```json
{
    "title": "WRT54G(L): Interesting Behaviour",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2006/09/26/wrt54gl-interesting-behaviour/",
    "datePublished": "2006-09-26",
    "dateModified": "2006-09-26",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "I was futzing around with my WRT54G(L) last night and did something wrong. I thought I had bricked the damn thing. Much cursing and swearing ensued as I put a…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# WRT54G(L): Interesting Behaviour

I was futzing around with my WRT54G(L) last night and did something wrong. I thought I had bricked the damn thing. Much cursing and swearing ensued as I put a BEFSX41 on the front-end of the network (I have three of these; don't ask why) and wandered upstairs with the lump of black and blue plastic that used to be the hub of my wireless network.
After much fiddling, I thought I had it working, so I plugged it into the network drop I have at my desk...and the damn thing disappeared!
Not physically, but from the network. I couldn't connect to it via the network ports, and when I did connect wirelessly, I got an IP address from the wired router..????
Then the lightbulb went on. It appears that when you put a WRT54G(L) on a network behind another router (most likely only happens with other Linksys devices) , it immediately becomes an access point ONLY.
This was the way it was supposed to work.
And people wonder why Linksys/Cisco sells so many of these damn things. With automagic behaviour like this, it makes the world of networking so much easier for morons like me.
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