Hello, Here's the story:
I borrowed a Wlink WEN-2021 AP to test the availability of wireless networks in my area - i installed the SNMP and USB tools, the correct USB driver and was able to connect to the AP but only in a read only mode... i guess the owner must have changed the write password and forgot to tell me (he doesen't know yet that his AP died =) and since i was unable to reach him i started meddling with the software ... i was thinking if there is a way to reset the AP to the factory settings... i noticed there is an TFTP upgrade program and decided to try if it's going to connect to the AP - i fired the application up and when it asked me for a file to upload i (not having a real firmware) selected windows' boot.ini =))) much to my dismay it said 'upload in progress' (or something like that) and the next thing i noticed was the WLAN light on the AP stopped blinking ... really i was not expecting it to flash it with a clearly bogus code and not being supplied a correct password... few moments later it occured to me that TFTP did not require authentification =) but still if i designed the kit i wouldn't make it this way ;) so now i have a dead AP and tommorow i'll have one very angry friend, and probably i'll also have my reproductive organs removed too =)) j/k the AP does not respond to the IP anymore and i cannot connect thru the USB interface - it's being recognized as an unknown usb device... i emailed WLINK support, but i don't expect much help... i don't expect much help from you too =) i noticed a similar post from few days ago... anyway - i dismantled the AP and found it uses the ATMEL AT76C510 which is "Ethernet to Wireless Brigde-on-a-chip" =) no more info available :( the memory chip is AT29LV020 - it has two blocks that can be write protected - presumably to store a boot code which cannot be destroyed by a corrupt firmware ... i don't put much hope into WLINK designing their gear foolproof - i don't think there is an easy way to fix the kit, but if any of you have any idea i'd be glad to hear it... the onyl think i can think of is getting a working WEN-2021, reading the contents of the 29020 and writing them to the non-working one... that invovles some fine soldering (which i - being nervous kind of person - cannot do ;) ... it also requries a possession of a reader/writer for that memory chip - unfortunately it's not Serial EEprom :) ah yes - if i do that i'll end up with two AP's having the same MAC address - great for taking down the network probably, but of no use if i want to make a link between them ;) Thats it =) Thanks for reading my rant :P -- Filip -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
