Linksys WRT54G v 5, firmware 1.0.1.0

You have it backwards. The computers connect to the DHCP server, not the other way around.

If it works with a static IP address, my guess(tm) is that you're using WEP and are trying to use the ASCII text version of the WEP key. Don't. Use the Hex WEP key and it will work. However, I would strongly advise you to abandon WEP and switch to WPA or WPA2.

There is a some kind of bug in the DHCP server in firmware 1.0.1.0. When I upgraded(?) from 1.0.0.9, my Linux wireless systems stopped being able to get an IP address from the AP. Windows still works, as do the wired computers (both Windows and Linux). So far, I have not had time to debug it, nor have I found a place to download a copy of 1.0.0.9 for restoring the previous behavior. I had deleted the old one courtesy of a disk failure. I assigned static addresses for the affected computers.

Larry

Larry

Larry Finger hath wroth:

upgraded(?) from 1.0.0.9,

Windows still works,

to debug it, nor

behavior. I had

the affected computers.

ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/wrt54gv5_v6_fw_1.00.9_US_code.zip

For Windoze DHCP (and BOOTP) query tool, see: |

upgraded(?) from 1.0.0.9,

AP. Windows still works,

time to debug it, nor

behavior. I had

for the affected computers.

Thanks for the URL's.

I was wrong here. Wired Linux computers also fail. I reported it to Linksys and "their engineers are working on the problem."

Larry

Linksys has released firmware version 1.0.1.1 for WRT54G V5 and V6 wireless routers. The new version corrects the problem of using DHCP with Linux. It is likely that it also works with OS X, but I cannot test that.

Larry