From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Mar 3 8:37:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACE9F37B401 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 08:37:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from PIKES.panasas.com (gw2.panasas.com [65.194.124.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96A1543FF7 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 08:36:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Received: from 172.17.3.211 by PIKES.panasas.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id XA317X1F; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:36:49 -0500 From: Chris BeHanna Organization: Western Pennsylvania Pizza Disposal Unit To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linksys bridge via Orinoco WaveLan Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:41:01 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <1046681316.807.33.camel@vbook.fbsd.ru> In-Reply-To: <1046681316.807.33.camel@vbook.fbsd.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200303031140.28596.behanna@zbzoom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Monday 03 March 2003 03:48 am, Vladimir B. wrote: > Hi ppl > > Does anyone knows how LinkSys WAP11 works in "WireLess bridge" mode ? > > I have tried following sceme first: > > uplink <-> LinkSys WAP11 (AP client) <-> LinkSys WAP11 (AP) <-> Orinoco > wi0 > > It works (uplink <- ... -> wi0) but whole scheme is very unstable > > link > WAP11 (AP client) <-> WAP11 (AP) > often lost connection and only way to renew it - hard restart of AP > client. > > So I was forced change mode to 'Wireless bridge' on AP, and link between > APs now is very stable, but ... I can't access AP from notebook. > > So question is: does anyone make Orinoco card work in LinkSys wireless > bridge mode ? > > Is it possible ? This isn't exactly the same problem, but I was unable to get an Orinoco silver to associate with a Linksys WAP54G (using 64-bit WEP and MAC ACLs) until I upgraded the firmware to the current version (8.10.0). You can download the flash software from the Proxim website (the current owners of the Orinoco brand). New firmware may help you, too (as an aside, the new firmware's release notes brag that it makes the link more robust in the face of running microwave ovens. :-) Be careful--if the flash operation is interrupted or goes badly somehow, your card may become a paperweight. Make sure your laptop is plugged in and the battery is fully charged (and installed!). -- Chris BeHanna Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.) behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net Turning coffee into software since 1990. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message