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Introduction:........................................................................................................................ 2
First things first:.................................................................................................................. 2
Known Limitations: ............................................................................................................ 2
Communications limitation............................................................................................. 2
WPA limitation. .............................................................................................................. 2
Workaround. ................................................................................................................... 2
Assumptions:....................................................................................................................... 2
Connecting to your WAP54G (first time or reset):............................................................. 3
Private IP information:........................................................................................................ 3
Some IP tricks:.................................................................................................................... 3
Industry standard addressing: ............................................................................................. 4
Hints:................................................................................................................................... 4
A word about various Modes:............................................................................................. 4
AP Mode: ........................................................................................................................ 4
AP Client Mode: ............................................................................................................. 4
Wireless Repeater Mode:................................................................................................ 4
Wireless Bridge:.............................................................................................................. 4
A word about data throughput: ........................................................................................... 4
A word about channels: ...................................................................................................... 5
How to setup a single WAP54G as a standalone device: ................................................... 5
How to setting up a single WAP54G to work with a wired Router:................................... 5
How to setup a single WAP54G to work with a wireless Router:...................................... 5
How to setup multiple WAP54Gs without a Router:.......................................................... 5
How to setup multiple WAP54Gs with a Router:............................................................... 6
Setting up a Wireless Bridge: ............................................................................................. 6
Resetting your WAP54G: ................................................................................................... 6
Resolving Connection Issues: ............................................................................................. 6
Unable to see the wireless connection: ........................................................................... 6
The connection is established then dropped: .................................................................. 6
I can see the wireless connection but can’t connect: ...................................................... 7
A word on Antenna:............................................................................................................ 7
Signal Strength Issues:........................................................................................................ 7
A word about naming conventions: .................................................................................... 7
Generic Configuration: ....................................................................................................... 7
Testing: ........................................................................................................................... 8
Trouble shooting wireless networks: .................................................................................. 8
Identical MAC address: ...................................................................................................... 8
Information on how to de-brick your WAP54G: ................................................................ 9
So your WAP54G is dead:.................................................................................................. 9
Useful Links:..................................................................................................................... 10
Firmware:.......................................................................................................................... 10
Introduction:
This document is designed to compliment the information contained within the
documentation supplied with your AP. It in no way should be considered a replacement
for the documentation supplied with your AP. Linksys have had no involvement with
this document. The information contained within this document is information I have
obtained/discovered/found out as a result of my dealings with the WAP54G and some of
the circumstances/situations I have had to resolve.
Known Limitations:
There are a couple of known limitations of the WAP54G. These are listed below.
Communications limitation.
The WAP54G will only communicate with another WAP54G or WRT54G in Repeater
and bridge modes.
WPA limitation.
You will NOT be able to use WPA/WPA2 when the WAP54G is in repeater/bridge
mode.
Workaround.
The common workaround for all of the above limitations is to run the WAP54G in AP
mode. The WAP54G will communicate with most other devices and you will also be able
to utilise WPA/WPA2 security. Whilst I realise that this workaround may not suit some
applications it is currently your only option should you wish to use the WAP54G device.
Assumptions:
The IP of the Router is 192.168.1.1
The WAP54G you are working with is set to Factory Defaults.
Private IP information:
There are a number of Private IP addresses that you can use on your network.
24-bit 10.0.0.0 –
16,777,216 single class A 10.0.0.0/8
block 10.255.255.255
256
16-bit 192.168.0.0 –
65,536 contiguous 192.168.0.0/16
block 192.168.255.255
class Cs
Some IP tricks:
If you live in an area where there is a lot of wireless traffic you may experience some
difficulties with other devices on the same or adjacent channels with the same IP subnet.
To get around this try using a different subnet within the same Private IP range.
An Example would be: 192.168.88.40/29 this would give you an IP range of
192.168.88.40-192.168.88.46 and the subnet mask would be 255.255.255.248
Your Router/Gateway/AP/Clients would all have to be within these 6 IP numbers.
Hints:
Don’t use the IP address of 192.168.1.245 on your network as this is the default IP of
your WAP54G
Do NOT use DHCP to set the IP of your WAP54G. The reason for this is that the IP will
be set to anything within the DHCP servers IP range and can change with every restart.
Now ask yourself, how can I find out what the IP is of my WAP54G if it is using DHCP.
Your answer is bound to be “I don’t know”. So ask yourself the next logical question, if
you can’t find out the IP of my WAP54G then how am I going to re-configure it later?
The answer you are going to give is “I don’t know”. Enough said.
Linksys have a page here that explains something of the modes as well, but I do note that
they all only refer to WEP security being used. This is something I am following up with
Linksys.
would be 192.168.1.33. This is done because there is no Router or Gateway to send data
not destined for the LAN.
change beacon interval to 50, fragmentation threshold to 2306, RTS threshold to 2307,
DTIM to 2.
I can see the wireless connection but can’t connect: A corrupt
profile can cause this, just delete the Preferred Network Profile on your laptop and
connect again.
A word on Antenna:
This subject is far beyond the scope of this document. All I can say about them is that if
you have to put a high gain antenna onto a WAP54G do NOT under any circumstances
put two differing antenna onto the connectors. You will succeed in upsetting it badly as
the AP by default operates in Diversity Mode where both antenna work at the same time.
I operate 24db Grid arrays on a number of my WAP54G devices and I set the output to
the side I have the antenna connected to (not available in the factory firmware). I have
attempted to put a Grid Array on 1 side and a 9db Omni on the other and it didn’t work
very well at all. I have never tested putting Grid Arrays on both connectors in different
directions although this should work.
Generic Configuration:
Router IP=192.168.1.254/255.255.255.0
AP1 IP= 192.168.1.253/255.255.255.0
AP2 IP=192.168.1.252/255.255.255.0
AP3 IP=192.168.1.251/255.255.255.0
Set the Default Gateway on ALL APs to 192.168.1.254
Set ALL APs to AP Mode
Set the SSID for ALL devices as the same “MyWireless”. Ensure SSID Broadcast is
turned ON.
Set the Device Name to something unique for ALL devices. AP1, AP2, AP3
Your Router should be setup as a DHCP server. This is beyond the scope of this
document.
Testing:
With the above configuration your wireless network will appear as a single network and
NOT as individual devices.
Connect to your wireless network.
From a command prompt type “ipconfig /all” within windowz, or “ifconfig” with Linux.
Your IP should be within the same network (subnet) as your wireless network.
Now “ping www.google.com” to see if the name is resolved to an IP. This tests that your
DNS settings are correct.
Congratulations, your wireless network should be going.
If it isn’t, go back and check your work.
First and foremost when debugging a wireless issue, turn off all security, this includes
MAC filtering. Run your APs in AP mode. You can always turn it all back on after you
have resolved your problem. And after all, the problem may be in your security setup.
If you have multiple APs on your network try giving them all different SSIDs. Then
connect to each device separately to debug any issue/s.
When connected to your AP check that the client has a valid IP (assuming your network
is setup by DHCP).
Make sure you can ping other devices on your network (routing test)
Make sure you can ping www.google.com (DNS resolution)
If at the end of the day you do discover that you do have a WAP54G that has had its
MAC address overwritten then I have the fix from Linksys available by email. To get the
file just send an email to mdaemon@shooter.co.nz with no subject line and “GET
Linksys WAP54G_MAC_fix” without the quotes in the body of the message and my
system will email it to you.
Once the ACT light is on you can do a reset as described above and your WAP54G
should be ready to go as if it came from the factory.
Useful Links:
Linksys for obvious reasons. Always check there site first for the latest firmware,
manuals, driver and the like.
http://www/linksys.com
The linksys ftp site can be a useful place to get some of those files not listed on the
Linksys website.
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network
LinsysInfo is a great place to find all sort of information from third party vendors. This is
where I found a lot of my information when I first started playing with Linksys
equipment.
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php
Flash Panteltje has a great howto on turning your WAP54G into a web server with an SD
card mod. This only works with a specific CPU and FLASH so be careful.
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/wap54g/index.html
This is a collinear antenna I have built, it works moderately well. It is a lot of work and
you must be precise.
http://wireless.gumph.org/articles/homemadeomni.html
This is a good place if you want to calculate your wireless antenna needs.
http://radiolabs.com/stations/wifi_calc.html
Firmware:
There are different firmwares for different hardwares. Do NOT put the wrong version of
firmware on the wrong version of hardware or you WILL Brick your AP.
Here is a short list of known firmwares for various hardwares.
Hardware version 1 can be flashed with firmware version 2.07 (HW ver 1 only)
Hardware version 2 can be flashed with firmware version 2.07 (HW ver 2 only)
Hardware version 3 can be flashed with firmware version 3.04
I have installed firmware 3.x on a v2 device without issue.
Note: If you have been using mustdie firmware on your v2 device you will NOT be able
to use it on your v3 device as you cannot install firmware 2.07 for mustdie as it will brick
your AP.
Firmware Files:
If you can’t find the firmware you are after then try this. Send an email to
mdaemon@shooter.co.nz with no subject line and just put “DIR Linksys” without the
quotes in the body of the message. You will get an email back with a list of files available
to be emailed to you. To get any of the files just send an email to
mdaemon@shooter.co.nz with no subject and put “GET Linksys NameOfFile” without
the quotes and the system will email you the requested file/s, you can get as many as you
like. Don’t forget to replace NameOfFile with the actual name of the file as shown in the
email.
I have chosen to do it like this because my FTP server can’t be accessed from the Internet
(Intranet use only) although the files are actually located on the FTP server. Daft I know,
but hey it works
About Me
My name is Fred Zinsli. I have been in the IT industry since 1985. I have no formal
qualifications (industry trained). I have my own network at home
(http://www.shooter.co.nz/network.pdf) plus a wireless network comprising of WAP54G
devices. Most of my network experience has been in NT4/NT4TSE, in recent years I
have moved from MS products in favour of Linux with my preference being fedora Core
or Debian. I don’t claim to know everything, but I do like to share the knowledge I have
as this is how we all learn, and I am learning every day. I hope that someone finds the
information contained within this document helpful in some way. If by chance you have
a tip/trick with the WAP54G then please contact me as below and I will test it and add it
to this document. Also if I haven’t explained something particularly well then let me
know.
I will update this document from time to time as I find specific information gleaned from
various sources.
FredZ