Linksys wireless router does not connect to a public network!

I have a Linksys wireless-G broadband router WRT54G. I am trying to
connect it to a wireless network at local library. My laptop (built-in
wireless) connects fine to this network, however I am not able to
connect through the Linksys router. Using the configuration interface,
I tried the setting mode Mixed, B-only, G-only, using various channels
and nothing seems to work. Firstly, why i have to set the channel (my
laptop does not require me to specify any channel, it seems to be
automatic). Secondly, the configuration interface for Linksys router
does not have any screen to show available networks (my laptop has a
utility that shows what wireless networks and their names ara available
for the current location).

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> I have a Linksys wireless-G broadband router WRT54G. I am trying to
> connect it to a wireless network at local library. My laptop
(built-in
> wireless) connects fine to this network, however I am not able to
> connect through the Linksys router. Using the configuration
interface,
> I tried the setting mode Mixed, B-only, G-only, using various
channels
> and nothing seems to work. Firstly, why i have to set the channel
(my
> laptop does not require me to specify any channel, it seems to be
> automatic). Secondly, the configuration interface for Linksys router
> does not have any screen to show available networks (my laptop has a
> utility that shows what wireless networks and their names ara
available
> for the current location).

The access point in your router is not designed to connect to another
access point.
Clients connect to access points.

On 13 Jun 2005 07:20:25 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>I have a Linksys wireless-G broadband router WRT54G. I am trying to
>connect it to a wireless network at local library.

The stock WRT54G cannot act as a wireless client. However, if you
dump the Linksys firmware and replace it with an alternative version
that offers a client mode, it should work. See:
http://www.sveasoft.com/content/view/3/1/
I haven't tried the client mode but I've read reports that it does
function.

However, there's an ethical problem here. Using a library, coffee
shop, hotel, or similar "free" hot spot as your personal broadband
connection into the ethernet is not exactly ethically correct. In
theory, the service is for their customers and employees only. You
should get permission from the establishment before doing this.

Also, please note that I've been working on methods of preventing such
things at hot spots specifically because system owners are complaining
that off premises users are monopolizing their bandwidth and making it
difficult for their customers to use the service.


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