Q: With OS Lion, Cisco Linksys E3000 does not recognize and recommendation to upgrade indicated.  Seems the upgrade is required in Cisco setup software...anyone out there with a success story?

Are you connected to the E3000 via a hard wired LAN cable? 

You can't do the initial configuration of a wireless router via a wireless connection.

You don't need the Cisco software to configure an E3000.

Connect directly to the E3000 with Safari.

I no longer have the factory firmware on my E3000 but it was either http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.2.1

Go to System Configuration -> Network -> Advanced -> TCPIP and it will tell you what the router's address is.

All configuration can be done there.

I was having the same problems and i did do the same things "retired engineer" said to do.....it did work. Definitely try it.  I found the instructions online for setting it up from scratch.  Problem i'm having is 2 teens in the house who want to stay up till crazy hours and then sleeping till past noon....not having it!   i loved the easy parental controls on the disc but now i don't have them....anywhere i can look for "idiot proof" instructions?  lol 

still learning my way around my mac 

I'm Stuck at the same place and also need help getting my guest password spent an hour on phone with Cisco and got no where. I tried the method above no dice. Would appreciate further advice. She said I could find it by redownloading the setup for Cisco however Mac's new OS doesn't support it. Please help!

While hard-wired to the router via Ethernet, open Safari and just copy or paste:

192.168.1.1

and hit return. If you haven't changed it, the default user is "admin" (without the quotes) and the password is "admin" (again without the quotes. You can set up your router now.

Good luck,

Clinton

I second clinton's advice (not that he would really need any "second").

I always use the direct "connect to 192.168.1.1" method.

Used that one, doesnt work. Even did it on the phone with cisco.

thanks for the responces!

Sorry - it's the only way I could use to set up my Cisco/Lynksys router - should work for all of them... what happens when you paste  192.168.1.1 in the address bar? Anything?

Clinton

It all works but it doesn't accept the admin admin password.

Oh - might you have changed it when you were on the phone with Cisco? I know that I changed my admin password when I first set up my router...

Clinton

correction admin password admin user

Right - admin in both fields (that's the setting out of the box)...

Clinton