I would think that in most cases we would know before installing a unit whether it was going to be an Access point, client bridge, wireless bridge or repeater and preconfigure the major settings with the correct information. To chastise them for not setting up their configuration screens to fit your needs when you haven't even thought out your network topography seems a bit unfair.
Smartbridges definitely has some problems, but maybe some of those problems are from trying to please too many different people and make their equipment a "one size fits all" device. Personally I would like to see them stop trying to please everyone and go back and get the core functions working again. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blazen Wireless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 09:12 AM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Disabling Tabs in SimpleMonitor > HAHA I think its just plain stupid that you cant make all your changes on > ALL the tabs then hit save and have it take it. But what's is so F up about > it is when you want to say change to one mode or another you have to make > one change at a time so it requires a truck roll on the opposite end. I.E > you change from AP mode to client mode and your screwed because you cant > change the SSID at the same time etc etc Totally not thought out on SB part > but they will tell you to use their wonderful tool called simple deploy > heheh which is just the lamest tool when it comes to having set different > features to individual radios. This does not work well because you still > have to hit the stupid reset button to revert back to the default settings > should something get hosed up.. > > There are a lot of wonderful features yet there are some real lame ones too > this being the biggest. The other one is when logged into the radio via > wireless and you want to do a site survey and you hit the button it reboots > the radio! Seems like anything you do reboots the radio WHY? who knows maybe > its because if you don't it will lock up or some strange crap like that. I > would love to be able to not have it do that each and every time especially > if you are trying to keep an eye on the stats and it wipes them out. > > LAME LAME LAME > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 8:31 AM > Subject: [smartBridges] Disabling Tabs in SimpleMonitor > > > I am sooooo upset right now that I can scream. > > I have two aPPOs set up as AP/client. I currently am at the client end > of a "PtP" link. I want to switch back to wireless bridge mode. There is > no way to do this because the Wireless Bridge tab is unavailable in > SimpleMonitor, and I can't set the MAC address of my local aPPO in the > remote aPPO's MAC field. I switched to wireless bridge mode on the > remote unit, hoping that the MAC address would be stored (since I > previously had these two units in wireless bridge mode. > > This is the dumbest thing I have ever seen. Why should I have to visit > and physically connect to each aPPO to switch operating modes!!! > > Now I have to drive an hour to the other end, get into the location > (which is not open on Sunday), and physically connect an ethernet cable > to the unit. Isn't this "wireless" networking! It seems to me that the > tab should not be disabled, and should allow you to put in a MAC address > and save it before switching operating modes. > > Jason > > P.S. If anyone reminds me to bring a crossover cable with me, I'll kick > 'em in the nuts. :) > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
