[ap-utils] SP918 dead

[João Seabra]

Ok.
 Some more info.
 The ARP trick doesnt work with the AP.
 Its a Micronet SP 918 with no web management (SNMP only) and the
firmware was (i believe) 1.4j.
 ap-tftp is useless since i cant assign an ip to the AP.
 The thing is dead and has no warranty.Any ideas?

Thanks

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:28:27 +0000, João Seabra <jseabra at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
> 
>  Thanks for your quick reply.
>  The AP in question is a Micronet SP 918 and doesnt have any usb port.
>  I Think it was using something like 1.4.j
>  So Is there any way to make it work? Theres no firware available at
> micronet page...
> 
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:58:27 +0100 (MET), Jan Rafaj
> <jr-aputils at cedric.unob.cz> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Joăo,
> >
> > Please, download the latest ap-utils DEVELOPMENT version, and _READ_
> > THOROUGHLY AND COMPLETELY:
> > - the manpage for ap-tftp and
> > - section relevant to 'free firmware upgrade' in README
> >
> > Your AP has suffered from 'dead by reconfiguration' bug due to bug
> > in (almost all not current) generic ATMEL firmware versions.
> > The way is to fix by firmware upgrade - and I'm quite sure your
> > AP was running something like 0.2.2.X firmware version with X < 20 ....
> >
> > There's chance you could upgrade to 0.2.2.20 firmware, which is
> > (finally!) not plaqued by this bug, and has ton of other extra
> > features - please read the relevant section in the README as noted
> > above.
> >
> > There's apparently no way of how to restore the AP at the moment,
> > HOWEVER, if your AP has an USB port, and you'd be able to see
> > something like 'Device with VID/PID 03eb/7611 connected' after
> > plugging it to your linux box via USB port (provided that you
> > have *hci.o module installed), then there _IS_ a chance your
> > AP could be easily restored using so-called 'DFU' ('Device Firmware
> > Upgrade standard') utility - I have an 'ap-dfu' (linux equivalent
> > of windows 'DFU' USB utility used for firmware upgrade and
> > conf. restores) in the works. At the moment, you could try AP restoral
> > with the windows utility from your vendor. If you can't, you'll,
> > unfortunately, have to wait until I finish ap-dfu.
> >
> > In case your device does not identify itself with VID/PID using USB
> > connection, it is worse. I'm currently in process of trying onboard
> > flash reprogramming with valid image through JTAG interface the AT76C510
> > WiSOC provides, however there's been just partial success with this.
> > So in this case, I'm afraid, rather than waiting for unsure to
> > happen, you'd do better returning your AP to your seller for replacement.
> > If you manage to get a new AP, DO NOT, BY ANY MEANS, FORGET TO UPGRADE
> > IT TO A SAFE FIRMWARE 0.2.2.20 (provided that your AP qualifies for
> > free firmware upgrade as described in README).
> >
> > Please post closer information about your AP:
> > - FCC ID of your AP
> > - firmware version you've used prior your attempt to upgrade firmware
> > - version of firmware you've tried to upgrade with
> > - whether your AP has provided web interface for configuration or not
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jan
> > ap-utils co-developer
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, [ISO-8859-1] Joăo Seabra wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > >  Happy New Year :-)
> > >
> > >  I changed the primary port from ethernet to wireless while using the
> > > ap in client mode and now its dead.
> > >  No AP, doesnt reply to pings and the reset procedure described in the
> > > micronet page does nothing.The ip configure doesnt work,etc...
> > >
> > >  Does anyone know how do i perform a full reset to the damn thing or
> > > how do i solve my problem?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
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