Wive(-NG) Configuration
I wrote about Wive in the previous post. I'm going to write about the configuration in this one. But first I should tell you about Wive-NG which is the next generation firmware. I highly recommend upgrading to wive-ng. The upgrade can be done as I described it in the previous post (make sure to reset the device after that). The only difference is the default ip address which is set to: 10.200.200.249.
First you should connect to the router using ssh or any ssh client you like:
$ ssh root@10.200.200.249 root@10.200.200.249's password: ::Wive-NG-0.2.21::RTL8186-REALTIME:: Base station firmware version Enter 'menu' for config router Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:41:28 +0700 [Wive-NG@/]#
The default password is rtl8186, don't forget to change it.
Running menu will show you the configuration menu:
-=General menu=- 1) Boot 2)Interfaces 3)General 4)WPA 5)Stat 6)Scan 7)RSSI 8)ExtendedMenu 9) Change password 10) WiFi reset 11)Save 12)Reboot 13)Quit Enter choice number:
Enter a number and the related configuration file will be opened using vi. The configuration files are all documented using comments.
Don't forget to save the configuration by entering 11 or all the settings will be lost after reboot!
You should know about basic linux networking in order to be able to do the configuration. If you don't you can ask in any linux forums and/or irc channel related to networking. Wive-NG has a wiki but unfortunately it's in russian, you can use google translate 
If you have any problems/questions related to configuration, feel free to ask here 
Discussion
Hi, Siavashs. I found your blog when I'm searching any information about Wive. I have a Airlive WL-5460APv2. Do you know how I get Universal Mode with Wive-ng??? Many thanks.
Hi Ranieri. I don't know what the universal mode is and I didn't find anything about it on the net but I may be able to help you if you tell me what it is and how you're going to use the device
Excuse me for later. wl-5460ap's original firmware can to work on “universal repeater” mode. The AP receive signals from WISP and retransmit to other computers wirelessly. It works like Client + AP. I flash my wl-5460ap with Wive-ng but i don't know how to config it to work like repeater. Thanks.
Hi Siavashs,
I have a DLink G700AP myself. I downloaded the latest wive-ng firmware. It works fine as a bridge; The problem is that only a single computer can connect to the internet.
I tried a lot of different configurations but I can't make it work as a router (ie the eth0 is connected to a cable modem with dynamic ip) and the wlan0 as a dhcp server distributing IP's to my internet network.
Do you have any idea how to configure it?
Hi Diego,
Sorry for the late reply. I'll write another post about configuring wive-ng
Ah, looking forward to your new post on configuring wive-ng. I've been banging my head against a brick wall trying to get wive-ng to bridge my G700AP to my Linksys AP via WPA2 but for some reason it just refuses to connect as a client.
I can not connect to router in service mode.Which IP does it has? It is not 192.168.1.6!!!! I want to upload the original firmware from producer ot the hardware which is Canyon CN-WF514, but when I push the reset button for about 3 second during the power on, I can not find the address of the router???