Just keep in mind that if you install DD-WRT on it, you might be wasting
your time since it does not support the ralink wifi chipset (you'd have to
replace the chip).
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 May 2008, Daniel Nakov wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 25 May 2008, Matthew Rogers wrote:
>>>
>>> Eben King wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> To that end, I've been looking at
>>>>> http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices . In the listing
>>>>> for
>>>>> the Actiontec MI424WR, under "WLAN standard" it says "ralink b/g (must
>>>>> be
>>>>> replaced)". I want to use this router with an 802.11g signal. Can I
>>>>> do
>>>>> this directly? There is another one of these routers in the house
>>>>> (supplied
>>>>> by Verizon), and no hardware mods were performed here to enable the
>>>>> wireless
>>>>> connection (but I have no idea what was done before it came here).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just disable DHCP on any wireless router an it becomes a bridge.
>>>
>>> Why won't its wireless part form a separate SSID from my other router, as
>>> opposed to the new router just being a device of the old router's SSID?
>>>
>>
> It looks like you might be able to set it up without installing DD-WRT. I
>> looked at the manual really quick and saw that it allows you to adjust
>> connections, routing, bridge, etc.. It wont work if you just change the
>> essid, you'd have to set it up manually.
>>
>> http://www.fiberfaq.com/admin/attachments/actiontec_mi424wr_manual.pdf
>>
>
> Sweet, that's a nice router too. In that case I'll go for one of those,
> and if I can make DD-WRT do what I want, so much the better. Otherwise,
> I've got the standard firmware on which to fall back.
>
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