Wireless Routers for Linux?

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 21 April 2006 01:33, Tony Nelson wrote:
> At 6:17 PM -0400 4/20/06, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>  ...
>
> >I think you could hold [reset] for an hour and no get back to defaults. 
> > Tech support requested ten seconds and thought that was longer than
> > required, I was watching my watch ...  The [WET54G] instructions also
> > suggest cycling the power which also accomplished nothing.  Presently it
> > is working on this XP box but I still can't access it with the specified
> > 192.168.1.226?  I bought it because it requires only an ethernet input,
> > the required drivers are supposed to be built in.
>
>  ...
>
> I would expect that pressing reset only reboots the router.  Restoring to
> factory defaults is something else.  Some routers allow it to be done
> through another means, such as a serial port (as mine does), or through the
> firmware updater.  I'd see what the manual said.
>
And some have a small hole that requires a paper-clip inserted and held for 
several seconds.

And some 'tech support' folk don't know the difference between rebooting the 
router and a factory re-set.

Anne
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