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Comment on Linksys WRT54G, Airport Express, and WDS by MS

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:12:23 +0000

I spent most of last night working on this, and had one critical error that kept me from completing this quickly.

NEVER TYPE IN YOUR NETWORK SSID. Instead, pick the SSID from the list. The airport utility will then autosense the type of password that is needed, in my case 128 bit WEP. When I manually entered the SSID, all I got was the option of WEP TRANSITIONAL, which didn’t let me enter the appropriate password length, and probably messed up some other stuff.

Anyway, after a long day’s journey into night, I got this working. I have the AEX running in WDS mode, as a remote for my Linksys WRT54G v3. I have my xbox now hooked up to my network, and a great pipe for music to my stereo receiver.

There were a few moments when I wanted to throw the bloody thing out the window!!!

Comment on Linksys WRT54G, Airport Express, and WDS by rishi

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:03:19 +0000

Thanks too. After some fiddling I got my AEX working with AirTunes in the lounge room connected wirelessly via WEP128 to my Linksys Router. I am on Leopard 10.5.3

Things that helped:
- Complete setup with AEX connected to Linksys via ethernet
- Wireless Mode: Participate in WDS Network
- Select 13 digit password
- Obtain Equivalent network password from Base Statio drop down menu at top of screen (not in Airport Utility Window)
- Copy Equivalent network password and paste to Linksys router & update
- Obtain MAC address from Linksys STATUS Tab, WIRELESS - Sub Tab
- Type MAC address to WDS Tab WDS Main field in Aiport utility
- Select Allow Wireless clients
- Select WDS Remote or WDS Relay depending on your setup
- Add 13 digit password to your computer internet profile so it can connect to the internet
- Update settings in the in the Airport Utility
- Hold breath, wait a minute or two
- Disconnect from LAN and reconnect in desire location
- ENJOY!!!!!

Comment on Linksys WRT54G, Airport Express, and WDS by dB

Tue, 27 May 2008 02:49:14 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks… Had some issues trying to get WPA to happen but the WEP instructions have worked out brilliantly. Much appreciated.

Comment on Office 2008: How to change the CD key by Sam

Tue, 20 May 2008 16:17:52 +0000

Thanks to author, i appreciate it.

Sorry, somebody has to say it…. Andrew McNaughton you are an IDIOT.

Comment on Office 2008: How to change the CD key by Andrew McNaughton

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:15:49 +0000

Sorry, somebody has to say it… you just slated Microsoft for its oversight in your opinion. Clearly you have no sight whatsoever. The article that you referred to is very clearly, specifically for Office 2004. I’m so embarrassed for you. It works brilliantly with Office 2004. The feature was simply removed from Office 2008. Microsoft is always very clear in their knowledge base articles about which products they refer to. There was no doubt on that page that it did NOT refer to Office 2008.

Comment on Linksys WRT54G, Airport Express, and WDS by Wil Macaulay

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:34:36 +0000

I was unable to get WDS to work on my WRT54G v 5.0 without security (hey, I have an open network…) until I upgraded my firmware from v1.02.0 to v1.02.5 build 002 (jan 9 2008). Once I applied the firmware upgrade, all was smooth sailing. I did not try with WEP, or WPA, but my reading of previous posts leads me to believe that others who were successful with the v5 were using WEP.

Thanks for the clear instructions - I was able to pick up an APEx for half-price…

wil

Comment on Linksys WRT54G, Airport Express, and WDS by Morris

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:59:49 +0000

Update and success!

I kept reading Chris’ and DrTivoL’s posts over and over and I was pulling my hair out over WEP and WDS. The WEP Transitional Key thing threw me off in the AirPort Utility. But after reading about WEP Transitional, bingo, I finally understood.

1. On the Wireless Tab, select WEP Transitional, and pick a 13 digit key, and confirm.
2. Go the to menu item “Base Station” and select “Equivalent Network Password…”. Write down the hex key.
3. Go to the Linksys Router and under wireless security change the 128-bit key to the hex code that you just wrote down.
4. If you are running a Mac, reconnect to your Linksys Router using the 13-character password when prompted.
5. In AirPort Utility update the settings and let the APEx reboot.
6. Wait for it. At first the APEx will come back with amber and say “WDS Error”. But after a minute or two it magically turns green and all is right with the world.

I feel better. Thanks for the help!

Comment on Linksys WRT54G, Airport Express, and WDS by alkaabi

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:38:36 +0000

i have to say, i tried everything, but nothing worked. then just before i gave up, i did a little research when i found that my linksys router doesn’t actually support WDS. However, in airport utility i fond the option “extend existing network” instead of “WDS” and when i choose that, it worked .

Comment on Linksys WRT54G, Airport Express, and WDS by Bob

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:31:52 +0000

John, thanks for the great article. I already had an AX and WRT54G - i had no idea i could expand my network using the two. I got it up and running in practically no time.

Comment on Linksys WRT54G, Airport Express, and WDS by Lisa

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:57:50 +0000

Thanks for the help! After banging my head against the wall to get my old AE’s ethernet connection up and going, I found your site. I was able to hook up my direct tv on-demand using your hints. I have been using AE to stream Itunes to my living room the last couple of years and now I am using my linksys router to support on-demand from direct tv! In an all PC network.