[Pc_Support] Looking for a Wireless AP ...

[patrick]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:

>Well, I made the chronically _stupid_ decision to upgrade my Linksys
>WAP11G's firmware.  I was running with old 1.06 on a very aged design
>which was the last of the basic 1.0x firmwares and I was looking to
>enable some WPA goodies in the newer 3.0x firmware.  In all honesty, it
>had been in a box for the last 2 years, and worked but I figured I
>should upgrade the firmware.
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>I downloaded it from the 1.0 release page and verified the newer 3.0x
>firmware worked with such an old model.  No return after power cycle --
>should have known better.  Holding in the reset button for 60 seconds to
>clear the settings didn't fare any better.
>
>So now I'm in the market for a new Wireless AP.  Doesn't have to be
>anything great, I'm just going to use some older Prims2.0 11Mbps WLAN
>cards with it.  Have IPCop, Blue Zone, w/OpenVPN plug-in, etc... so I'll
>just take any standard WAP with WEP, although WPA would be nice too.
>
>Kinda curious if anyone is buying the cheap wireless routers and turning
>them into WAP without the NAT.  I don't need the NAT, that's what IPCop
>is for (hence why I bought the WAP11G before).  Or if I should just go
>for a bridging WAP and not deal with the ones that have NAT and all
>those headaches.
>
>Again, not looking for anything fancy -- just the access point bridge
>functionality.  I use IPCop and other things as a security appliance.
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I do not understand how it is not possible to get that thing up and 
running  again... gotta be a way!