[TriLUG] OT: Just bought a WAP11 and I'm pissed

[Roy Vestal]

Thanks Nathan. I'll try it, but I don't have USB one. I have 2.8 not 2.6

Nathan Conrad wrote:

>It looks like there might be hope. Seatle wireless has some pages on
>WAP11 alternate firmwares, and using SNMP to reconfigure it to do
>interesting things.
>
>See:
>
>http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/Wap11Hack
>http://www.seattlewireless.net/Wap11Ver22Hack
>
>
>-Nathan
>
>On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:08:15PM -0500, Roy Vestal wrote:
>  
>
>>Okey, now that I have your attention:
>>
>>I just bought a Linksys WAP11 so I can bridge 2 ethernets together, one 
>>in the house, one in the garage. Here's setup:
>>
>>House:
>>Netgear MR814 Wirless/wired router
>>
>>Garage:
>>Old Linksys 4 port switch. WAP11.
>>
>>What I want to do is this:
>>
>>MR814 --> WAP11 <-- Linksys router
>>
>>I truely just want the #%@^EW$%# thing to be a bridge, not a repeater. 
>>According to the LOGIN screen, not the docs from the reseller (didn't 
>>check the docs on Linksys.com before the purchase), it only works with 
>>other Linksys gear.
>>
>>So my question is 2 fold. has anyone done something like this, use a 
>>WAP11 with a NON-Linksys Wireless router as a bridge. Is so, how'd you 
>>do it?  If it's not possible, does anyone want the damn thing. I don't 
>>need another AP.
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