[MLB-WIRELESS] Tools for Dlink 900AP owners

[tparker at netspace.net.au]

Guys,

Since so many of us have/are getting these I've opened the wiki page at
http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/wiki/?D-Link%20DWL-900AP.  This is linked off
the hardware page.  Those of you with nodes based on these aps should link to
the wiki page from you node page.

Darren, I hope you don't mind that I pasted your replied in verbatim.  Please
let me know or edit it if you're unhappy about that.

Cheers,
Tom

Quoting darrend at ndpgroup.com.au:

> mine don't appear to run any hotter at 20dbm. 
> The 2 antennas are for diversity, as you can see the internal one is 
> pretty lame, but you'll need to disable it for external links.
> 
> 
> Darren Dreis
> Vice President
> Melbourne Wireless Inc.
> vicepresident at wireless.org.au
> http://www.wireless.org.au
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Justin" <littlejuz at optusnet.com.au>
> Sent by: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> 25/01/2003 04:15 PM
> 
>  
>         To:     <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
>         cc: 
>         Subject:        RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] Tools for Dlink 900AP owners
> 
> Actually, I noticed that this thing gets a bit hot underneath, is this a 
> problem if I want to run it 24 x 7?
>  
> I popped the cover off (as you do) to have a look and noticed that there 
> was a plate soldered to the bottom of the board. Some kind of RF shield 
> and heat sink? Maybe I should try and overclock it and put some heat paste 
> and a copper heat spreader in it, maybe a cooling fan..... ok, only 
> kidding ;)
>  
> And it has two antenna? Why and what are they used for?
>  
> Regards,
> Gaz.
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au 
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Justin
> Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2003 3:57 PM
> To: darrend at ndpgroup.com.au; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] Tools for Dlink 900AP owners
> 
> Hey Darren,
>  
>  Thanks for the info, this is just what I needed. Too hot outside so I 
> thought I'd hack the new AP :)
>  
>  I think I've done something bad though.... :(
>  
> Regards,
> Gaz.
>  
>  
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au 
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of
> darrend at ndpgroup.com.au
> Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2003 1:03 PM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Tools for Dlink 900AP owners
> 
> 
> For those who have some of these as I do, here are some links that may be 
> of interest. 
> 
> Firstly, you can get the 1.4j1 firmware from this page. 
> http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/Wap11Hack 
> Also the atmel snmp config utility which will allow you to adjust the 
> output power. (see instructions on that page) 
> 
> Also, the linksys wap11 USB config allows for individual tx and rx 
> diversity setting which is handy if you intend to mast mount one of these 
> babies! 
> ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/wap11sw.exe 
> These are much nicer config tools to use than the dlink versions! 
> 
> FYI, the RP-SMA is attached to the 'Left' output. 
> 
> Darren Dreis
> Vice President 
> Melbourne Wireless Inc.
> vicepresident at wireless.org.au 
> http://www.wireless.org.au
> 
> 





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