Configuring Linksys WRE54G Wireless repeater.
Note: In order for this to work, you MUST have a wireless adapter in the computer from which you're configuring it from.
If after running the setup CD you receive the message "Cannot connect to this AP in repeater mode" Do the following...
1) Login to your router and copy down the Wireless MAC address. This can be found by clicking on the tab [Status], then on the sub tab [Wireless] (this will look like 2D:4D:56:01:F5:F7).2) RESET the repeater so that all configurations are set back to the defaults. (This can be done by using a paper clip and holding in the RESET button for 10-15 seconds). After which the LED colors should be as follows: Link: RED (no connectivity) Activity: Blue (flickering)
3) Hardcode your machines IP address to. IP: 192.168.1.242 (anything other than x.x.x.240) Subnet: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.240Leave the DNS IP's blank
4) Open up your wireless connections and select the repeater (this will look something like "linksysR2324").5) After your connected, open up a web browser and point to
192.168.0.240 (the configuration page). Leave the UserID blank and the password is "admin".Now verify that you have the latest firmware update, which should be the same on all repeaters. If not, download it, then click on the [Help] tab and select [Firmware Upgrade]. Then power cycle the unit.
6) Select the [Password] tab, erase the bullets and type in a new password. Then select [Save Settings], and close your browser.7) Log back in. Now select the [Edit Security Settings] button from the "Setup" page. Select the security mode that your router is using along with the same passphrase, (make sure to press Generate aft wards). Then select [Save settings]. Write down or copy Key 1 (which will look something like [2817FB191A])
8) Now disconnect from the repeater and reconnect. It should prompt you for the key, then type or paste that first key.9) Once connected, log back in to the repeater and change all of the IP addressing information, along with typing in the Access Point MAC address. This MAC address is the wireless interface MAC of your router.
NOTE: The name and SSID can be (but don't have to be) the same name as the router. However the IP address MUST be one octet different from the router.
Example:
------------ Router 192.168.1.2 Repeater 192.168.1.3 (version 1) Repeater 192.168.1.4 (version 1) Repeater 192.168.1.5 (version 2.0)
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Then save settings.
10) Reset your machines IP address to auto configuration (or what ever it was before we statically set it to 192.168.1.240Now you should have a blue link light on the repeater and all should be working fine. The main trick here is that you need to disable WEP while initially configuring the repeater. Then upgrade the firmware. Then reset WEP back to normal and configure the ip of the repeater and you are back in business.
Goodluck, Rick (rick23509 at yahoo's search domain .com)