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underscore 07-21-2008 08:29 AM
Kelowna, feel free to come up and park in my driveway or on the side of a really busy hill if you need a 10% connection that bad. The only computer that's always connected to the network is my d/ling / streaming box that I don't really care about anyways haha.

way2quik 07-21-2008 10:13 AM
Now that we are on a wireless router topic, I bought wrt54gl months ago, and nowhere in the manual does it allow me to create a username, just password.

Even if router acts as a firewall, can't people still access your computer due to file sharing and peer discovery being enabled, as Soundy stated? (seeing i do not use software firewall)

Presto 07-21-2008 10:39 AM
^^^
The firewall will protect you on the internet side of the connection. If someone connects wirelessly to your router, they'll be on the other side of the firewall (your side), and have access to the rest of the computers on your network, provided they aren't protected.

Soundy 07-21-2008 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Presto (Post 5952993)
^^^
The firewall will protect you on the internet side of the connection. If someone connects wirelessly to your router, they'll be on the other side of the firewall (your side), and have access to the rest of the computers on your network, provided they aren't protected.
Precisely.

wouwou 07-21-2008 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by way2quik (Post 5952963)
Now that we are on a wireless router topic, I bought wrt54gl months ago, and nowhere in the manual does it allow me to create a username, just password.

Even if router acts as a firewall, can't people still access your computer due to file sharing and peer discovery being enabled, as Soundy stated? (seeing i do not use software firewall)
er...

log onto the root page, there is a tap for you to set the user name and password.

way2quik 07-21-2008 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by wouwou (Post 5953015)
er...

log onto the root page, there is a tap for you to set the user name and password.
I would have done so if there was. =/
Dunno about tomato fw but linksys doesn't have that option, or similar.
Just wanted to double check.

wouwou 07-21-2008 09:14 PM
^ forgot I updated to custom FW LOL

but it is retarded the original FW does not have this option, this make 100% no sense

thumper 10-06-2009 08:22 AM
bringing my old thread back to life.

i finally got a WRT54GL:

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=17408&...s&promoid=1081

i've done the basic install. i'm using it attached to a desktop PC and running wireless to an acer 3600 revo upstairs. username/password has been set, and firmware has been updated. i'm getting a 3-bar signal out of 5.

my problem is that i'm getting a very slow internet connection.

dell desktop PC: wired, windows xp
download speed 1.91 Mb/s
upload speed 10.96Mb/s
ping 120ms

acer revo: wireless, windows vista
download speed 0.38Mb/s
upload speed 0.55Mb/s
ping 73ms

what am i doing wrong? :confused:

someone suggested that i have too many firewalls? the router has one, and the wireless computer with vista has a firewall as well... i haven't networked both computers together.

thumper 10-06-2009 09:50 AM
also, should i be using tomato firmware instead? http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato http://www.ben.geek.nz/adsl-routing-solution-in-detail/


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