From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Feb 23 1:55: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from midget.dons.net.au (daniel.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.137.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF3D037B402 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 01:55:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by midget.dons.net.au (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g1N9s6bC018074; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 20:24:07 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Subject: Re: recommendation not to purchase DWL-1000AP From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: Pete Fritchman Cc: John Reynolds , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20020223040048.A42166@databits.net> References: <15479.20563.424313.788279@whale.home-net> <20020223040048.A42166@databits.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2 Date: 23 Feb 2002 21:23:59 +1130 Message-Id: <1014458041.21745.4.camel@chowder.dons.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.3 (www dot roaringpenguin dot com slash mimedefang) Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 20:30, Pete Fritchman wrote: > | 1) you have a Windoze machine handy to configure the AP > > If you can manage to get the new firmware onto the AP, you can use > web-based configuration (but you'll need a windows machine to do > that...) No you don't.. The firmware upgrade for the AP is done using tftp. > | 2) you intend on hanging this AP off another D-link "all in one" router/natd > | boxes -OR- you intend on hanging it off a hub (not switch). > > I currently have it hanging off a switch right now with no problems. Same.. > | 3) you have lots of patience for very shotty setup software and manufacturers > | who put the wrong MAC address stickers on their hardware (not kidding). > > Yep, same here... I ended up getting the MAC address by looking at the > latest lease on the DHCP server after plugging the AP in. Hmm.. I didn't have a problem.. The Windows s/w found my AP with no problems and it's connected to a switch. You can configure it under FreeBSD using SNMP, and there is a project on sourceforge which can send magic packets to configure it without an IP. BTW on my network it automatically picked up a DHCP lease which made life easier.. --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message