[PLUG] Setting up Linksys WRT54GL

wes plug at the-wes.com
Tue Mar 29 05:34:47 UTC 2011


On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Michael Rasmussen <michael at jamhome.us>wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 08:10:45PM -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:38:34 -0700
> > wes <plug at the-wes.com> dijo:
> >
> > >> Default GW
> > >> 192.168.0.1
> >
> > >You cannot specify a default gateway in the Linksys (or any other major
> > >brand's) router's stock firmware. This may be possible with an
> > >aftermarket firmware.
> >
> > The Linksys web setup pages allowed me to do so, but afterwards I was
> > unable to connect to it, either via ethernet or wireless. Had to do a
> > factory reset and start over.
>
> The default gateway is irrelevant for devices on the same subnet.
> Are you sure you didn't typo the Linksys IP addr?
> At times like this it is handy to use nmap to ping sweep your network.
>
> It's relevant when we're talking about what it's handing out to client
nodes via DHCP. If the Linksys gives out its own IP as the default gateway,
the Linksys won't have anywhere to route them to. There is no way I can
think of to tell the Linksys to give out the D-Link's IP as the gateway.

-wes



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