[GRLUG] Linksys router security setup

[Bob Kline]

Good to know.    All the better because it's still somewhat
unclear what it does.  Other than the claim that holding it down
for 5 seconds does a box reset,  which I have no interest in
exploring just now.


I'll do some Google searching at some point.


   -Bob


On 12/24/05, Roberto Villarreal <rvillarreal at mktec.com> wrote:
>
> 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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