Help Setting Up ICS with Linksys WRT54G w/DD-WRT

pepedemonterrey · 10-23-2008, 06:41 PM

Hi, everyone, thanks for welcoming me to your forum. Okay, here I go.

I own a business and things havent been going too well, I live about three blocks from my business. I've had to cut down on some things at home, including my Internet Service Provider, but I still need internet at home. I bought this thing on ebay called a wifi antenna booster. Its basically a big USB antenna and I'm able to find my business router with it and now I have internet at home. My problem is I want to have wireless internet for my wife and kids too, instead of everyone using one computer which they basically cant because of all the time I spent on it.
Problem: I have a Linksys WRT54G router with DD-WRT software. I connected the router to the PC through the LAN port and I checkmarked ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) to allow it. I've gone to the DD-WRT website but honestly nobody over there is helping. Is there anybody here who might understand this better than me and might be able to help or guide me in the right direction, thanks!

**johnwill** · 10-24-2008, 06:22 PM

Configure ICS on the machine that has the Internet access and then configure the DD-WRT as a wireless bridge and connect it to the wired Ethernet port.

pepedemonterrey · 10-24-2008, 08:22 PM

Yes, thank you for that. So how do I "configure" the router?

**johnwill** · 10-25-2008, 02:00 PM

Did you look at the DD-WRT WIKI? There are many good tutorials there.

10-23-2008, 06:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
pepedemonterrey Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Help Setting Up ICS with Linksys WRT54G w/DD-WRT Hi, everyone, thanks for welcoming me to your forum. Okay, here I go. I own a business and things havent been going too well, I live about three blocks from my business. I've had to cut down on some things at home, including my Internet Service Provider, but I still need internet at home. I bought this thing on ebay called a wifi antenna booster. Its basically a big USB antenna and I'm able to find my business router with it and now I have internet at home. My problem is I want to have wireless internet for my wife and kids too, instead of everyone using one computer which they basically cant because of all the time I spent on it. Problem: I have a Linksys WRT54G router with DD-WRT software. I connected the router to the PC through the LAN port and I checkmarked ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) to allow it. I've gone to the DD-WRT website but honestly nobody over there is helping. Is there anybody here who might understand this better than me and might be able to help or guide me in the right direction, thanks!

10-24-2008, 06:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,857 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Help Setting Up ICS with Linksys WRT54G w/DD-WRT Configure ICS on the machine that has the Internet access and then configure the DD-WRT as a wireless bridge and connect it to the wired Ethernet port. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

10-24-2008, 08:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
pepedemonterrey Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: Help Setting Up ICS with Linksys WRT54G w/DD-WRT Yes, thank you for that. So how do I "configure" the router?

10-25-2008, 02:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,857 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Help Setting Up ICS with Linksys WRT54G w/DD-WRT Did you look at the DD-WRT WIKI? There are many good tutorials there. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience