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

[Roy Vestal]

Just got off the phone with NewEgg. They are going to take it back.

Thanks guys for the help.  :)

Roy Vestal wrote:

> 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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