[ILUG] Fixing WiFi Security with Eircom Broadband, and Netopia 2247NWG under Debian Linux == changing the settings

[spirals]

Hi, I have recently received a Netopia 2247NWG as part of a Eircom 
Broadband deal. Although I do not yet have broadband operational . I 
have solved the Netopia 2247NWG. WiFi Security issue fairly  simply.  As 
I am running Debian 2.6.17 on my machines, the installation disk for 
windows was not much use to me. With the 2246 directly connected to the 
NIC port on my machine, I was able to determine it's  IP address.  Not 
*192.168.1.254* as stated in the "Software User Guide V76-Clsc.pdf" I 
downloaded from the  Motorola/Netopia web site, but *192.25.206.10*.  By 
the simple expedient of re jigging eth0 on my machine to be the same 
network (at 192.25.206.9) together with placing an entry in my host 
file  for netopia at 192.25.206.10. I was able to establish 
communications via Firefox as  http://netopia.   At that point I was 
asked for a name and  password. The correct values are  
*/eircom at eircom.net/* and /*broadband1*/.  Once in and entering "expert 
mode" I was able to change the key settings for WiFi and then disable 
it, as well as make other changes including the IP address of the 2247 
to a IP  within the unroutable range  I use on my LAN.  I hope this of 
some help for anyone attempting to connect Linux via Eircom Broadband. 
(dja.)