Re: Linksys Router Setup Failure
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 08:54:07PM -0400, Emily Dryden wrote:
> 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
My experience with CompUSA is that they _do_ take it back. Be sure to
explain to them that it _doesn't_ work, else they might repack it and
attempt to sell it to someone else.
> 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?
>
>
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Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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