Linksys Router Setup Failure
As previously posted, I purchased a Linksys Wireless Router, Model
BEFW11S4, to replace an earlier model damaged by a lightning caused
power surge. The Ethernet connections work perfectly but I have been
utterly unable to setup the wireless feature. I needed to do this as
other computers on our lan were set to a different SSID and channel when
the original router was set up.
In desperation I borrowed a laptop running Windows XP Pro and spent the
afternoon struggling with the router installation cd and then with
Linksys technical support. The web based setup program was supposed to
be reached at 192.168.1.1 all attempts to connect to this IP failed. I
had thought that perhaps security updates had blocked this address but
even when I shut down the lan and its firewall and connected the laptop
directly to the DSL modem or through the router to the DSL modem the IP
was unreachable.
I'm not sure what to try next - return the router, if CompUSA will take
it back, for a replacement and try again? Return the router, scrap the
expensive Linksys signal booster which I added last year and start over
from scratch with some other company's products?
If anyone knows a surefire solution, please let me know.
Tom George
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