Linksys Wrt54g Setup Wizard Download

[Gusatavo Lussier]

Im connected by Wifi because the Technicolor router which also happens to be a modem is downstairs in living room and my desktop is upstairs and I don't have ethernet cable that is 10 meters long to connect it directly to my pc. The instructions say I need to connect the linksys to a modem before i start the process.

If the router is on the same network (PC router) than they should have an IP in the same range (192.168.1.XXX for excample) thus if you put the IP of the router into your browser you do not need a gateway

so you've accessed the router using ethernet cable (I'm assuming with 192.168.1.1 IP address) right? Can you enter the advanced settings instead of running the lame setup wizard? I never use those and just set up things manually. If you are able to get into the advanced settings, then there should be a wireless tab in the UI that will allow you to specify a custom SSID for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios, select the operating frequency (i.e. wlan channel) and set the security protocol (i.e. WPA, WPA2-PSK/AES, etc).

The manual is assuming that the router is the only networking device you are connecting to, so usually its default IP address would be 192.168.1.1, but if your gateway/modem is dishing out IP addresses which it should be, then it has likely changed the router's IP.

Regardless of the IP of the router, are you able to access the advanced settings on the router's home/splash page when you access it via the browser? I'd suggest going that route instead of using the automated setup wizards.

I myself have been screwed in the ass by those shitty auto setup utilities, I never recommend them to anyone.

There will usually always be a way to manually set it up; and if it doesn't then the thing isn't worth my time and I return it.

I am a software developer. I travel and sometimes have a need to access my files at home and tweak other family members computers. I would like to connect to my home network via VPN and then RDP into whatever machine i need to. Currently i have a Windows Server 08 machine, which is my file server, database server, web server (for development work), source control repository, etc. (and also somewhat of a workstation when i need it to be). I want to use this same machine to run my VPN through. I have a linksys WRTG54 router. My ISP is AT&T DSL, with a dynamic IP address - so i'm assuming I'll either need to request a static IP or sign up with one of those static ip services.. where it keeps your dynamic ip synced up with a static one.

You'll need dynamic DNS on your server and forward the openvpn port on your linksys to your server. Once openvpn is configured, you'll be able to connect to your dynamic DNS host name from where ever you are and get full access to your home network.

Keep it simply - use RRAS (Routing & Remote Access Service), which is built-in to Windows Server. It even runs through a wizard which has the option to set the server up for VPN/routing. It's simplest if you use the box as a NAT router, which means assigning it a public IP (behind your firewall, obviously).

The only (very minor) problem I've run into is coexistence with VMware. This problem can be fixed in about 10 seconds by selecting the correct network adapter from VMware to make networking within VMware work properly.

Have you considered using the free version of LogMeIn? Far easier than setting up a VPN and works from anywhere (no worries about networks that block VPN usage like hotels that use a home-grade router allowing only 1 VPN per network)

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