From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Mar 22 3:37:48 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 5D55B37B401 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 03:37:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from bast.unixathome.org (bast.unixathome.org [66.11.174.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD09743F3F for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 03:37:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from wocker (wocker.unixathome.org [192.168.0.99]) by bast.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8828F3D29 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 06:37:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Dan Langille" To: mobile@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 06:37:45 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G and 802.11b Message-ID: <3E7C04B9.18350.13295A77@localhost> References: <3E7AD8C3.9339.E958E40@localhost> In-reply-to: <200303220047.24538.behanna@zbzoom.net> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02a) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body 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 22 Mar 2003 at 0:47, Chris BeHanna wrote: > On Friday 21 March 2003 09:17 am, Dan Langille wrote: > > > > I think the WAP54G (access point) also needs a firmware upgrade > > > > as well. > > > > > > Mine didn't, but I don't know what its firmware version is. > > > > Chris: What wireless cards were you using? Were they running 802.11b > > or 802.11g? > > Linksys WPC11 rev. 3, Netgear MA401, and an old Orinoco Silver. > Note that to get the lattermost to work, I had to flash its firmware > (downloaded from Proxim's website, because they now own the brand). > Current firmware rev. is 8.10, FYI. I have a Gold and a Silver Orinoco card. They are at least two years old. I did not upgrade their firmware. > > > You can determine the WAP54G firmware version one of two ways: > > > > - browse to the http WAP54G interface and click on the status tab. > > - run the windows utility on the CD which came with the WAP > > > > For what it's worth, my WAP has firmware v1.05 > > Mine is 1.00.8, Dec. 24, 2002. As mentioned previously, after upgrading the WAP to v1.06, Feb 18 2003. It looks like either the WAP or the card upgrade allows comms to work. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message