Good to know. All the better because it's still somewhat<br>unclear what it does. Other than the claim that holding it down<br>for 5 seconds does a box reset, which I have no interest in<br>exploring just now.<br><br>
<br>I'll do some Google searching at some point.<br><br><br> -Bob<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/24/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Roberto Villarreal</b> <<a href="mailto:rvillarreal@mktec.com">rvillarreal@mktec.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">For what it's worth, I've set up two Linksys routers since they put on
<br>that little button... both times, I was easily able to secure it without<br>using that button.<br><br>Roberto<br><br><br>Bob Kline wrote:<br>> The one roughly useful piece of information in the "documentation" says
<br>> pressing the button for one second puts the box in a mode "accepting<br>> new clients." Pressing it for five seconds does a reset.<br>><br>><br>> After the one second press, the light flickers on and off rapidly, and
<br>> is white when it's on.<br>><br>><br>> -Bob<br>><br>><br>> On 12/24/05, Adam bultman <<a href="mailto:adamb@glaven.org">adamb@glaven.org</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>>Ron Lauzon wrote:<br>
>><br>>><br>>>>Bob Kline wrote:<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>>>I have a Linksys wireless router, and have ( I believe ) set up the<br>>>>>security settings.
<br>>>>><br>>>>>The question is this: I press the "Cisco Systems" button on the left<br>>>>>side of the<br>>>>>front panel, and it blinks with a white light for about 2 minutes.
<br>>>>>Is this the stage<br>>>>>at which one is supposed to turn on the wireless device on a client<br>>>>>PC? Or does<br>>>>>the flickering white light mean that the router is looking for another
<br>>>>>client device?<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>><br>>>>I think it just means you reset the router.<br>>>><br>>>>For wireless devices, all you should have to do is change the SSID to
<br>>>>whatever you want. It's a good idea to turn off SSID Broadcast (makes<br>>>>your network more stealth). Then put that SSID into whatever devices<br>>>>you want to connect and start.<br>
>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>><br>>>Pressing the large "Cisco systems" button enables some easy config for<br>>>connecting new clients. There should be some documentation on it. Mine
<br>>>lit up after I updated my firmware (really) and when I went to best<br>>>buy, there was a large sign showing exactly what it was.<br>>><br>>>Adam<br>>>_______________________________________________
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