Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 04:00:48 -0500 From: Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net> To: John Reynolds <johnjen@reynoldsnet.org> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommendation not to purchase DWL-1000AP Message-ID: <20020223040048.A42166@databits.net> In-Reply-To: <15479.20563.424313.788279@whale.home-net>; from johnjen@reynoldsnet.org on Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 01:18:27AM -0700 References: <15479.20563.424313.788279@whale.home-net>
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++ 23/02/02 01:18 -0700 - John Reynolds: | | 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: This is what I got a few months ago. | | 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...) | 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. | 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. | 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. Agreed... the software and upgrade stuff leaves much to be desired. The window title for the upgrade software is "TestDLL" :-) | 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. I generated a random WEP key on the AP, and that seemed to work OK. But I opted to use the mac address access list, as it's more secure. --pete -- Pete Fritchman [petef@(databits.net|freebsd.org|csh.rit.edu)] finger petef@databits.net for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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