[ap-utils] AP strangeness

[John Coppens]

Hi Jan.

Did that - interesting. I didn't see an exact time frame for 'arp ping' to
'icmp ping'. If the interval is rather large ('tens of seconds'), that
could explain the problem. I'd passed this 'arp trick' on (I believe)
Cisco AP specs, but didn't think it applied to the Atmel chip.

The unit identifies as '802.11 AP (Ver. 0.0.1.16)' which doesn't fit in
the version numbering scheme of Intersil/RFMD mentioned in the TFTP info.
The chip is RF3000, which seems to RFMD though.

On CNet's webpage there is no firmware (not even a copy of the actual
version) for the CNAP711 AP. And CNet doesn't reply to e-mails either.

Thanks
John


On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:09:05 +0100 (MET)
Jan Rafaj <jr-aputils at cedric.unob.cz> wrote:

> 
> Hi John,
> 
> Please download the latest 'development' version of ap-utils, and read
> ap-tftp manpage, particularly the section dealing with 'ARP PING'
> feature. It might eventually shed some light onto your problems I guess
> (at least, 'automagical change of APs IP address' is, to my knowledge,
> only possible if ARP PING is involved).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jan
> 
> 
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, John Coppens wrote:
> 
> > Hello all.
> >
> > I cannot understand why my AP (CNAP-711) changes its Ethernet IP if I
> > ping at some other IP when it is defined in the route table as
> > Gateway. This, of course, disrupts the communication with ap-config,
> > and if I use the search mode, ap-config finds the AP at the IP I tried
> > to access, but I cannot log in to change it back.
> >
> > Power on/off returns the AP to the original, programmed, IP.
> >
> > Suggestions?
> > John
>