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Wake-On-LAN: Anybody Got It Working?
Seems like WOL is the only game in town for remote recovery from a power failure ==> graceful shutdown in response to UPS. I'm doing something wrong, but don't know what. Using Fusion's "FUSION ...
ilkevinli wrote: You really don't need a manual for this router. Just login to the router using the default IP of 192.168.1.1 password is admin
That finally soaked in.... after awhile.... -)
The deal with Linksys' external setup is that it allows configuring guest access (a separate SSID where visitors can log in, type a PW into the web page it throws up, and connect to the internet - but not, supposedly, be able to hack into the LAN.
That's the only feature I can see (and know enough to miss - there may be more) that isn't covered by the built-in setup.
FWIW, I managed to stumble through flashing Tomato without bricking the thing - and I'd say Tomato's setup pages are the easiest and most sensible I've ever seen. The bit about being to edit port forwarding and DHCP assignments without having to delete/recreate entries is especially welcome - as is the ability to sort the assignment list by name or IP.
Only thing missing for me is the guest logon thingie - although I'd say that's more a low-points "nice-to-have" than anything else.
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