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

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Sanders" <cas at taz.net.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] D-Link DWL 900+ Firmware


> 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
> 
> -- 
> craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>
> 
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