[MLB-WIRELESS] D-Link DWL 900+ Firmware

[Craig Sanders]

On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 10:10:18PM +1100, Robert Tchia wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: syd-wireless-admin at lists.sydneywireless.com
> [mailto:syd-wireless-admin at lists.sydneywireless.com] On Behalf Of Mark
> Allen
> Sent: Friday, 10 January 2003 8:32 AM
> To: mesh at itee.uq.edu.au
> Cc: syd-wireless at lists.sydneywireless.com
> Subject: [Syd-Wireless] D-Link DWL 900+ Firmware
> 
> Morning All..
> 
> Dlink has just released the new firmware for the DWL900+

another interesting thing is the adv_perform.html page.

near the bottom is an option to set antenna transmit power.
options are: 10, 13, 16, and 19dbm.

i thought these units were only capable of 15dbm, +- 2 according to the
spec-sheet.  i.e. around 13dbm.


it also allows selection of left, right, or diversity antenna.


craig

ps: one thing that really annoys me about the firmware upgrade is the
fact that it completely resets the dlink's configuration.  everything is
reset to default, including IP address.  this is broken, and can lead to
an unreachable dlink AP if, e.g., you have the dlink on a non-default IP
address (say 10.10.48.114) and you are unable to change/add IP addresses
to the router that the AP is connected to.

the same thing happened when i upgraded to 2.3 a while back.


another serious flaw with the dlink AP is the extensive use of
javascript for submit buttons etc. this make it impossible to configure
with a text-mode browser like lynx.  bad idea.  stupid, in fact.  what's
wrong with standard buttons?  

i had to install mozilla and a bunch of X & gnome stuff on my firewall
so i could run a javascript-enabled browser in an ssh session (with X
forwarding) just to reconfigure my AP.  that should not have been
necessary.


craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>

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