Hello Cisco, or Pancho, or anybody a primer on internet and WIFI and wireless routers Anyone know of a good "routers/wireless/WIFI for Dummies" primer on the basic essentials on functionality and requirements of setting up a WIFI wireless/wired valet type router and using it with your existing ISP? To get high speed internetaccess (wired and wireless).Cisco -JC buddy- It does not exist, else I cannot find it. John buddy, have some of your Cisco techie writers put such a techno primer together and post for free on the internet. It will help Cisco sell tens of thousands of these valet router thingies.Please and serious,, anyone know of such a primer?Thank you. Hello Cisco, or Pancho, or anybody a primer on internet and WIFI and wireless routers Anyone know of a good "routers/wireless/WIFI for Dummies" primer on the basic essentials on... » Read More Hello Cisco, or Pancho, or anybody a primer on internet and WIFI and wireless routers Anyone know of a good "routers/wireless/WIFI for Dummies" primer on the basic essentials on functionality and requirements of setting up a WIFI wireless/wired valet type router and using it with your existing ISP? To get high speed internetaccess (wired and wireless).Cisco -JC buddy- It does not exist, else I cannot find it. John buddy, have some of your Cisco techie writers put such a techno primer together and post for free on the internet. It will help Cisco sell tens of thousands of these valet router thingies.Please and serious,, anyone know of such a primer?Thank you. « Show Less
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about.com has a home wi-fi how-to:http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/wirelessproducts/a/howtobuildwlan.htmThere are also some good links in this article.
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Thank you. That is truly an extremely useful site and is exactly the type of info I was looking for.Really apreciate your taking the time to provide the recommendation
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I returned the Linksys. After spending almost an hour with their customer support, discovered they wanted to sell me a protection plan against virus's. The desk told me someone was maliciously sharing my network, etc. Called my computer engineer son, and he informed me that nothing was wrong with my wireless network and this was nothing more than a sales gimick. I'd advise you to steer clear!
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I entered my server inscription code and it worked fine. I remember at a point the installation program said that it couldn't find the Linksys devise. I was already seeing a strong wireless signal and decided not to sweat the small stuff. I didn't see a window prompting me to enter a password. Cisco/Linksys has a help line. Sorry I can't be of further help.
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I'm sorry. I don't know. We have cisco wifi in the house so haven't needed to find one.
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Don't really know if there is a best recommendation; you might check MJ FAQ. I use a Cisco/Linksys E1200 router with a Comcast cable internet modem. There have been no problems with this configuration and the MJ Plus unit.
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As of today (Oct 26, 2014) After over 4 hours of forum reading and googling about, I can find no information leading me to believe this router will ever have a full implementation of any open source packages worth your time to install. The manufacture of the radio package (that rather important wireless bit) used in this router has refused to release the information needed by those that do the (free) work to make control of the radio possible. Without that control, what good is all the rest? I did see evidence of individuals working on reverse engineering the radio from other similar units, but then that wasn't the point. Marketing Fail over at Linksys it seems... Glad I googled a bit before I clicked. This was the best current option but not with the stock firmware it's clear.
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Berry:I tried both wireless and hardwired (Ethernet cable). With hardwire, it works well. Wireless: not reliable. I had to have another one sent since the voice dropped off so bad and the wireless signal reception was poor even in front of the wireless router! The second one was slightly better, but the voice quality was very poor or could not connect. I discussed it with OOMA, but I would have to return to Amazon to get the refund. By that time I could not return it. So, I am stuck with it. It really amazes me that they sell such a poor quality product.In summary: it is bad idea to use this wireless. Berry:I tried both wireless and hardwired (Ethernet cable). With hardwire, it works well. Wireless: not reliable. I had to have another one sent since the voice dropped off so bad and the wireless signal reception was poor even in front of the wireless router! The second one was slightly better, but the voice quality was very poor or could not connect. I discussed it with OOMA, but I would have to return to Amazon to get the refund. By that time I could not return it. So, I am stuck with it. It really amazes me that they sell such a poor quality product.In summary: it is... » Read More Berry:I tried both wireless and hardwired (Ethernet cable). With hardwire, it works well. Wireless: not reliable. I had to have another one sent since the voice dropped off so bad and the wireless signal reception was poor even in front of the wireless router! The second one was slightly better, but the voice quality was very poor or could not connect. I discussed it with OOMA, but I would have to return to Amazon to get the refund. By that time I could not return it. So, I am stuck with it. It really amazes me that they sell such a poor quality product.In summary: it is bad idea to use this wireless. « Show Less
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The best thing to do if you can't the the wi-fi portion of the modem to work is to buy a wireless router. You hook it up to your modem with an ethernet cable and the other end of the cable goes to the "Internet" port of the router. Here is a good refurbished wireless router you can buy:http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Simultaneous-Dual-Band-Wireless-N-Refurbished/dp/B005S0BYQ6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid;=1416491188&sr;=8-3&keywords;=refurbished+cisco+wireless+router. Good luck.
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First off, I'll assume you have a modem? If you don't, this router will be useless to you. On the back of your modem, you have a cable that runs from the modem to the back of your computer. Disconnect this cable from the back of the modem and, instead, plug it into any one of the ports on the back of the wireless router that are labeled "wired." Now use the included cable (Identical to but probably shorter than the one you just disconnected and re-connected - the one with yellow ends.) to plug into the top port on the router (labeled "modem") and plug the other end of the cable into the modem in the exact same port you disconnected the other cable from. That's all you have to do. First off, I'll assume you have a modem? If you don't, this router will be useless to you. On the back of your modem, you have a cable that runs from the modem to the back of your computer. Disconnect this cable from the back of the modem and, instead, plug it into any one of the ports on the back of the wireless router that are labeled "wired." Now use the included cable (Identical to but probably shorter than the one you just disconnected and re-connected - the one with yellow ends.) to plug into the top port on the router (labeled "modem") and plug the other end of... » Read More First off, I'll assume you have a modem? If you don't, this router will be useless to you. On the back of your modem, you have a cable that runs from the modem to the back of your computer. Disconnect this cable from the back of the modem and, instead, plug it into any one of the ports on the back of the wireless router that are labeled "wired." Now use the included cable (Identical to but probably shorter than the one you just disconnected and re-connected - the one with yellow ends.) to plug into the top port on the router (labeled "modem") and plug the other end of the cable into the modem in the exact same port you disconnected the other cable from. That's all you have to do. « Show Less
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Devices like this usually don't work with just any old wireless adapter. Anatoly's suggestion of using a WiFi router as a bridge is a good one, and I use two routers set up like this in my house to get wired devices onto my wireless network. One has been flashed with DD-WRT firmware and set up in Client Bridge mode. For those more faint of heart, I also have a Asus RT-N10+ set up in repeater mode, and that works well too, with the bonus that it extends my wireless network coverage. You can get the Asus router for less than $40, which is cheaper than most of the specialized wireless dongles. Devices like this usually don't work with just any old wireless adapter. Anatoly's suggestion of using a WiFi router as a bridge is a good one, and I use two routers set up like this in my house to get wired devices onto my wireless network. One has been flashed with DD-WRT firmware and set up in Client Bridge mode. For those more faint of heart, I also have a Asus RT-N10+ set up in repeater mode, and that works well too, with the bonus that it extends my wireless network coverage. You can get the Asus router for less than $40, which is cheaper than most of the specialized wireless dongles.
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Should work...I use it to extend a Cisco valet plus wireless router and it works pretty good. It does drop te signal every once in a while but is easily reset by turning off and then back on.
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hey,thank you for your advice. first of all i have a linksys router so that would be a problem. seems like these deals are not that good and too much for a computer newbie such as me :)
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Hi Kevin. Can you describe this problem that you encounter with your router? Also include the troubleshooting steps that you did, or if you've tried calling our support team, or if you've have browsed through our support site/knowledge-base for troubleshooting info. Thanks. Cisco-Linksys Support http://homesupport.cisco.com
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I had a problem with a cisco router but it was a refurbished one so I suggest you try cisco first cause Netgear is allergic to Apple products. It finds the network but doesnt want to connect and I even tried the master reset , no password and everything else I could think of
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Both previous answers are true. As Joseph mentioned, there is a very basic wizard for the initial setup. It will get you online, and get an access point running, and that's it. Beyond that, Javier's comment is very much true. Everything is adjustable, and pretty much none of it is explained by Router OS itself.If you're willing to learn, though, you can do quite a lot with it. I run an SNMP trap on a Linux server which records all my traffic data. It's quite handy to see how much data I've gone through for the month, and I can break it down by any time period I like.
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Go with Netgear, it's approved for all those providers and easy to set up. Also neither Linksys or Cisco have anything to do with the modem, last 3 years manufactured by Belkon.
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These things are flaky. As far as wireless I could get 6-8 reliably. Anything more than that and it tends to lock up and die. I would look at anything but the rv series from Cisco.