[ap-utils] DWL-900AP as client to another AP?

[Roman Festchook]

þÅÔ 15 ó¦Þ 2004 22:47, Hank Barta ÷É ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌÉ:
> First off, thanks for providing utilities to configure my recently
> aquired D-Link DWL-900AP wireless AP from Linux. It is so nice not to
> have to de-boot Linux and boot WinME to work with the configuration.
>
> Next, it looks like this mailing list is a good source of information on
> this AP. (Same as a Linksys WAP-11 Version 1.x I'm told.) If there is a
> better source for information, please point me in the right direction!
>
> I'm trying to get my DWL-900AP working as a client to a D-link DI-614+
> AP. I have so far not been successful and D-Link tech support has told
> me "Sir im sorry to say this but this access point will not client to a
> di-614+ the dwl-900ap will only client to another DWL-900ap."
Not sure about DWL-900ap but as I know standart firmware with ATMEL410 devices
doesnt allow this AP to work with Orinoco devices.

> Can anybody tell me if this is true? I can't see how they could describe
> the 900AP as capable of operating in client mode if it can only
> interoperate with another 900AP.
>
> Basically, what I have done so far is to set matching ESSID and WEP
> settings along with setting the preferred BSSID in the DWL-900AP to
> match that of the DI-914+.
Try to connect without WEP in both APs.

> If there is hope that this can be configured to talk to a DI-914+ I will
> provide details of the configuration.
>
> many thanks,
> hank

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Roman Festchook
Network Engineer
RF2-UANIC FRA11-RIPE