Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
anyone know how to use qos by port instead of the service. like instead of "bit torrent" i'd like to use qos on port 6881.
Originally posted by: Fardringle
It's not quite the $20 deal someone asked for earlier (and that I'd love to find) but this is the best deal I've been able to find so far on the router: WRT54G for $49.99 after 2x$10 rebates at Best Buy. (Rebates expire 1/15/05). If anyone else can come up with a better deal please post it here!
Originally posted by: bwiest1
3. This is a loaded question, best configuration to run a safe environment means many different things to many different people. Interpreting your question to me means, how do you run a wireless network and prevent yourself from being hacked. If you want 100% security consider a few of these things:
a. use WPA for wireless security, not WEP. WEP is cracked.
b. Don't broadcast your SSID, and change it from 'linksys' to something else
c. Consider using MAC-filtering to only allow your MAC addresses on the network
d. Make your wireless strength as weak as possible, so that it works well in your house but not beyond your walls. don't arbitrarily go for strongest signal as that extends your reach.
e. Change your router login password to something other than 'admin'
There may be a few other tips but that is my quick summary.[/L]
Originally posted by: Bob151
Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
anyone know how to use qos by port instead of the service. like instead of "bit torrent" i'd like to use qos on port 6881.
Do you think all the ISPs in front of you will make port 6881 a higher priority port?
Originally posted by: beat mania
Yeah I tried the reset.
Ended up fixing it by opening it and forcing the chip to do a hard reflash. That trick rocks.
Originally posted by: SirPsycho
Does anyone know if there are any major differences between the different versions of this router? I don't mean WRT54G vs. WRT54GS; I mean v2.0 or v2.2 or whatever. Hardware revisions rather than firmware revisions. Also, any way to differentiate between them while looking at an unopened box at the store, or even better, a way to distinguish if I order one online? Thanks.
Originally posted by: Bob151
Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
anyone know how to use qos by port instead of the service. like instead of "bit torrent" i'd like to use qos on port 6881.
Do you think all the ISPs in front of you will make port 6881 a higher priority port?
Check out theOriginally posted by: Davegod75Bascially i'm looking for anything with good range which i guess means high power ouput (someone mentioned getting a 200mW one). usb is preferred
Originally posted by: atwnsw
In an effort to help other rookies/newbies/ignorant like myself, I though it would be helpful to post the changes that I have made and hope to learn suggestions that would be better. I don't want to cause problems for somebody with a different configuration/setup but somehow we need to have a list of "suggested" configurations for anybody who doesn't know how to set it up. In my case, I have the desktop wired directly into the router and a wirelesss laptop using a "G" card along with a "G" print server.
Please don't flame me for posting an attempt to list a suggested configuration for newbies.....
Go to 192.168.1.1
Type in "xxxx? in password (default is ?admin?).
SAVE EACH TAB AS YOU MAKE CHANGES!!!!!!!!!
SETUP
Basic Setup
Change Router Name to ?unique name?
Change Time Zone to ?Eastern?
Advanced Routing
Change Interface to ?LAN & Wireless?
WIRELESS
Basic Settings
Wireless Mode to ?AP?
Wireless Network Mode to ?G? only
Wireless Network Name to ?unique name?
Wireless Channel to ?Auto?
Wireless SSID Broadcast to ?Enable?
Mac Filter
Wireless Mac Filter to ?Enable?
Select ?Permit Only?
Edit Mac Filter List to include 2 (laptop & print server) & Save
Advanced Settings
Frame Burst to ?Enable?
Xmit Power to "84? (This is the transmit power"
ADMINISTRATION
Management
Router Password to ?xxxx?
Re-enter to confirm ?xxxx?
AP Watchdog to Disable (maybe enable)
Change to 15 seconds
Dhcpd
Change to Enable
Used Domain
Lan/Wlan
Is this a bad idea? Are there any suggested changes?
Your input in welcome and if the consensus is to delete my post, no problem.
I will delete it immediately.
Thanks
Anthony
P.S. I can't take credit for knowing the changes to my setup. Somebody walked me through
the process and I wrote it down. Please don't ask me how to setup your router because I
don't know how. Again, I wrote down the settings that were given to me and thought it could
benefit the masses.....
Originally posted by: Elixer
It isn't hard to set up the access restrictions, just give it a profile name, time, and that is pretty much it.