Q. I have a new internet address on my router for the internet and i forgot my stuff for the linksys router/bridge that i am using and now i need to restore it and connect it to my current router wirelessly and get the internet on there as well
A. Push a pin or tip of a paperclip inside the small hole at the back of the router. Hold it for at least 15 secs until the power light comes off and back on. That should reset the router to defaults.
How do i delete a wireless network?
Q. I accidentally set up a wireless network on my router without a password. I can't access that network's settings though because I set up another network after, so I can only change the settings on that one. I have a linksys wrt54g. I tried resetting the security, and that reset the newer network, but the older one without a password is still broadcasting, and my neighbors are still using it. How can i access the settings, or just do a master reset?
A. Once you reset the WRT54G, everything will be seti into factory defaults. If you have an old network and you wanted it to be deleted, you are referring of deleting the preferred networks. Through this, you will remove the old profile or the old network that has been stored on your PC.
If you're using Windows XP Service Pack 2, just click view available wireless networks on the wireless icon at the bottom right side. Look for change the order of preferred networks at the left side and click it. Go to wireless tab. Under it, you will see a preferred networks box. If you see your old network, highlight it and click remove.
Those names under the preferred networks box are the networks you have been connected. Once you connect to a certain network, a profile will be stored and created to the PC that's why after restarting your computer, you still can access the Internet without connecting and typing the network key.
Hope this works!
If you're using Windows XP Service Pack 2, just click view available wireless networks on the wireless icon at the bottom right side. Look for change the order of preferred networks at the left side and click it. Go to wireless tab. Under it, you will see a preferred networks box. If you see your old network, highlight it and click remove.
Those names under the preferred networks box are the networks you have been connected. Once you connect to a certain network, a profile will be stored and created to the PC that's why after restarting your computer, you still can access the Internet without connecting and typing the network key.
Hope this works!
whenever i put a password on the router it doesnt work?
Q. its a garbage linksys wrt54g. what ends up happening is i put a password on it and if it ever disconnects i cannot reconnect and have to reset the router. theres 3 computers in the house that need access to this router so can someone give me a walk through how to set this thing up with a password and limit access to just these 3 computers without it going haywire.
A. How old is the router? There are a ton of WRT54g router revisions. What is the exact revision number of your router?
There are several ways to limit access to the router.
1. You can limit the number of connections by limiting the number of ip addresses given out by the router. For example, by going into the routers setting by typing 192.168.1.1 and entering username and password, you can find the ip address range and change it so only 3 address are given out. If you were to type in 192.168.1.101 - 192.168.1.103, you would get a max 3 connections. This would be fine unless an unauthorized connection was being made, taking up one of your spots.
2. You can enter each computers MAC address in the MAC address filtering settings, and set to Allow Only. Then no other computers could connect, unless they cloned one of your computers MAC address.
3. The best way is to set the router to its most secure encryption type, which would be wpa2, then enter a passkey that is hard to guess, with numbers, a mix of Cap letters and lowercase letters, and no english words, such as XjGcc665Ty. If the computers are hard wired to the router, then you should shut off wireless completely
When you set the encryption type, your computers wireless adapters must also have the ability to use that type of encryption. If you set the router to WPA2, and one of the computers adapters doesn't even allow for that type of encryption, then it won't connect. You may have to update your drivers for each of the wireless adapters, if in fact you have wireless connections. Again, wired connections are different and don't need passwords. If you reset the router to default, with no password or encyrption, and all 3 CAN connect, and then set encryption then they CANNOT connect, then you have issues with your computers adapters, and not the router.
Some models of the WrT54g can use 3rd party firmware that is far more reliable then Linksys firmware. but chances are you may have a newer version, that cannot.
There are several ways to limit access to the router.
1. You can limit the number of connections by limiting the number of ip addresses given out by the router. For example, by going into the routers setting by typing 192.168.1.1 and entering username and password, you can find the ip address range and change it so only 3 address are given out. If you were to type in 192.168.1.101 - 192.168.1.103, you would get a max 3 connections. This would be fine unless an unauthorized connection was being made, taking up one of your spots.
2. You can enter each computers MAC address in the MAC address filtering settings, and set to Allow Only. Then no other computers could connect, unless they cloned one of your computers MAC address.
3. The best way is to set the router to its most secure encryption type, which would be wpa2, then enter a passkey that is hard to guess, with numbers, a mix of Cap letters and lowercase letters, and no english words, such as XjGcc665Ty. If the computers are hard wired to the router, then you should shut off wireless completely
When you set the encryption type, your computers wireless adapters must also have the ability to use that type of encryption. If you set the router to WPA2, and one of the computers adapters doesn't even allow for that type of encryption, then it won't connect. You may have to update your drivers for each of the wireless adapters, if in fact you have wireless connections. Again, wired connections are different and don't need passwords. If you reset the router to default, with no password or encyrption, and all 3 CAN connect, and then set encryption then they CANNOT connect, then you have issues with your computers adapters, and not the router.
Some models of the WrT54g can use 3rd party firmware that is far more reliable then Linksys firmware. but chances are you may have a newer version, that cannot.
How do I do a full erasure of a WRT54G Router?
Q. I recently got a Linksys WRT54G Version 2 Router from a friend of mines. What I wanted to know is how do I go about making sure that all of the old and previous settings that may be stored on the router itself are cleared off so that I can start from a fresh firmware? Right now it has HyperWRT 15c Thibor in which I have done a clear nvram and restore default settings through the admininstration, held down the reset button in an attempt that everything resets to default, and also I have power cycled the router itself for a full day. However when I go to setup the connection type (i.e. PPPoE) the previous connection information will pop up, which I do not want happening. I've tried connecting to the router through different PC's throught my house, and the same information remains throught setting up the connection type.
I wanted to know does anyone know of any surefire ways to clear out the entire memory so that I can go with fresh settings and default firmware.
Thank you.
I wanted to know does anyone know of any surefire ways to clear out the entire memory so that I can go with fresh settings and default firmware.
Thank you.
A. you'll have to get the new firmware for the linksys and flash the linksys firmware over the hyperwrt.
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