[AP-UTILS] Thank you (and a logging question)

Roman Festchook ap-utils@kiev.iorta.com
Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:14:58 +0300


On þÅÔ 15 óÅÒ 2002 18:24, ian wrote:
> I've been using it on an old Linux/MIPS 2.0.34 kernel (a Cobalt Qube 2),
> and have noticed a couple of places where the ap-atmel program will core
> dump, and I'll have a look at why a bit later - I don't need that bit just
> yet, and it could be something along the lines of the SPARC issues
> mentioned previously.
ap-utils writed and tested only at intel computers so running it on other 
platforms it's big surprise for me to:)

> I do, however need to upgrade the firmware in my unit, and was wondering if
> a network dump of this process might help in adding this functionality to
No - its can be done only using USB so firmware upgrade not possible and I'm 
dont plan to implement it.

> ap-atmel ?  I was considering using tcpdump with nothing but the logging
> machine, a Windows box and the WiFi unit on the LAN and just capturing
> everything that the Windows machine does.  Is this a valid approach ?  Is
> there a better logger I could use ?
There are various network sniffers like kismet or something similar.

> Thanks again for making it possible for me to set my SSID without having
> to touch Windows.
:))
Have Fun!!!

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Roman Festchook
Network Engineer