Sorry, may i know wat is DD WRT stands for?

anyone know what is the square button at the side of the dlink dir 300 use for ?

it's definitely not a reset button....

That is for WPS, Which is the source of the problem of this thread

If you disable WPS, remove the wireless profiles on windows and readd it.
Then you will find that the 802.1x things disable.

Also another way is to use WAP
That one also get the problem solve and safer also

WPS is applicable only for WinVista users anyway. However I did try connect my friend and cousin's Vista powered notebook and do not have any problem.

If you set the DIR-300 to WAP mode, you will need another router for NAT to work. From my understanding, the DIR-300 will only function as an Access Point while the 4 wired ports will only function as a switch.

Who say that???

DIR-300 is a Router lah...

oop, is WPA (Not WAP)

Using that encryption is better alot.

If you do realize, there is a setting that disable the router mode into just an Access Point. I thought you really mean WAP (wireless access point)

Yes.. WPA is a lot better. WPA2 will be preferred anyway. In my case I enabled both WPA/WPA2, because my cousin here need to connect his Sony PSP, which only supports WEP and WPA, but not WPA2.

i just signed up here because i wanted to thank you for this. i had the same problem and searched on google for a solution and came across this. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
and this prob occurs with Windows XP. my cousin's laptop which had Vista didn't have a prob. hehe.

what is WPS actually?i've googling about it but stil don't understand.anyone can simply descibe it?when do we use?

How do you flash it to DD WRT ???????????????

AND WHAT IS DD WRT.

dd-wrt is a third-party (not the router's manufacturer) firmware, which was originally develop based on linksys WRT54G firmware. maybe thats why there's the 'wrt'. however i dunno what the 'dd' stands for. here's for further info.

well, i'm not a dd-wrt sifu. but to me, dd-wrt is essentially a firmware that will transform ur cheap, ordinary router to a stable, feature rich one. for instance, these r the things that i like in my dd-wrt (there r many other, however not within my interest), which can be hardly found on most home-class routers.
- nocatsplash : force everybody using internet from ur router to view a certain page 1st.
- support hotspot system : chillispot, wifidog, sputnik.
- static dhcp - pre-set the dynamic ip for ur users based on their mac. by using this, it is easier to control access, usage etc for different kind of users (based on ip range).
- mac filter - up to 128 users (most stock firmware supports <30)
- ur router can operate in multiple modes: ap, wds, client bridge, repeater bridge. these modes r useful if u want to expand ur wireless network
- universal repeater mode - can repeat any wifi signal, without any configuration (or knowledge) on the original signal source
- tweak ur router - increase transmit power (to extend range), overclock the cpu, select which antenna to use etc
- port forwarding
- QoS
- ddns
- url filtering

i bought a dir-300 yesterday and have successfully flash it to dd-wrt v24 rc5. its kinda difficult if u r a noob. check the guide here.

however for routers like linksys wrt54gs/gl etc, u can flash to dd-wrt using the same way as upgrading ur firmware.

he he finally... i managed to connect my dir-300(router) with PCI blw-54mf(repeater)....

Any know this DIR-300 can be use like repeater ?

I looking for this DIR-300 link(lan cable) to my existing wifi router to extend my wifi signal. Does this work ?