[MLB-WIRELESS] Re: DWL-900AP and Linux

[STRACEY,James]

 I have brought numerous things (although mainly bike parts) from the
US, but the postage to AUS is so expensive.  At times, almost as much as
the order!  I wonder if they charge the middlemen?

 James.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Carter [mailto:jimc at math.ucla.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 3:31 PM
To: wireless at lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Re: DWL-900AP and Linux


On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Craig Sanders wrote:
> i was talking about the 900AP+ - sorry, i should have been more 
> specific.
> --- snip ---
> and they're fairly cheap.  i bought mine for AUD $275.

I wouldn't be too surprised to find that it's running Linux already.  Of
course, there's no documentation so you can't do anything with it...

The factory firmware has a little web server which, beside configuring
the AP, can accept a file of new firmware and flash it for you.  (Of
course there's basic authentication and it will only take commands from
the wired
side.)  Once one had a reliable "distro" for the device, that would be
the way to get it onto a new one. But it would have to work right the
first time.

As for the price, we paid US$100 for ours, equal to AUD 160, so someone
at your end is making a generous profit.  Is it legal and feasible for
you guys to order direct from the USA?  Or is there a 100% customs duty
or something nasty like that?  Or are the channel assignments different
-- in the USA we have channel 1 = 2.412 GHz up to 11 = 2.462 GHz, but
not 12, 13 or 14.

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