to work when connected directly to a cable modem, but I cannot figure out how to configure it to work in this situation.
The building router is assigning an ip address of 192.168.1.x. Is it possible to share this connection inside of my office with a wireless router? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[bcastner]

. Disable DHCP on the wireless router.
. Connect not to the WAN port on the router, but to the uplink port.

Done.

 

[glove]

Bcastner,

Thanks for the help. It works now!

 

[bcastner]

I thought it might. For the last year I have been buying routers and not Access Points and using exactly this setup.

Routers for some odd reason are less expensive than their AP equivalents. And while it used to be true that APs offered features that routers did not: WDS, Client Mode, etc. for the Linksys WRT54G with its incredible third-party firmware support, this is no longer true.

I just buy Linksys WRT54G or GS models for everything, and use Sveasoft firmware by subscription. There is not a more flexible solution at the price point of under US$100 I have seen.

A discussion of third-party firmware for the WRT54G series router:

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,10935638~mode=flat

Sveasoft, what I use:

http://www.sveasoft.com/

An excellent guide to a two-router configuration as asked in the original message in this thread:

http://www4.tomshardware.com/network/20030716/index.html

Best,
Bill Castner

 

[NX01]

bcastner, I read broadbandreports all the time, What is your take on the new firmware?

In the future everything will work...

 

[bcastner]

The new Linksys firmware for the WRT54G and GS has pathetic output power settings. See the BroadBandReports Linksys Forum for a lengthy discussion and tests:

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/equip,16

. If you want to use the new firmware with a power output bump, use the recompiled Linksys lunux open source freeware here:

http://www.hyperdrive.be/hyperwrt/

This is uses the same code base as the current Linksys firmware with a middle-range and safe output power increase.

. I use, and like, subscription Sveasoft firmware for the WRT54G family of routers. The freeware Samedhi firmware, which should be find for all, is still available:

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,10935638~mode=flat

. The original Wi-Fi Box firmware for the WRT54G is still available, and if you want reliable PPTP for VPN, and a power output hack, it is still excellent stuff. See the firmware discussions here:

http://www.linksysinfo.org/

(And see that site generall for news on the WRT54G series router and WAPs. An excellent site)

Due to the attention of third-party developers, the Linksys WRT54G/GS and WAP54G series of devices are the most flexible and extensible routers and APs you can now buy. It is truely incredible what you can do with these sub-US$100 devices.

True WDS, VPN pass-thru without trauma, QoS, dedicated DHCP assignments, IPTables for extended port forwarding and triggering assignments, DynDNS that works, Client Mode, Bridge mode with switch support, Telnet, and more.

This is one case where a chipset vendor (Broadcomm) did a nice job, where an OEM marketer (Linksys) grabbed a huge market share, where Open Source and GPL licenses forced the opening of the firmware, and where the user community jumped in and did some wonderful and amazing things with a consumer priced little box.

Very, very, Cool.

Best,
Bill Castner

 

[NX01]

Not to get off the subject...I was hoping they would come out with a firmware that would run my PPTP client on the router for our Companies VPN. I'm a telco guy and would love to be able to deploy these units with IP Hardphones and remote offices. I currently use the Sveasoft subscription firmaware. I think it is a beta for a soon to be release FW.

In the future everything will work...

 

[brodie1227]

Bill I am going nuts. I have purchases the wrt54g router and wap54g access point. I have configured these properly as I have spent 18 hours trying to get this to work. I have used the mac address on the bottom of the router, in lan, under the router tab, under wireles, to configur wireless repeater in ap mode. I have even talked to linksys for 5 hours trying multiple things, replaced the router and the access point, and no matter what I do when I unplug the access point from the router, no link light, cannot ping, I am going fruickin nuts. Anbody that can help please let me know. Also I have tried the exact things

http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=231

at these sights. Thanks for help.

 

[brodie1227]

Ofcourse the firmware versions are current as well. Thanks