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Thread ID: 101700	2009-07-23 10:57:00	Help me choose a wireless system	Strommer (42)	Press F1

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794755	2009-08-02 18:53:00	Managed to change the Gateway on the Dynalink modem - using Network Connections > TCP/IP. Duh... have not had morning caffeine yet. STILL NOT CONNECTED TO INTERNET via wireless. ?????? Summary: Wireless usb adapters to 520GU router are connected - no problem evident. The problem appears to be between the 520GU router and Dynalink modem. Is there some sort of diagnostic test I can do between the 520GU router and Dynalink modem? IP's, DNS's and Gateways on all items (wireless router, modem, wireless adapters) are set as in Speedy's post #109. ?????	Strommer (42)
794756	2009-08-02 21:11:00	Try this: Set the Tomato LAN IP to: 192.168.10.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Static DNS: Whatever -- OpenDNS perhaps? Now if the Dynalink Modem is 192.168.1.1 then set your Tomato WAN IP to: 192.168.1.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (Whatever your Dynalink is). MTU shouldnt matter, leave it as default. Post back with the results :)	Chilling_Silence (9)
794757	2009-08-02 22:23:00	Try this: Set the Tomato LAN IP to: 192.168.10.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Static DNS: Whatever -- OpenDNS perhaps? Now if the Dynalink Modem is 192.168.1.1 then set your Tomato WAN IP to: 192.168.1.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (Whatever your Dynalink is). MTU shouldnt matter, leave it as default. Post back with the results :) Is THIS (www.imagef1.net.nz) where I change the LAN IP ? You and I have different versions of Tomato so hopefully they are similar enough. I could not see anywhere else where I could alter the LAN. Presently the LAN is set at 192.168.1.2 The WAN IP is already at 192.168.1.2, so I don't need to change that. Subnet Mask is also OK (I don't think that ever changes ASFAIK). Gateway is already set to the Dynalink modem's IP; all the Gateways are the same, as per Speedy's instructions. Is "Static DNS" the same as Primary DNS? I think I have also see it as "Preferred DNS"?	Strommer (42)
794758	2009-08-02 22:40:00	Thats DDWRT. Download Tomato and flash it from the upgrade panel.	Blam (54)
794759	2009-08-02 23:43:00	Thats DDWRT. Download Tomato and flash it from the upgrade panel. :illogical "Incorrect Image File" :confused: I downloaded Tomato_1_25_ND.7z - this is the one specified for the 520GU. unzipped it and used the result: tomato-ND.trx I also tried using the Tomato file that Chill suggested last week: tomato-ND-USB-8632-Std.trx Used the DD-WRT admin page, Firmware Upgrade, and read the readme file that I found on the Tomato download page. AFAIK, I followed the instructions so why the %X#@! would it be "Incorrect Image File"?	Strommer (42)
794760	2009-08-03 00:11:00	Rename it to a .bin and upload again :)	Chilling_Silence (9)
794761	2009-08-03 01:29:00	Rename it to a . bin and upload again :) Renamed file, uploaded it, but got these: . imagef1 . net . nz/files/username_password . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz . net . nz/files/iprelease_failed_ . jpg" target="_blank">imagef1 . net . nz As you can see, before clicking CONTINUE (with the upgrade) I tried: ipconfig/release, but this gave the error "no adapter is in the state permissible" . :confused: I then decided to check the ipconfig and found that the Dynalink modem/router has the 'old' config . I changed the IP, Gateway, DNS numbers using Network Connections > TCP/IP . I do not understand this but it seems to me that my pc has the old config while the modem itself has the changed configs . I know this is not relevant to the 520GU router but maybe this is a factor to consider later . The new problem now is that I cannot even get into the DD-WRT user interface at http://192 . 168 . 1 . 2 - the username and password no longer works; previously I used 'root' and 'admin', but this no longer works and I have tried all combinations of admin / root, admin / [nil], admin / admin, . . . etc . Maybe this has something to do with the IP RELEASE failure?? FWIW I had the pc's firewall, Comodo, disabled during the upgrade/upload . Also followed the instructions using reset button, etc . The only thing I have not done is to reboot the pc . BTW Blam I would have thought that DD-WRT could have been used to change the LAN IP . It is a good thing I am no hurry to get the wireless going because otherwise by this time I would have found a cliff to throw the 520GU off! :lol: I am telling myself that I am learning more :nerd: tech-geek stuff, which is true, and surely this thread is entertaining a few people, but I keep hearing the guy down the road who works in DSE who showed me the wireless gear in his shop, explaining that such and such took ages to connect but another brand of gear only took 5 minutes to get working . . . :annoyed:	Strommer (42)
794762	2009-08-03 02:37:00	Nah differing brands will by and large work together without a hitch. Try: ipconfig /release Add the space after "ipconfig" ;-) Now you've done the upgrade, try pressing & holding down the restore button on the WL-520GU for 6 seconds to restore to defaults. It will have tried to "import" some of the DD-WRT settings, and the password is not imported "correctly". See here: www.polarcloud.com	Chilling_Silence (9)
794763	2009-08-04 20:19:00	Nah differing brands will by and large work together without a hitch. Try: ipconfig /release Add the space after "ipconfig" ;-) Now you've done the upgrade, try pressing & holding down the restore button on the WL-520GU for 6 seconds to restore to defaults. It will have tried to "import" some of the DD-WRT settings, and the password is not imported "correctly". See here: www.polarcloud.com Thanks for the password info Speedy, but if you look at the screenshot carefully you will see that I did try with a space after "ipconfig" (and one without the space). I have not done anything more with the 520GU due to other committments but may get on to it this evening. Googling the IP Release problem, I found this: TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2. Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt. Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ip reset reset.log Reboot the machine. However, I will try to get Tomato installed without fiddling with the IP Release. ;) Maybe I did not keep the 520GU reset button pressed long enough. Hopefully I will get Tomato up and running so I can enter the correct LAN IP adr, plus other IP's. If by some miracle I get this far, I would think the wireless system should connect to the internet. :)	Strommer (42)
794764	2009-08-04 21:44:00	You need to count slowly to 6 (Technically its 5 seconds, but I say 6, just to be certain). Watch the PWR light on the front, it'll change ...	Chilling_Silence (9)
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