| Wifi stupid w/ Linksys WAP54G |
[Nov. 5th, 2005|01:26 pm] |
Follow up to Missing AC adapters and no wireless in my house:
-- bought a new Wifi access point (now I have three!)
-- found my old AC adapter for Wifi AP #2. damnit.
So I dropped a new NIC into a computer central in the house, named its interface, setup a NAT/firewall so traffic can go out but not access the internal network (my NFS, etc), setup DHCP/DNS for the AP.
All works, etc.
But how the hell do I rename the AP's ESSID from "linksys"?
I thought I remembered these things having an IP address, webserver, and passwod, not being just a bridge.
This came with no instructions. What's this "One Touch Setup Button"? |
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| Missing AC adapters |
[Oct. 16th, 2005|12:49 pm] |
I have a dozen bins of electronics, sorted by function:
-- networking
-- phones (cell and land)
-- audio
-- power cords (extension & computer) & strips
-- power adapters
-- computer
Each one is overflowing with nicely labeled plastic bags, often listing the length of the cord (if ethernet), and the voltage and amperage (if an AC adapter), etc. It's a pretty good system. The plastic bags are the trick... without them it's a rat's nest of interlocked cables, and the system's useless.
Today ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) dina finally got annoyed by no wireless in the house (I've never set it up) and asked I set it up.
No prob, right? I probably have enough cat-5, switches, and WAPs to network the whole neighborhood.
Yeah, but I can't find a working AC adapter. I need either 12 VDC 1.0A or 5 VDC of unknown amperage. I found the 12 V one, but it doesn't light up the WRT54G and just ends up getting really hot. I went to test it with a voltmeter, but the battery(!!) to the voltmeter is dead. Why does a voltmeter need a battery to measure voltage? Useless. And it's some bizarre non-standard battery.
Scratch that --- on to the 5V WAP11. But I can't find any 5V AC adapter around here except for three that are 1.2A and don't fit.
Went to look online to get a new AC adapter... $9 + $9 shipping. Hell if I'm gonna pay $18 for a new wallwart. I can get a whole new WAP for like $70 at Central Computer.
I don't know any electronics surplus stores around here. Surely I can go somewhere local and buy an AC adapter? |
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exhausted