Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 11:34:00PM -0500, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> I recently purchased the Linksys WRT54G router.  I have received (thank
> you TLUG) some advice about how to plug it into my network.  I need one
> more piece of advice.
> 
> In many places in the (nearly non-existent) documentation leaflet, and
> on the device itself, I am instructed to RUN CD FIRST, before connecting
> cables.  Here's the thing - this CD is for windoze boxen, and I am not
> about to find a copy of windoze just to run a CD unless I absolutely
> have to.  Here's the question:  do I really need to run the CD, or do I
> just plug the damn thing in, plug an Ethernet cable into it, and hit its
> IP address?  Thanks again.

I can't even imagine what their CD would do.

It should allow dhcp client on the switch ports and the manual should
tell you what IP it is on (as will the gateway IP it gives you by dhcp).

Len Sorensen
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