From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Feb 23 0:18:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from ip68-2-87-144.ph.ph.cox.net (ip68-2-87-144.ph.ph.cox.net [68.2.87.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DB5B37B402 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 00:18:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from whale.home-net (whale [192.168.1.2]) by ip68-2-87-144.ph.ph.cox.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g1N8IR410125 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 01:18:27 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from johnjen@reynoldsnet.org) Received: (from jjreynold@localhost) by whale.home-net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1N8IRm16640; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 01:18:27 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from johnjen@reynoldsnet.org) From: John Reynolds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15479.20563.424313.788279@whale.home-net> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 01:18:27 -0700 To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: recommendation not to purchase DWL-1000AP X-Mailer: VM 6.88 under Emacs 20.7.1 Cc: 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 Hello mobile, Just to add my $0.02 to the fray, I'll volunteer some information that people (including myself) ask for from time to time on this list--what wireless "stuff" to buy. While the price of the D-link DWL-1000AP seems attractive I must say you should avoid this access point unless all of the following are true: 1) you have a Windoze machine handy to configure the AP 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). 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). Making a very long story short, their Windows software that configures the AP "down the wire" is hopeless. I mean Charlie Brown hopeless! Having yourself a cross-over cable so that you can connect your computer directly to it for configuration is probably the most painless thing you can do. Once you actually get an IP address assigned to the bloody thing and get the rest of the parameters established it seems to work OK (at least with the DWL-650 NIC). I have yet to get WEP working, but I haven't tried too much. But, vote with your wallets and avoid this access point if possible! -Jr ps: kudos to wpaul and all contributors to the wi(4) driver ... effortless... :) -- John & Jennifer Reynolds johnjen@reynoldsnet.org http://www.reynoldsnet.org/ Senior CAD Engineer, WCCG, Intel Corporation jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com Running FreeBSD since 2.1.5-RELEASE. FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! "Unix is user friendly, it's just particular about the friends it chooses." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message