Linksys Router Problem

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I keep losing my connection to the internet and can't figure out why. Everything was fine till I set up a static IP address but since then I've reset the router to factory defaults and reinstalled my network card.

The actual internet connection is not the problem as it works fine if I just plug the modem into the pc via an ethernet cable.

The network card can connect to the access point just fine and is stable but It just can't see the internet.

Using a WRT54GS v6.0 router with the latest firmware amd a WMP54GS V1.1 network card so everything should be compatible. I've ran this setup with no problems for the last couple of months.

I'm at my wits end. Any ideas.
 
When it connects but can't access the internet, is it getting assigned a proper IP (ie the same one it gets when everything works)?
 
Yeah, the computer gets 192.168.1.100 but I don't know if the router is getting an IP as even though the access point can see the router I can't get into the setup screen.

It's set to DHCP though so it should work automatically.

I've since found that if it reboot the router it works for a bit then packs in. I think an RMA might be in order.

EDIT: It's definitely an issue with the router because I even need to reboot it when I plug it straight into the ethernet port just to enter the setup screens after which it works for about 30 seconds then stops. If I switch the power on and off again I get another 30 seconds.

It's the same whether it's wireless or plugged in with a cable.
 
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i was getting exactly the same problems with mine on the .15 firmware (the italic edit part), i've "upgraded" to .19 now and its even worse, no working DNS or key ports so i'm going back to competitor to get a replacement.
 
DJSKYLINE said:
pc should be getting ip 192.168.1.101

192.168.1.100 is the router address
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Is 192.168.1.1 not the router address? I thought that the router starts allocating IP addresses to the computers on the network from 192.168.1.100 unless you manually set it differently but I know very little about networking at the moment.

Anyway I'm now running DD-WRT on it. It's very stable at the and the GUI is quicker than the Linksys version. Also, for anyone who fancies giving it a go you can now revert back to the Linksys firmware easily enough.



Who'd have though it, Linux Firmware on a WRT54GS v6.0. :D
 
Freakish_05 said:
Thats the nice thing about linux, so adaptable :D
Glad you're sorted mate.
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Err, you should be very careful and do a little research before trying the linux firmware on the v6. v1 to v4 are linux, v5 is vmware (I think, but definitely not linux) and then linksys brought out the wrt54gl (l for linux) and I would be very surprised if they returned to linux on the standard wrt54gs after bringing out a linux specific model.
 
osc89er said:
Err, you should be very careful and do a little research before trying the linux firmware on the v6. v1 to v4 are linux, v5 is vmware (I think, but definitely not linux) and then linksys brought out the wrt54gl (l for linux) and I would be very surprised if they returned to linux on the standard wrt54gs after bringing out a linux specific model.
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well, a quick google would have told you that answer lol. v6's (and v5's as well) can use dd-wrt but only the micro edition because it only has 2mb of flash ram.

http://www.bitsum.com/openwiking/owbase/ow.asp?WRT54G5_CFE :)
 
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According to the site james.miller linked to:
This is a project started by Jeremy Collake (aka db90h) to flash a Vxworks based WRT54G/GS v5-v6 with third party linux firmware without the use of JTAG or serial cables. After considerable research and time, this has been accomplished!
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That's all well and good, except as james' post says the G/GS now have less RAM and flash so generally you wind up with a reduced feature set (and/or it's less stable if you're hammering it with torrents or whatever).
It's still a much better idea to get a WRT54GL.
 
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