----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Orinoco OR and Cisco 340 AP
> > First of all, is this a bridge or a workgroup bridge ? They are totally > different units. The workgroup bridge is a client that can only associate > with an access point (or real bridge in access point mode). The Cisco > literature says the workgroup bridge can only associate with a "Cisco > access point", but this would have to be tried to be certain. > The Cisco BR340 series Wireless Bridge can operate in AP mode, supporting standards-based multi-vendor clients. > > The last firmware I've downloaded for the _workgroup_ bridge_ was ver 865, > consistent with your version. Biut if it's really a _bridge_, the current > firmware is around ver 11 and your bridge really needs upgrading, see the > Cisaco web site for instructions. Just be sure the process, once started, > isn't interrupted. The latest rev for the Cisco BR340 series is ver 8.65.2 The latest rev for the Cisco AP340 series is ver 11.xx > > I don't know about the bridge, but in the case of the Cisco access point, > non-root mode is a repeater, and the AP _must_ associate with another > access point before anything else can associate with it. Non-root mode > means there is no passing of packets between the radio and ethernet > interfaces, only radio-radio. > From Cisco: ( http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/102/wlan/confbr.html#radio ) "A root bridge is an Aironet bridge that is located at the top, or starting point, of a wireless infrastructure. The root unit is usually connected to the main wired backbone LAN. Since the radio traffic from the other bridges' LANs will pass through this unit, the root unit is usually connected to the LAN that originates or receives the most traffic. A non-root bridge is sometimes referred to as a remote or repeater bridge. It is a bridge that establishes a connection to the root bridge or another repeater bridge to make the wired LAN to which it is connected part of the bridged LAN" > > I hope this helps, > > Jon > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
