[GRLUG] Linksys router security setup

[Roberto Villarreal]

For what it's worth, I've set up two Linksys routers since they put on 
that little button... both times, I was easily able to secure it without 
using that button.

Roberto


Bob Kline wrote:
> The one roughly useful piece of information in the "documentation" says
> pressing the button for one second puts the box in a mode "accepting
> new clients."   Pressing it for five seconds does a reset.
> 
> 
> After the one second press,  the light flickers on and off rapidly, and
> is white when it's on.
> 
> 
>    -Bob
> 
> 
> On 12/24/05, Adam bultman <adamb at glaven.org> wrote:
> 
>>Ron Lauzon wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Bob Kline wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have a Linksys wireless router, and have ( I believe ) set up the
>>>>security settings.
>>>>
>>>>The question is this:  I press the "Cisco Systems" button on the left
>>>>side of the
>>>>front panel,  and it blinks with a white light for about 2 minutes.
>>>>Is this the stage
>>>>at which one is supposed to turn on the wireless device on a client
>>>>PC?   Or does
>>>>the flickering white light mean that the router is looking for another
>>>>client device?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>I think it just means you reset the router.
>>>
>>>For wireless devices, all you should have to do is change the SSID to
>>>whatever you want.  It's a good idea to turn off SSID Broadcast (makes
>>>your network more stealth).  Then put that SSID into whatever devices
>>>you want to connect and start.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Pressing the large "Cisco systems" button enables some easy config for
>>connecting new clients.  There should be some documentation on it. Mine
>>lit up after I updated my firmware (really) and when  I went to best
>>buy, there was  a large sign showing exactly what it was.
>>
>>Adam
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