In order to configure an WET54GS5 Ethernet Bridge you'll need to connect it to a wired network.

If you don't have access to a wired network, say because you are using an Airport Express as your router, then you can reconfigure your machine to use a static IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.1) instead of using DHCP. Connect the bridge directly to your machine via the ethernet port. Then you can access the bridge configuration page via 192.168.1.226.

Can ping ip addresses, but not names?

I had a linux machine configured with a static 192.* ip address. When I tried pinging ip addresses outside my network (ie on the internet) it was fine, but when I tried pinging the same ip, but using it's DNS name, it failed. The answer was to add the ip address of my router to /etc/resolv.conf:

nameserver 192.168.1.1

If other nameservers appear in the list, make sure this server is above the others.

Note: the ip address of your router (or nameserver) maybe different.
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