Linksys router Mac support?

[guruboy]

I recently bought a Linksys Wireless-G broadband router (Model # WRT54G) for a relative so that she could have her iBook G4 connect to the internet wirelessly. I was in a hurry and was too stupid to read the box, which said "compatible with Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, or XP) and obviously the G4 is a Mac. The G4 has AirPort. I noticed this problem before opening the box, but decided to try anyways. After getting the router plugged in (I didn't use the provided disc because the setup application is not compatible with Macintosh, obviously) I found that the iBook could "see" the Linksys wireless network. However not really to my surprise the iBook was not able to actually connect to the internet. I also found through more experimentation that the iBook would not connect to the internet even through a wired connection from cable to cable modem to router to iBook. The iBook connects fine from a direct line from modem to iBook, which was to be expected. I looked around on some websites and found that some people said Linksys routers would work with Macs even though it's not advertised so. My question remains - will I be able to connect to the internet through a Linksys WRT54G with my iBook G4?

[glc]

Power the cable modem down for 20 minutes - all it needs is a MAC reset. If that doesn't work, go into the router setup and clone the MAC address of the G4's wired NIC or call the cable company and get them to do a manual MAC reset.

[hobey19]

i have an ibook g4 that i can run both wired and wirelessly from the same model router without problems. just as glc said, its probably a MAC address problem, as the airport is a standard b/g wireless connection

craig

[Mac Medic]

Make sure to go into the Network preference pane in OS X and either set DHCP or an IP address in the 192.168.1.x range. The mac uses 10.x.x.x address by default. Better off using DHCP. And yes, as stated above, it will work perfectly well. 802.11b/g is an industry standard that Apple adheres to.