Linksys

[Ryan_L_Williams]

Hello,

I've got WRT54g - So I wanted to use this as a wifi pick up, if you understand what I mean by that?

 

[ch33zw1z]

http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html

You want to use the router as JUST an Access Point, right?

 

[Ryan_L_Williams]

Can you explain a but more please

 

[Ryan_L_Williams]

That all I want to do is setup my router to pick up my A.P (Access Point) my WI-FI in other words, like a dongle something like that. Can I do something like that because I have already a TP-LINK dongle, can I bridge the connect or not. Or would I be able to program to dongle to work with the Wireless Router. Can I do that or not?

 

[ch33zw1z]

You're not being clear in what you want. Do you want to connect wireless clients to the WRT54G? Or do you want to setup the WRT54G as a bridge and plug wired clients into it? Please try to explain what exactly you're trying to do, as technically as you can.

 

[lexco]

WRT54G is a wireless router from Linksys which cannot be used for Wireless cascading (at least with default Linksys firmware).

That all I want to do is setup my router to pick up my A.P (Access Point) my WI-FI in other words, like a dongle something like that. Can I do something like that because I have already a TP-LINK dongle, can I bridge the connect or not. Or would I be able to program to dongle to work with the Wireless Router. Can I do that or not?

I understand you want to use WRT54G to receive wireless signals from another Wireless Router/AP. I am afraid you cannot do that with WRT54G.

 

[JackMDS]

Linksys WRT54G can be configured as a Wireless Client Bridge if Flashed with 3rd party Firmware that support such Mode.

You have to Flash the Router with this Firmware and configure it as Wireless Client Bridge.

Firmware - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Tomato_Firmware/Installation_and_Configuration

Then configure like this - http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3810281

 

[ch33zw1z]

You have to Flash the Router with this Firmware and configure it as Wireless Client Bridge.

Firmware - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Tomato_Firmware/Installation_and_Configuration

Then configure like this - http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3810281

The WRT54G had like 9 models, not all supported by DDWRT or Tomato. OP will need to verify before attempting to flash.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Yup, if he's got one of the later models with only 2MB of memory, he will need to use DDWRT Micro as Tomato doesn't support it.

 

[lexco]

Linksys WRT54G can be configured as a Wireless Client Bridge if Flashed with 3rd party Firmware that support such Mode.

You have to Flash the Router with this Firmware and configure it as Wireless Client Bridge.

Firmware - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Tomato_Firmware/Installation_and_Configuration

Then configure like this - http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3810281

That's possible only with the older versions of WRT54G only. Once Linksys find out the possibility, they had reduced the internal memory of this router.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

You can do it on all of them, but you'll have to use DD-WRT Micro installs to do it and go through a step by step setup process depending on which version you have. I Have a GL, a v3 G, and a version 4 GS and they all have wildly different setup processes for open firmware.