Wireless Linksys Router Wrt54g3gv2-vf Won't Recognise Dongle

[philh100]

Hi

I have recently bought a linksys WRT54G3GV2-VF wireless router i've got the latest firmware 3.00.24 on it and I'm trying to use my dongle, its a Vodafone GlobeTrotter GI4xxHSUPA Modem (firmware 1.5.0.0Hd) to connect so that I can keep the dongle installed in the router upstairs an area of good signal and use it wirelessly, but the router dosen't see the dongle.
When I plug the dongle in lights come on on the dongle flashing green/blue but nothing lights on the router.
The Dongle works fine plugged directly into the computer (i'm using it now).
When i try to access the router through the dongle the option to connect is greyed out.

Your help would be much appriicaiated.

Phil

[Neil_Brown]

It sounds as if the dongle is not being mounted correctly by the router.

If you telnet into the router, what's the output of:

dmesg | tail

and

lsusb


?

[philh100]

It sounds as if the dongle is not being mounted correctly by the router.

If you telnet into the router, what's the output of:

dmesg | tail

and

lsusb


?

Thanks Neil I can't seem to telnet in the MSdos type browser window closes straight after I type the command into the Run.. box and I can't see what has happened Im thinking I might need administrator privaliges on my laptop to do this? any futher advise on how I telnet in?

[Neil_Brown]

You'd be better off opening a command prompt (type cmd from Run), rather than using Run directly, and then running telnet within the command prompt - so you can see the exit state / error message of telnet.

I don't know if this particular router has a telnet option on the interface, or whether you'd need to start in by entering a debug mode - it shouldn't be enabled by default.

[philh100]

You'd be better off opening a command prompt (type cmd from Run), rather than using Run directly, and then running telnet within the command prompt - so you can see the exit state / error message of telnet.

I don't know if this particular router has a telnet option on the interface, or whether you'd need to start in by entering a debug mode - it shouldn't be enabled by default.

Cannot connet through telnet says that it is allowed in the router, also tried using PuTTY to connect via telnet but no joy it has been suggested that this router may be DOA and that I should send it back and get a new one?

[Neil_Brown]

That's odd - if it is supported in the router, and you can't make a connection via PuTTY, I'm not sure would be wrong - unless it's using a non-standard port?

Are you getting a particular error back?