From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 12 00:27:49 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0657F106566B for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:27:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout026.mac.com (asmtpout026.mac.com [17.148.16.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E04D28FC08 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:27:48 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp026.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-20.01 64bit (built Nov 21 2010)) with ESMTPSA id <0LPS00FHLHA34570@asmtp026.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:27:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.4.6813,1.0.211,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-08-11_08:2011-08-12, 2011-08-11, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1108110279 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <20110811190326.109754y4jgqwzl44@econet.encontacto.net> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:27:39 -0700 Message-id: References: <20110811190326.109754y4jgqwzl44@econet.encontacto.net> To: eculp X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Has anyone been able to configure a Linksys E3000 using freebsd or pcbsd? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:27:49 -0000 Hi-- On Aug 11, 2011, at 5:03 PM, eculp wrote: > In a trade with a "friend", I ended up with a Linksys E3000. The only windows machine that I have is my wife's 10" laptop that doesn't have a dvd. I use FreeBSD or pcBSD for everything, workstations, servers, etc. I need to configure this thing but can't find any instructions on web based configuration. The FAQ and the dvd all imply that you must run the windows installation programs. I doubt that is true. I've used other Linksys products, printservers, AP's, etc. with no problem. > > Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. You can do a reasonable job of configuring an E3000 without using the Windows installer-- manually set up the laptop at IP 192.168.1.2 using a direct ethernet cable, and the router ought to be at http://192.168.1.1. Note that most of these Linksys Exxxx models, especially the ones with the "L" prefix are updated variants of the classic WRT54G(L), and you might consider running DD-WRT instead of the stock Cisco/Linksys firmware. Regards, -- -Chuck