My business has a dedicated T1 connection with a bunch of 8 port 10/100 switches that supply internet to 4 or 5 desktop computers....We also have what appears to be some server desktops...They don't have monitors so I assume they are servers. I am trying to install a Linksys WRT54G wireless router into the network to get wireless internet for some laptops. I have tried running an RJ45 cable from one of the switches to the "Internet" jack on the wireless router. I am able to get signal on the laptops, but no internet....Should I be plugging the cable into one of the 4 ports on the wireless router or into the Internet jack....Should I be plugging it into somehwere else? I have also tried unplugging an RJ45 cable from one of the working desktops and plugging it into the Internet jack on the router....The DNS I get is 192.168.200.169 and something else registers on the router as sdli.net.... How do I get this to work? Any help is appreciated!!!

-Chris

That router is designed to be plugged into a connection, and a computer. Make that router plug in before a desktop, and then with one of the open 4 ports on the router plug internet to the desktop. Then configure the router from the desktop.

Hit the reset button on the router and then manually configure the dns address to the address that is being used on the network. Set up dhcp and you will be good to go.

My advice, if you are going to make this for only a few laptops, configure the mac address filter so only those laptops will be able to access the wifi.

An FYI, what you're setting up is considered a rogue access point. Basically, some companies are okay with it, but most places that have wireless admins will routnely scan for access points or routers that they have not installed because of the security risk. Your router might not last for long on the companys wireless network.