Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun in Wireless Networking http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r11374582 en Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:34:18 EDT Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:34:18 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17108812 anon : JUST FIXED IT !!!

Just get the regular stock 1.0.26 firmware and change the header as follows:

Byte 26: change from 14 to 01
Byte 32: change from 10 to 23
Byte 33: change from 26 to 1A

Save it and use the utility built into the web interface to upgrade the firmware. I assume you are using now the address 192.168.0.1. The firmware update now should work.
After you finish it, you can now load the original 1.0.26 image if you want. It also works.
Note that the new web interface address is the "old" 192.168.1.1 ...

Good luck!
PS: It worked for me. I am not responsible if it does not work for you in any way.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17108812 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:39:36 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17108706 anon : Previous post related to post below:
reply to claudeo
Anyone had any luck upgrading the firmware on the ARI315W AFTER having installed the Sercomm firmware? I can't get the original Airlink firmware back on, nor the Linksys firmware (appropriately patched).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17108706 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:01:29 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17108692 anon : Same here... My wireless does not hold a DHCP address and I cannot change the firmware... Are we stuck with it now? Any help will be appreciated. I need to re-flash any firmware that allow changes after it is loaded.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17108692 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:58:53 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17107559 anon : So I opened the box to verify if the 12V/5V power
supply claim is valid or not.
The DC-DC converter is AnaChip AP1506 1506-50
»www.anachip.net/products/DATA/AP1506.pdf

It can handle input voltage up to 22V, and recommended
input is 12V.

I tested 5V 7.5V and 12V, they all work but with 5V
power supply, DC output is only 4.0V

Make your own judge if 5V posts are valid or not]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17107559 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:57:28 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17065600 anon : Hi there,

I have a HWR54G rev. M. Since I've read here that it has the same hardware as others, I've been trying different firmwares.

I tried the sercom firmware (pretty much the same as hawking's features, but different layout), and the wrt54gc. To install those, I had to change the bytes at offsets 0x01 and 0x26, to make the installed firmware accept the new one.

I thought the linksys firmware would have something new that the hawking didn't. But not really. After a while, I decided to install the updated hawking firmware. But I can't!

I tried changing the 0x01 and 0x26 bytes to all combinations used previously, and even uploading the official wrt54gc firmware. They are all rejected!

I didn't brick my router, but I'm stuck with the wrt54gc firmware now.

I tried to tftp it on windows (with the -i parameter), and I get the error "PID wrong". I guess tftp'ing also gets to check the header.

Any ideas of what to do? The only thing I can think of is to generate different images with different values at 0x26 and/or 0x01 so I can get the CRC to pass.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17065600 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:31:40 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17015905 anon : they packaged these units with the wrong power supply. the 12v power supply causes the unit to overheat and all kinds of problems occur.

if you contact them, they will ship you out a 5v power supply for free that will completely fix the problem.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17015905 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:03:22 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16936902 stevech0 : I use an older Linksys WRT54G with the DD-WRT firware. For a long time. Works very well. Reliable. Has the features I want that are missing in Linksys' firmware.

I dumped sveasoft's firmware. Crashy and the author is a dolt.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16936902 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:58:50 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16932547 enochcheng : Sweet, finally get the stupid router running smoothly with Sercom firmware.
the DNS problem can be solve as follow:
leave the hostname and domain name field blank, and it will give you your ISP's dns instead of your router's ip as DNS, and everything is good afterwards.

the MAC level access control is kind of string, though, the internet access one is fine, but for the lan access one, even when you choose allow lan access by all wireless stations, without choose your station in the select stations field, you would only be able to get your ip address, but you won't be able to communicate with your computer in the lan (but this is pretty sweet for me, since i connect the ADSL modem as bridge, and do a loop-back with the router's wan and lan, making it possible to use the PPPOE in the router, at the same time i can connect PPPOE with individual PCs)

My modem is actually a Eagletec arm-914, and it's exactly the same as Airlink AR315W, with the oldest 1.0.21 without WPA on.
I tried the Airlink newer firmware - it really sucks, and tried the AR315Wupdate.rar from this thread, but have serious problem with auth. (router not working wiv WEP64bit), and finally sercom one works fine

eager to try the linksys firmware latter on. I got a WRT54G with hyperWRT. Hope someone would make a great firmware with WRT54GC

Really thanks for all the great work done on this router. really helps a lot.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16932547 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:54:14 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16751302 p3n1x :
sweet anon! i finally got around to messin w/ this router again..

did the hex edit, and got the fw loaded finally. my problem was i had flashed to that hawking f/w awhile ago...id saved all the files, firmwares and txt's of what to do, and i couldnt for the life of me get it to flash any other firmware at all...

what i needed to do was take that hex address and change it to the hawking model changed that hex to 16 and BAM! it flashed, and rebooted and now i have the new following

Device: HWR54G
F/W Ver: 2.3 Release 1A

so far so good....now what about changing power bricks to make the damn thing less hot....imma read back on this one to find out more

thanks for everybodies hard work, you are the movement!

ill be keeping posted here, thanks again]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16751302 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:01:50 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16164907 kindall : With the sercomm firmware? You will want to get a new IP address from the router (release/renew DHCP lease). It should be in the 192.168.0.x range and the router's IP should be 192.168.0.1.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16164907 Wed, 24 May 2006 19:21:46 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16148058 anon : I use anon5812 method to upgrade the firmware for my ar315w router (the orginal firmware is 1.0.26). it went smoothly, but after reset the router, I can not find the new IP address for the routher, my PC get IP adress of 192.168.1.201, but if I ping 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254, both not working. can anyone tell me what is the new IP address for the router?
thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16148058 Mon, 22 May 2006 13:57:26 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16137800 kindall : Anyone had any luck upgrading the firmware on the ARI315W AFTER having installed the Sercomm firmware? I can't get the original Airlink firmware back on, nor the Linksys firmware (appropriately patched).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16137800 Sat, 20 May 2006 17:23:30 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15730937 anon : Many Thanks to anon5812 for your instructions. They worked great on my Hawking HWR54G Rev. M. I did have some problems with the Sercomm firmware. I would get disconnected frequently when using WPA2-PSK. However, WPA-PSK (AES) worked flawlessly for me.

For those who are interested, I have succeeded in loading the Linksys WRT54GC firmware (version 1.02.8) to my HWR54G. It is the only other compatible firmware that I could find that has WPA2 support. It also includes many other useful features not available on other releases.

The Linksys is basically the same hardware as the AR315W, HWR54G, Sercomm IP806SM, etc... It uses the same Marvell chips rearranged for the smaller case of the WRT54GC. In addition to anon5812's instructions, replace the value at 0x01 to "02" (hex) on the Linksys firmware. In changing this value, you are changing the PID Version (different from PID discussed by anon5812) from "00 01" to "00 02". This value should be the same on all our routers (AR315W, HWR54G, etc...). Then load the modified firmware after restoring defaults (highly recommended) to your router.

Keep in mind that after flashing, the new IP for the router will be 192.168.1.1. Typically, there is no username for the login and the password is "admin" (default on Linksys routers). Since I had restored defaults prior to flashing, I had to use "admin" for the username and "admin" for the password to login after flashing. Then I immediately restored defaults in the Linksys web interface. Thereafter, the default Linksys login applies.

I haven't had a chance to test it yet, but I'm eager to. Good luck to all willing to try.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15730937 Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:49:17 EDT Re: please help me http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15716930 anon : 12v 800mA, positive center]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15716930 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:31:56 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15667442 anon : yah,if u all ready bought Air link wireless router.make sure u go to DSL speed test to see it upload speed,because it working ok except u will be lockup when posting something in chat room or try to upload.So watch it and do not to spent your time to config ya PC or internet service
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15667442 Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:50:09 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15604470 ytsejam : I guess this product is so crappy that the manufacturer themselves recognized it and posted the old firmware download here:

»www.airlink101.com/support/index···es&id=12

Anyway, I downloaded v. 21, downgraded the router... and lo and behold - the problem is still there. Now, in my case these random connection problems are not too severe, i.e. the connection doesn't actually get completely broken, just stalls most of the time... still highly annoying if you're working from home and/or streaming videos or stock quotes, or playing games online... whatever requires a continuous and uninterrupted flow of data.

I might go back to my old 802.11b Belkin router (which was crap too, but at least it didn't have this recurring issue).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15604470 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:25:18 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15561306 anon : So is there any concensus at this point which firmware works the best? I had the 26 firmware, and downgraded to the 21 because of random disconnects problem...is this a heat issue or an issue with the router firmware? It would happen after about 30 minutes streaming a file and require pulling the power cable and putting it back in.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15561306 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:40:16 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15488630 pgaster : I think I figured out how to edit the file properly.
I used Hex Workshop 4.2
Open the file and look at the second line down. Look for 01 and change it to 14. Save the file.
Now go to the router setup page and ugrade the firmware.

The router reboots to 192.168.0.1 so you need to be aware of that, but other than that issue I have not seen any problems yet.

The router now has AES, or so it says. I have not tried it yet, but it if works, that would be a huge benefit.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15488630 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:43:38 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15467604 anon : I used Anon5812's directions and loaded the everbestHK firmware after editing the hex ID to 14 and it loaded perfectly on my AR315W. It doesn't seem to be passing DNS address through on DHCP though. I don't care so much about that, I loaded the DNS server addresses into the AR315w and into each computer manually just to be sure then used sprints DNS addresses as my backup.Also changed the power supply to a 9V-500mA from the 12V it came with since people mentioned in earlier posts that the over powerful adapter it comes with could be the reason for overheating and freeze up. We'll see how long it can hang onto the public IP now!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15467604 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:45:20 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15435596 pgaster : I do not understand hex editing either.
Can someone explain this with a bit more detail?
I am a complete newb at hex.

Or can someone host the firmware that anon5812 modified?
Maybe that would be easier for many of us who have this router. And the file looks to be fairly small, it's not a WRT54G firmware that weighs in at about 3 MB. This thing is under a MB.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15435596 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:23:29 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15420045 anon : I hate to sound like a dummy, but how do you edit the "at 0x26 (hex) in the IMG file to "14" (hex)"? I apologize if this has been explained before, but I really do not know how to change the hex as mentioned. I have downloaded "ip806sm.img" file and I downloaded XVI32 hex editing prograam, but can't seem to figure out how to edit the file. Thanks in advance. Have a nice day.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15420045 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:01:56 EDT Re: AP411w DWL-2100AP FW DI624 superg MIMO http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15399311 anon : I have a AP411w running DWL2100 1.03; wanted to try other FW but device will not accept any other FW, does anyone have anyway to flash AP411w with other FW once it's already running DWL2100 ? Have anyone got their AP411w running superg with MIMO (Di624) ??? If so, please email me. thx
»www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=385]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15399311 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 01:12:59 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15388913 anon : one followup to my previous post.

I changed the PID value at 0x26 to 14 because my ar315w expected a value of 14.

those with older ar315w's who have to use the "1011 to 1023" firmware (which has an 01 at 0x26), will probably be A-OK with the sercomm/everbestHK firmware with NO changes (i.e. you can just flash the firmware right from the download site without messing with it).

good luck.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15388913 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:18:26 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15359650 anon : It works! Thanks anon 5812!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15359650 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:34:08 EDT Re: Airlink101 AP411w DWL2100 firmware; surecom??? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15359567 anon : well, i put the dwl2100 2.00 fw on my ap411w, cause it has dhcp and thought it would be better... but i notice that the wireless disconnect several times during usage; does not reboot just disconnect wireless (running 54g)!

now just put dwl2100 1.03 backup; I was trying to put Airlink 1.00 back but, after putting ap2100, cannot go back to Airlink FW, still checking connection issue... If any one knows how, please help.

I read in some other thread that, surecom or kcorp has even more options? if some have use these fw on ap411w, please comment. And how to flash ap411w running ap2100 fw with surecome? thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15359567 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:01:21 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15351067 anon : AnonA/anyone
once the AP411W is flashed with other FW (ie. 2.00), is there a way to load other version on it (ex. 2.10eu)? I have tried same method, but looks like there is no recovery mode for Dlink FW?
thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15351067 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:15:12 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15255030 anon : alright guys, here's how you use the IP806SM .IMG file from the everbestHK site - at least, here's how I loaded it to my AR315W.

First - the IMG file has an incorrect PID as reported by TFTP if I just try to write it to the router. I assume this is productID. by studying several IMG files, I believe that I have determined that the value at 0x26 (hex) in the IMG file is the PID.

A couple of examples:

The hawking firmware has the value "16" (hex) at 0x26.
The airlink "1011 to 1023" firmware has "01" (hex) at 0x26.
The airlink "1021 to 1023" firmware has "14" (hex) at 0x26.
The sercomm/everbestHK firmware has "01" (hex) at 0x26.

I am purely guessing that "01" is the reference board/OEM PID. Probably, the early airlink units were identical clone of the reference board and had 01 as the PID. then later airlink got their own PID (14). That's probably why they released two different IMG firmwares for the same router - the old ones would only recognize PID 01, and the new ones only recognize PID 14. Just a guess!!! Airlink+ also became airlink101 so maybe that had an effect too??

Anyways, I took the most recent IMG file from the sercomm/everbestHK site for the IP806SM, altered the "01" (hex) at 0x26 (hex) in the IMG file to "14" (hex). Saved that, and TFTP'd it. The router took the new firmware on the first try and rebooted just fine at 192.168.0.1. Apparently either the file has no CRC, or the header is not part of the CRC calculations. If you compare the 1011-1023 to the 1021-1023 firmware, the only change I noticed is this single byte.

Disclaimer: if you brick your router trying this, it's NOT my fault, and I don't know how to fix it. This isn't a WRT54G, there isn't much knowledge out there about it. The above information worked for me. in otherwords, don't try this if you can't afford to lose the router in case something goes wrong (power outage when you flash the firmware, aliens invade your router, whatever).

As for the new features/functionality, I can confirm that WPA2 is available. The overall menuing is similiar to the airlink firmware. (setup wizard, LAN ,wireless, password, status, advanced, administration are the opttions running down the left hand side). The region defaults to "europe" after you load this firmware so be sure to change it as necessary. You can apply MAC level access control to filter LAN and/or internet access independently - I don't rememver the stock firmware having this. Theres a few other things that look different too. But it's still a relatively basic firmware, it doesn't have any superadvanced fancy stuff that I saw. I can not comment on any stability or performance fixes as I'm using a WRT54G now - I just upgraded this firmware to play with it.

Finally, when mine reset, the password I had configured prior to the flash, was still in effect. I would suggest to go to "administration" and then to "config file" and then "restore defaults" after flashing, to make sure the router is clean slate for any new code changes, then let it reboot and reconfigure it after that. This is something the WRT54G groups have taught - whenever changing firmwares, erase the settings in case the different firmwares use them differently. Maybe even do the factory defaults before flashing it as well (i.e., set factory default, flash, then factory default again).

firmware reports itself as version 2.3 release 1A.

good luck!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15255030 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:50:08 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15254718 anon : The center of the DC connector is positive.
the outer barrel is negative.

on my ar315w, this is marked both on the back of the router right beneath the DC input jack, and also on the original AC adapter.

Please note that I did NOT test this with a meter, however I just looked at the back of the unit and checked the AC adapter.

Do you have doubts about this being the proper polarity?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15254718 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:36:22 EDT please help me http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15245008 anon : one of my friends brought me a Ar315w router from the us.
the problem is that i have to replace it's AC adapter, since here in europe we use 220 volts
my question is : can somebody who has a multimeter please tell me what is the polarity at the end of the AC adaptor's cable (the end that enters the router) ?
thank you very much ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15245008 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:30:26 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15217420 anon : I would really like to know how to flash this firmware as well?!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15217420 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:48:21 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15210099 anon : hi gnif,

the firmware is in .img format, which program/method did you use to flash to the airlink router?

i currently have hawking version 1.0 release 11.

thanks,

jfhz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15210099 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:49:55 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15157679 anon : Ok, just tested the firmware, it works great, its HEAPS newer then the stuff you guys are using, even has WPA2 support now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15157679 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 04:50:37 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15157030 anon : FYI, i just discovered that the AR315 is the same unit as the Alloy WRT2454AP, and they are both manufactured by Sercomm as indicated by the string that appears in the firmware when looked at with a hex editor...

The official Sercomm firmware is pretty recent, here is the link, it should work, but no guarantees.

»www.everbesthk.com/8-download/se···load.htm

The router is really a IP806SM, try the img file there.
AFAIK, the .BIN file that comes with the alloy router is just the OEM branding rubbish and probably isn't needed, but I am yet to confirm this.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15157030 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:34:34 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15132783 anon : You need to go to port forwarding web site. i'm sure it will work after this configuration »portforward.com/english/routers/···rike.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15132783 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:34:24 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15059999 anon : anyone know how to revert this thing back to airlink??????

cant figure out how to get an .img file to upgrade with this hawking firmware]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15059999 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:02:00 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14957523 anon : For all of the complaints I have seen here, I have never had a problem with mine aside from it gets to damned hot. Just wish it had QoS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14957523 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:01:59 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14891739 anon : HI,
just upgraded my AR315W to v1.0.26 (just trying..) but now i cannot access to router anymore(after hard reset).(192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.254).
DHCP doesn't work but lan is working if i assign fixed ip's to my PCs.
Maybe i missed something?
Thank you]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14891739 Sun, 27 Nov 2005 10:29:25 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14861985 stevech1 : Caveat Emptor!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14861985 Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:53:27 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14851496 ariba50 : Like a lot of folks I bought this from FRY's, as it was cheap, I also heard that it worked well.
But since installing it I am for every having dropped connections and have to renew IP and all sorts of problem.
My desktop pc is on one of the 4 ports hardwired) connection and it would work fine, then if I boot up and connect my wireless laptop the connection to my desktop pc would drop and browser stops working. The same problem happens the other way around, depending which is connected first.

Looks like this wireless router is what it is - Cheap junk.
I have spend days and hours mastering this hardware with a knowledgable friend and had little success to stabalize it. Try limiting the Wireless connection with MAC address set and see how things really slow down.

I would will never buy this brand again.I had a LINKSYS - worked great for years.
FYI, I also have a AIRLINK+ PCMCI card and the signal strenght is very low when my laptop is near the router on my desk. When I plig in my AWAYA PCMCI card in my laptop the signal strength is max- great! so that is another pci of Airlink+ junk I have.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14851496 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:37:45 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14430541 spalgutt : Well, it's not disconnecting my dad's computer, but his signal strength is the same, low to very low. His IT guy at work says it could be his network card. He has one of those short ones that doesn't stick out very far from the laptop, but his signal is not that great. He suggests a regular card that extends further. Well, we'll have to see.... But the disconnection problem looks to be gone in my PDA and dad's laptop. Thanks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14430541 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:19:16 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14429301 spalgutt : Alright, thanks! I was questioning the file because it's .img format, and wondering why an image file would be the firmware. But it works now. Have to wait for my dad to come home to test it. So far on my Dell PDA w/ Wi-fi, it works. Can turn it on and off and it stays connected. Before, I would have to powercycle the router for it to work. Well, I'll wait for my dad to come home w/ his laptop. So far so good!! Thanks everyone!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14429301 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:46:56 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14410079 mrkoffee76 : i know its been a 4 day sense your post but i just did the upgrade and it worked for me so here you go.
download the file from the link »airlink.night-owls.com/
unzip the file you can use winzip or the zip program included with windows depending on what version you have.
go to the web admin screen and do the upgrade pointing to the file that was in the zip file (should be ip806sm.img)
remember to do it from and wired connection and not a wireless.
good luck]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14410079 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:21:40 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14379084 spalgutt : Can anyone help me? My post is 2 posts ago. Please help. My dad and I are frustrated and need a solution.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14379084 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:11:49 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14356402 anon : The link »mhos.free.fr/ar315w/ar315w.htm doesn't work anymore. Does anyone have the files for modified Linux version for AR315W.

Do you know any other projects related to porting operating systems to AR315W.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14356402 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:50:40 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14332697 spalgutt : Alright, having some problems with the AR315W. I saw the post about the disconnecting issue, so I wanted to downgrade to the firmware 21 version. I downloaded it, but when I tried putting it into the "upgrade firmware" box, it says it's the wrong version. What do I do? I'm tired of this disconnection problem. Please help. Thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14332697 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:37:18 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14239612 Goofymac : OK this is a follow up to my previous post in June. After using this router for 2 months I have to say that I am glad I made the purchase. I have used this router in different locations in the house with no range issues at all.

The solution I have found to both the internet drop offs and the overheating is simple. After some simple observation the router comes with a 12 volt power supply. I plugged in a 5 volt 2 amp from the SMC router that I was using and viola One entire week without any problems at all. Not a single Internet drop off and the unit ran warm. I never had to reset the router nor access it to change any settings. No range issues came up either.

It seems that this problem is as simple as too much power. The power supply is apparently overpowering the unit.

Hope this helps For 20 bucks you can't beat it.

Goofymac

AMD + ATI = One Kick Ass Machine]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14239612 Sun, 28 Aug 2005 14:09:05 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14153833 p3n1x : ah well i got it now figured out the firtmware is flashed back to rev 21]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14153833 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:31:21 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14150657 p3n1x : ok i flashed it to the hawking firmware as per jonnyrottens instructions, and it works flawlessly

however the method works, but i have problems with this thing still

drops my AOL AIM every 20 min or so and AIM will reconnect.

i also have issues with users timing out on my ftp and transfers just stalling.

i tried to flash back to the airlink firmware using the web interface, and it wont work it just stalls, i tried several times

i also tried using jonnyrotttes method to flash back to the original, but it wont read img files, only bin, and i cant convert the original f/w to bin using a few programs, says not a valid img format

so im stuck on the hawking firmware or what? how do i get it to go back to the ver 21 firmware the stable one????]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14150657 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:42:01 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13811116 rickb1012 : I bought the AR315W from Fry's for 22.99. I had the problem of disconnect/reconnect every two minutes or so, and fixed the problem by disabling the Wireless Zero Configuration Service in Windows XP, and installed the one from the Airlink Router CD. I am trying to set up a Half-Life Dedicated Server on the wireless computer. The server starts and says it is connected, but it is not listed in the Internet servers list.
Banging my head against the wall with this problem.
I like the router though..
No problems except the Half Life server issue.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13811116 Mon, 04 Jul 2005 14:23:52 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13779957 anon : Don't listen to Goofymac. (a commercial guy)
Don't wast your money on Airlink AR315W (until they fix the problems). Airlink AR315W sux, that's it! Read all other posts and spare your time and money.

Is 20$ cheap?
"You Pay Peanuts You Get Monkeys" :D

.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13779957 Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:19:22 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13778082 Goofymac : I bought the Airlink AR315W from Frys for 20 bucks and am very pleased. I am using an Airlink AWLH3025 wireless PCI card with the included drivers and utility. At this time.

First thing I would like to say is about the PCI card. I was using a SMC Barricade router model (SMC7004AWBR) with good results using both the windows drivers and the airlink Drivers and Utility. Since my PC with this card is located I extended the antenna to receive more signal with a couple of antenna extension cables. Was working fine with Drop offs in signal from time to time. The PCI card was very surprising It worked and still does like a champ. I promptly purchased another one at Frys on my next visit.

Now for the Airlink AR315W. WOW is all I can say This little puppy worked like a champ. No range issues. Pulgged in my regular antenna to the back of my PC and still received strong signal with my Windows drivers and util. Yes I did notice the drop off in internet connections with the router that most are mentioning. A simple power cycle of the router solved the issues as well as accessing the router web interface and clicking restart. Now I have just installed the Airlink PCI card drivers and utility and have had no issues with the connection or the router dropping the internet connection. Interesting I have thought but it has been mentioned in this forum before. But for 30 Bucks I don't think you can go wrong with the PCI card and the router. This thing has so many features it is crazy.

Yes this thing gets HOT but doesn't seem to affect the performance of the unit. I will try the heatsink fix that was mentioned before. But I get much better range, Speed and signal strength. Only thing this router is missing is the built in print server I am so used to. Maybe Ill get one on sale next time I go to Frys.

Happy computing and networking.

Just wanted to put in my 2 cents worth.

GoofyMac

AMD + ATI = One kick ass system]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13778082 Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:18:22 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13746235 anon : johnnyrotten,

Thanks for the research and excellent upgrade instructions!
The Hawkings firmware does appear to solve the DNS problems I was seeing with the Airlink+ 1.0.21 firmware (originally shipped with the 1.0.23 version - I downgraded to 1.0.21 to fix WLAN problems). The actual DNS IP addresses are now pushed to the DHCP clients. Interestingly I was able to preserve all of my previous settings across the upgrade (expect for the admin password) - an indication of the high degree of H/W similarity (identical)used in the two routers. It is just amazing that Airlink can't ship/release a working version of F/W with so many obvious problems - WLAN resetting, DNS, DHCP, save/restore settings, ...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13746235 Sat, 25 Jun 2005 20:29:47 EDT Re: Hawking HWR54G (REV. M ONLY) for Ar315w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13694931 anon : Ok so I did the Hawking update as per the above post from Johnny boy.

I had some troubles because I am running a mac and all the software is for PC.
so I used my pc.

I had to try more than one time for the patch to work, in fact I had to disconnect from the internet first.

I had issues with the patch being partly done I think. but I am not sure. I had the ip address of my cable modem at first hence the disconnect from the modem.

anyway after I configured the router I tried to get into the setup.

the address from Johnny is almost correct. it is 192.168.1.254 (he dropped the .1)

how do i like it? well it works but it still drops the pc in the other room, sometimes it reconnects and sometimes it needs help or a reboot.
but it does seem faster for the mac and the pc that are hard wired to it.
I think I am going to go get a linksys now that the prices are coming down.
I bought this airlink at Freys at Christmas time for under $20 and I think I got what I paid for.

Thanks for the ideas and keep them coming. if it is software it will get fixed but i suspect it is just as much the hardware.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13694931 Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:34:06 EDT Re: Hawking HWR54G (REV. M ONLY) for Ar315w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13662906 anon : The firmware upgrade of Hawking HWR54G (REV. M ONLY) for Ar315w went very well, follow the description above posted by johnnyrotten and everything will be fine.

BUT I'am not sure about the DNS fix, seems more like it still jerking with locking and dropping the connection. (exactly as before).
Try it anyway. could be my wireless keyboard/mouse which disturbing the wireless network.

Iam going to try Abocom firmware. Its start to feel like if no firmware will fix this problem. It seems to be more likly hardware issue and to conclude that this router is not worthy all this time and effort. Will go for some known brand. Any idea? Netgear, D-link..... any suggestion?

Btw, good luck with firmware upgrade.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13662906 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:11:02 EDT Re: Hawking HWR54G (REV. M ONLY) for Ar315w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13652014 TooHypE : Well since I been having nothing but DNS and connectivity issues the past 2 weeks I figured worth a Shot !!! Any how just installed and updated my Firmware with Hawking HWR54G (REV. M ONLY) for Ar315w and I have to admit the Web GUI is completely different But nice, so Day 1 and what I have notice right off Bat that in all my connections ? I have the DNS IP Addresses that's normally in my Modem instead of my default gateway IP Addresses. I def think this Firmware should work so I will update my results in about a Week and see how good or bad this firmware may be.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13652014 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:08:31 EDT Hawking HWR54G (REV. M ONLY) for Ar315w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13647017 johnnyrotten9 : Just loaded firmware from Hawking Technology to my AR315w. Hawking's firmware seems to work the best for me, although I have only been using it for about a week. The DNS and DHCP problems seems to be fixed. And I have not had alot of dissconnects like Airlink firmware. I was using the Xterasys' firmware but lost WPA security. I was happy to find out that Hawking's Firmware has WPA security. In addition to the various fixes the web menus are much nicer too. If anyone else would like to try this firmware, you can download from Hawking Technology's website. Hawking's HWR54G (REV. M ONLY) uses the same arm914 chipest. Do not use the other revision firmware because I have not tested nor do I know if even uses the arm914 chipset. Again ONLY USE THE HWR54G (REV. M) FIRMWARE!! The link for the firmware can be found at this page- »www.hawkingtech.com/drivers.php?CatId=19
The zip file will have 2 files a .bin file and a .img file. I used the .bin file because I think to use the .img file the header must be altered for it to be loaded over the Airlinks firmware. Next u will need a program to load the bin file onto the Airlink router. I used the upgrade utility supplied with Xterasys' 1.1 r15 firmware. That can be found on this page »www.xterasys.com/drivers.htm. Make sure it is the Xterasys XR-2407G firmware. The next thing you will need to do is access your Airlink router by typing 192.168.1.1 (deault) into your browser and change your password to be blank - (not the word blank!! but leave it blank, because the Xterasys ugrade utility doesn't give u the option to put in your password). I think u must also make sure the "Enable Firmware Upgrade using TFTP" is checked in the options section (atleast I did). So then just open the upgrade utility in the Xterasy's firmware folder and load the .bin from Hawking's firmware folder. *You may have to open the RmDrv.exe (which is in the same folder as the upgrade.exe file to get it to find your router on the network). Once u load the firmware and upgrade it should say "upgrade successfull." You must then hard reset the router by holding the reset button on the back of the router for 45 secs. Then unplug and plug back in the power and see if the upgrade worked. The router ip will now be 192.168.254 and your user name will be admin and password will be blank (not the word blank). If it all works you should see a nicer looking Hawking web screen, with WPA security back and the DNS and DHCP problems fixed. Let me know what you all think of this firmware. It has worked the best for me, over all other firmware. Let me know what you all think about this firmware, and don't blame me if things go wrong and you end up with paper weight. This process worked for me, so it should work for you all if you follow the instructions. Good luck!!!! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13647017 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:39:55 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13646252 astig : Link to new driver (ver 7.0.1.33) for AWLC3025 and AWLH3025 in abocom website

»www.abocom.com.tw/download_show.···s%20Card

This might solve your disconnection problem with AR315W router. I've been using this driver for 4 months now without any problem with my AR315W router (with 1.0.23 firmware).

For Windows XP users. Make sure your turn off the wireless zero utility and use the utility that goes with this driver]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13646252 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:53:30 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13591730 anon : I have this router with firmware 1.0 release 23 and have not had these issues at all. It has had some occasions where it lost connectivity with power outages, but they have even been rare. So should I try the releaser 26 to see what happens? Where can I get the 1.1 version mentioned in the post, and why do they have newer version on the non airlinkplus site that on the actual airlinkplus site? Whats up with that?

chewy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13591730 Mon, 06 Jun 2005 16:02:41 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13570834 gaster8 : I finally got my DSL and since my router seems to work fine I'm just going to leave it alone.
Thanks for the firmware just in case though. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13570834 Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:53:15 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13453852 Raven737 : Typo: IP address will be: 192.168.1.254 NOT 196.x.x.x ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13453852 Fri, 20 May 2005 12:53:19 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13453844 Raven737 : Well here is an old version of the AR315W firmware. v1.1 r13
After you flash the routers IP address will be: 196.168.1.254
the user name will be: admin, and the password is whatever you used before, or blank if you have not set it.

Since this is an old version, not WAP is supported, but it allows you to turn of SSID broadcast.

I'm currently using this firmware.

Please post if you think it is better/worse then the other available (r21, r23, r24 and r26)
AR315w_v1113.zip 559,241 bytes
AR315W Firmware v1.1 r13
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13453844 Fri, 20 May 2005 12:51:27 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13401376 gaster8 : Has anyone got AES to work on the AR315W?
According to this page: »mhos.free.fr/ar315w/ar315w.htm

the chip does support it.
I have the 26 firmware and it's not there, but maybe it was on previous versions. If so, I would try to flash it, but no use taking a chance if the feature isn't there.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13401376 Fri, 13 May 2005 17:49:12 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13277806 anon : I have a Eagletec ARM914 router, which I assume is the same as the AR315W, as the menu looks similar and it's the ARM914 variant. However, I cannot flash the firmware with any firmware as it always give the error message that the firmware is not for my hardware. Does AR315W users get this error when they flash to Abocom firmware? or is there any ways to get around this?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13277806 Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:47:31 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13263465 TooHypE : Nothing new about this router I take it, Well hopefully this firmware will be updated correctly one day.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13263465 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:26:44 EDT Re: AR315W-update.rar http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13031650 anon : Hi,
Could you send me this file, I couldn't get it from the ftp site :>(

Thnx

Edilberto]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13031650 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:12:38 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13027680 warlockd : Humm. I like this router, I LOVE the features and the setup for it.

Just thought I post and say that you can get it, for the next few days anyway, in the DFW area for only 16.99]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13027680 Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:34:29 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12941717 zzanduria : Sorry about the link being wrong.
Here is correct link.
»mhos.free.fr]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12941717 Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:43:42 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12938311 anon : "Page unavailable .. still"
"Site unavailable ... still"

If you are posting about site:
»mhos.free.fr'/
you will notice that there is an apostrophe in that address.
Just remove it and the
Page/Site will be available .. now]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12938311 Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:18:14 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12931521 anon : Site unavailable ... still]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12931521 Thu, 17 Mar 2005 03:23:10 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12931511 anon : @zzanduria

Page unavailable .. still]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12931511 Thu, 17 Mar 2005 03:13:32 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909464 zzanduria : I have the AR315W and AWLL3025, so I decided to make a site about all airlink products with a forum, so that people cam discuss their products. I have put all firmware or drivers that I can find on the site, and if anyone has a firmware or drivers that works and wants I can host it there.
'»mhos.free.fr']]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909464 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:16:57 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12874898 anon : Oddly enough though not holding my breath.. The reboots stopped on their own, which really has me wondering. I'll be sure to do another hard reset when I'm ready to set it up.

So you didn't say do you know if it still auto adjusts power depending on range/speed using the new limit as the ceiling or does it just blast that power out no matter what?

Short of having to check it with a scope or borrow someones spectrum analyzer has anyone ever listed what the theoretical max pwr is.(That is usable pwr not a bunch of noise as its overdriven into meltdown.)

How are you using yours as an AP and with what other equipment?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12874898 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 23:45:24 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12871107 anon : don't forget the second reset during the flash procedure. my ap411w acted strangely until it got the 2nd reset.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12871107 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:51:17 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12871052 anon : the overridetxpower values are dBm, it can be driven as high as 30dbm (~ 1 watt) but the signal is dramatically degraded at this level. when set to 0 the AP iirc defaults to the preset 18dbm level. The AP will use this value until you do a emergency reset.

This is another one of those things that you sort of lose with the dlink fw, with the airlink one you could throttle the power with 'set power [full,half,quarter,eigth,min]' even with overridetxpower set (i.e. 'set power half' with 24 would set output to -12dbm on the airlink fw) but the dlink one doesn't seem to do this correctly. "get power" will tell you what current power is.

iirc, there's a 'watchdog enabled' value in the cfg file ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12871052 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:45:32 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12866199 anon : Hmmm..Its not a definitely not a telnet timeout issue. The darn thing keeps rebooting now. Which doesn't make much sense since its just sitting there. (connected but not configured and left in default) Wonder if dlinks firmware does some watchdog timer reset when not setup.

Who the heck came up with there goofy checksum system? Lets count the word Bytes and Amount as part of the checksum but not as part of the Amount.

Do you know how the power level break down works and does override imply exactly that & set it to a fixed output or boosts it but still graduates depending on speed/band? If 0=31mw @ max Gspeeds & 63 on B then 23=200mw & Max G/All B?

Just skimming the config file there looks to be lots of stuff I wonder if is even implemented. Wonder why thats one of the commands not followed with a preceding 'wlan1' version of it on the next line.

Also odd that the dlink seems to include 'registers' or parts of ram in the file and the airlink was just the text portion.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12866199 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 06:50:50 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12865369 anon : firefox problems are a known issue, use IE. there are other bugs like the web interface lockin up if you do a "find" command in telnet but overall its an improvement on the original airlink fw. the planex firmwares are marginally better than the airlink ones.

you can turn off the telnet timeout via web or "set timeout 0"

there are hidden variables which can be set by telnet or by modding the cfg file (dont forget the checksum), "overridetxpower 23" is very handy for 200mw output :) I'd recommend some kind of heatsink/cooling mod if you increase power :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12865369 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 01:18:24 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12864971 anon : phone 1

sent you the original AP411w firmware, just in case.

I know what you mean about antsy-- I flash all sorts of stuff, more often than not I just "go for it".;)

I agree the web interface is still not great, although I have had better luck under IE than Firefox, constantly asking for login, dropping out. Good news is that the Dlink AP manager software works great for your Air(D)link 2100ap. You can get it from the Dlink support site, still not as handy. I have not had any trouble with Telnet sessions dropping connections.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12864971 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 00:12:35 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12864864 anon : Just did a quick check via telnet .. ya, all kinds of commands listed with the use of good ole 'help' ;)

Not sure what the deal is but seems to want to reboot quite often in telnet.. I can enter a few commands then connection
loss, relogin. Any experience with that?

Any idea on what the other files are? cfg's are obvious, I gather the 'apimg1' is a combination of 'backup' & 'art' plus some other misc overhead, wonder what the 0 byte 'img' is.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12864864 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 23:57:24 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12864704 anon : Well darn... Bad news is now I cant extract the original ar firmware..

cuz the good news is I have a Air(D)link 2100ap ;) v2.00, using the web interface flash worked perfect, like AnonA reported!

Wish I didn't get so antsy.

This still seems to have issues w/Firefox though pulls up compared to the Airlink firmware,
actually the whole web interface is a little shaky even under IE (being no different than the Airlink flash).
Do you get the login request a few times when it decides to drop out in a web session?

So what happened with one of your 411's, AP411?

Any advantages to the Planex firmware over the Dlink or any others thats been known to get flashed?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12864704 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 23:39:05 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12864399 anon : btw, you can also extract the original AP411w fw by

telnet 10.0.0.1
> ls
(apimg1 I think is the one your interested in)
> superftp [IP for your PC running a FTP server]
user/pass = [whatever you setup on your ftp server]
file: apimg1
upload

it lacks the checksums in the .tfp distributions but everything else is the same.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12864399 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 23:05:01 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12864227 anon : phone1: read that entire link re: the conceptronics, telnet to your AP and all will be revealed... "help" is a useful telnet command.

thanks for reporting the web flash method works, the telnet tftp command gives more feedback if you are going to play around with modifying the fw itself.

The 1.02 fw can be found at »ftp://ftp.dlink.com you can prolly go straight to 2.0 but that's just the way I did it.

and yes I lost a AP411w to corrupted backup fw when I got the planex fw running, you might want to look at that fw if you want to modify fw since it more closely resembles the original airlink one.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12864227 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:48:12 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12863638 anon : AnonA

Thanks much I think that will help me screw things up :).,
I found the v1.02 dlink software now on the ftp site so Ill
use that instead of the v1.03 before trying v2.0.

First time a round you don't know what to expect, though I've flashed plenty of cell phones & on some hacks had to do things similar to force flash them. Never had a problem with them so 'cross my fingers' hopefully shouldn't here. Although here were relying on the 'protected' are of the bootrom to do its job.

I saw above 'if the poster you were referring to was ap411w'
that he mentioned using the telnet/ftp command to flash
and wasn't sure, since I couldn't find the list of telnet
commands. But you say you used the web interface & it worked
fine so we'll try that.

I guess nobody has tried figuring out what parts of the
header and possibly checksum need changing so I direct
flash should work?

If possible could you send me the original ar411 soft?
phonedudesathotmaildotcom I believe that's what's in mine now since I 'did not' upgrade since reading all the problems but would like to take a look at it and see if I can make heads
up with possibly modifying it as well.

Regards..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12863638 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 21:52:57 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12862119 anon : phone1

I used to have the newer Airlink Ap411w (101r286) firmware, which was terrible, so I was at the original version 1.00-r232 that shipped with the AP when I switched the firmware to the Dlink. I did pretty much what the above post says.

-flashed AP through the web interface with the original Airlink firmware, unplugged it about 6-10 seconds into the flash. (now try to go to the web interface, you will see that it is in failsafe mode---still won't accept other firmwares)

-now you have to do a hard reset by holding down the reset switch for at least 10 seconds, now you will have to go to the web interface again, but you will need to use the original setup IP address (like in the manual)

-now the Ap411w will accept the other firmwares (flashed through the failsafe web interface), I started with 1.02 then flashed 2.00 a bit later--make sure everything reboots, etc...

-now you can configure the AP with either the web interface or the Dlink manager program for the DWL-2100

Hope that is clear and helps. I just followed the other poster's steps. I have done both my Ap411ws this way with no problems, but you could easily end up with a piece of trash if you mess it up---YMMV ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12862119 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:29:32 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12861849 anon : What airlink firmware did your ap411w have when you started?

Also sorry if all this has been posted and I missed it but where is the flash utility to be used in failsafe mode?

And did you need to go to d-link 1.0x firmware then to 2.0?
On the d-link website I only see v1.03 & v2.0 not 1.02 does
that matter?

Regards!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12861849 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:02:49 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12860933 anon : ap411W:

Ap411W to Dlink DWL-2100AP

Just wanted to thank you for posting this info. I had tried several methods, but was leaving out the hard reset. Also, I just used the flash utility that was available from the failsafe mode, no telnet commands. Both of my Ap411ws are now working as Dlink DWL-2100APs with the latest Dlink firmware. So much nicer using Dlink's configuration tool, everything seems to be working fine.

It worked for me, but it is dangerous as you are corrupting your firmware---do so at your own risk.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12860933 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 17:28:34 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12818316 anon : think I figured it out (ap411w to dwl2100ap), check out how the europeans convert a Conceptronics C54APT to DWL-2100AP on the forums here »DWL-2100AP vs Conceptronic C54APT
for more detail on some of these steps but the basic process:

Don't attempt if you can't afford to sacrifice your ap

1. put AP411w into failsafe mode by corrupting primary firmware during flash upgrade.
2. do a factory settings reset via the reset switch
3. use telnet/tftp command to load the dwl-2100ap firmware, and 'update' it, it should complain but flash it OK. I started with the 1.02 dwl-2100ap firmware for the US.
4. reboot, make sure it's still working, do another switch reset. default IP and login/pass will go to the d-link spec
5. you can upgrade to 2.0 fw at this point.

some notes:
- whole process is dangerous, you can corrupt the backup firmware so unit is completely dead, gotta get another one or break out the JTAG/UART if this happens... :( the 6 seconds deal seems very critical :huh:
- you lose a few commands (i.e. superftp) with the dwl fw but the 2.0 fw has SNMP options and ap search in the web interface.
- there are other firmwares out there which can be made to work like the Planex GW-ap54sg.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12818316 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 03:56:56 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12795449 rakstr : bump]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12795449 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:22:29 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12778336 rakstr : I haven't really experienced any of the disconnects on any of the firmware revs. I am seeing some other things. I am currently on the 26 firmware found earlier in this thread. Much nicer interface.

My environment is as follows
- I use the PC database under Administration and set Reserved DHCP settings for all my equipment
- I allow only Trusted stations to connect under the Wireless section
- I broadcast SSID
- I use G and B mode, WEP 128 Auto
- Ensure all my wireless routers are on different channels (I am using 11 on the 315 FWI)

My Q's are
- Can anyone tell me where I can set the lease time for DHCP on the LAN/WLAN side?

- Does anyone else have the issue os Admin -> Options -> UPnP, can't uncheck all options (Allow Internet Access to be disabled seems to always be set)

- Does anybody else have a problem saving settings under Admin->Config File ? Had the issue on the 24 version also. Interface freezes]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12778336 Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:54:24 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12771737 anon : I too am having this horrible random disconnect issue.
It doesn't happen every 15 seconds... just randomly. I may have close to 2 hours of connected time before i get a disconnect... and wait a few minutes before it works again.(whatever waiting does...)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12771737 Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:01:52 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12765472 LiL_J : There, the site has been updated with the known versions. -LiL_J ;)

»airlink.night-owls.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12765472 Fri, 25 Feb 2005 05:52:18 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12716481 anon : Just an FYI about the AR315W's...

I was having the same "Disconnect every few minutes" problenm as everyone else, cept when I turned off the wireless option..

and I think I have a fix!

the cable modem is affected by the wireless router transmitting... this would apply to a cordless phonr also...

some of the cable modems have pee poor internal sheilding and are being affected by he wireless router..
Just seperate the odem from the router by a foot or two and if possible, put then at different heights ( one on a hight shelf than the other).

good luck !]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12716481 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:05:47 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12707596 TooHypE : LiL_J had created a website above if you look at the link with version 10.21 that works please email him with that other version hopefully in some time the'll fix that bug...

»airlink.night-owls.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12707596 Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:44:59 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12703509 anon : Got the revision 21, installed in on the new router and works fine +++. I found the link where it could be downloaded in an earlier post on this forum. THANKS for the post.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12703509 Fri, 18 Feb 2005 02:51:28 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12700535 anon : I have the AR315W for a long time now... It was working fine with release 21. A friend of mine told me that they have the release 23 so I did an upgrade. The worse thing to do to this router is the firmware upgrade. Since then I've been having problems with intermittent disconnections (on-off every 10-30 seconds.). I've been communicating with the tech support people from Airlink and did a firmware upgrade again... now release 24. Still had the same problem. Nothing seemed to work and they sent me the newest release 26 which has a nice interface, but my problem is still there. I wish to have the release 21 again.. but they told me it can't be downgraded... it could only be upgraded. Since I've seen posts about downgrading to the old version, how did you guys do it? and where did you get this release? I WANT IT TOO... please post a link or something.

Thanks...

P.S. Lately I went to a store and got another router hoping that I would get the release 21 again... but I still got the release 23 preinstalled and has the same problem.

P.S.2 I'm only 3 yards away from the router and signal is excellent.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12700535 Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:53:55 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12693225 anon : Who is creating these firmwares anyway? Airlinkplus themselves or?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12693225 Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:59:55 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W review cntd... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12606354 TooHypE : Hey LiL_J thanks for keeping that website handy and updated cause im sure peeps like us will either want to upgrade to another higher firmware version only to realized that it still sux.... or for those that just recently purchase all new AR315W with 1024 version and notice that firmware sux, i mean Airlinks Firmware is the suckies sux that has ever has sux... quote from Homer J Simpson the great one ... !!! ha ha]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12606354 Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:11:54 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W review cntd... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12548512 LiL_J : Sorry for the lateness. My motherboard went boom so I was skrew for some time. Anyways. The site has been updated with the new 1024 firmware.

I upgraded to this new version and found I was still getting dropped randomly and had to revert back. I hope everyone else has beeter luck then me. LiL_J

»airlink.night-owls.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12548512 Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:40:20 EDT Airlink+ AR315W review cntd... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12536907 anon : Well, after getting really sick and tired of being disconnected every few minutes, I was ready to chuck this c*@p out of the window, when a angel sent down from the internet came to me with a version 1.1 release 21 of their firmware... so thinking nothin could get better with this plastic box, I tried it.

Seems like its working much better now, although I feel there is a really small slowdown in the speed, but no intermittent disconnections. I'd rather prefer a really small loss in speed than to have my surfing being broken up everytime, and unplugging and repluggin the router every 15 minutes. The GUI is a bit 'less' in this release as compared to the one in release 24, especially the MAC exclusion settings is a bit confusing. But overall, its a stable release of Airlinks firmware, and much better than releases 11, 23, and 24.

Well, its been 11 hours since i flashed it, and lets hope it continues to run fine. The WPA-PSK authentication doesnt seem to be causing much of a problem, but for some reason, my Intel PROSET wireless software cannot connet me to my AP, but the microsoft client can. Hmm, I prefer the Intel software, cuz its faster and gives me more info about my network, but... thats a tradeoff I'll have to live with.

Pretty satisfied wit my investment, and my g/f brought me tickets for "Meet The Fockers" (so sweet)........ so everything rounded off well ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12536907 Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:28:09 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12510707 anon : Well, the Dlink DWL2100, Conceptronic CT54APT, and the Airlink AP411W seem to be all the same inside. I too would like to use the Dlink firmware on my Airlink AP411W. I have tried several different methods, but no luck. There are alll sorts of nifty telnet commands not documented for the AP411W--search through this board.

Here is an interesting thread:

»dslrcs.clanspace.com/forum/remar···ode=flat

I think that editing the firmware header might be the best way. Anyone? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12510707 Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:24:06 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12494860 anon : Hi,

I bought a new AR315W router a few days ago and it came pre-installed with version 24 of their firmware release.
The setup was easy with no problems, and I'm using this product as an AP and router for my Rogers Hi-Speed cable internet.

I'll describe my experience with it:

I'n no techie, but the problems described as intermittent disconnections do occur from time to time, and I have no idea what DNS is : ). Usually it happens more when a neighbiors AP is picked up by my Centrino 2200 B/G adapter. Tried going through all 11 channels available, but to no avail. Sometimes my laptop disconnects and the AP refuses to authenticate the WPA-PSK key I've entered. I end up having to reboot the the router to make it work again.
Another thing is that the speed upon initial connection is usually 54Mbps, but then starts going down to 36, even to 1.0, and im not talk about periods of inactivity, where by default the adapter on my laptop is set to power down (which i turned off). The link quality is always shown as very good, but then why the speed degrading??

The router works fine when i plug my laptop it into one of the LAN ports with an ethernet cable, there are no hold-ups or hangups there.

For virtually free router/AP, this is a great investment, only if these little bugs could be resolved, I'd feel much better about missing seeing "Meet The Fockers" for this. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12494860 Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:44:37 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12420619 Stuven : Hey Styx,

I think I have the same problem as you.

My lights are all green and good, but can't connect to IP 192.168.1.1

I also use only ethernet cables.

And it also worked before, now it is not...

I've tried reseting the router, computer, over and over

Can't release IP either...

I don't know what to do now]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12420619 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:45:50 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12420189 styx29fr : REPOSTED:

I have trouble getting this router to work properly.

I have bought this router (AR315W) and the first time I used it, everything was OK (network with or without wire).

Now, I cannot connect to it anymore.

This is what I'm trying to do (simply connect to router's internal admin web server):
- I connect only my PC to port 4 using a network cable
- I turn PC on
- I switch router on
- Lan 4 LED turns to green, then flashes
- Power LED turns on, then is flashing (orange) after few seconds : I don't know if this is normal
- PC does not get any address from router DHCP server (PC IP stays to 0.0.0.0), even after ipconfig /renew (timeout occurs)
- PC cannot ping 192.168.1.1

Then, I tried to apply the "Clear All Data" procedure, but this does not work at all:
Manual says "
To Clear All Data and restore the factory default values:
1. Power Off.
2. Hold the Reset Button down while you Power On.
3. Keep holding the Reset Button for a few seconds, until the Power
LED has flashed TWICE.
4. Release the Reset Button. The Wireless Router is now using the
factory default values.
"

I can wait for minutes during step 3, Power LED never flashes, it stays orange (not flashing). If I switch it on normally after this, Power LED starts to flash after few seconds.

This Power LED flashing orange does not sound good to me.

Please provide some help because I did not find any useful resource on internet about this issue.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12420189 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:59:45 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12419961 detfan : The one I bought came default with the 1.0-23, I went back to the release 21's and Ive not had a single problem...

They sent me the release 24's and they were as useless as the 23's... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12419961 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:32:11 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12419598 Stuven : Hi,

I'm not a computer expert, but i tried to read the fisrt 3 pages of this topic, and it got very confusing.
I also bought this Airlink wireless router, and I'm having big problems with it...

Right now, I'm trying to use two computers to share my DSL internet (SBC), but when I plug the ethernet cables into my router, I can't get online at all. (I don't have a wireless card, and the ones I'm using are kinda old, not exactly sure).

Also I cannot renew my IP address at all.
I can't reach the Router Configuration Page either.

I emailed tech support, and they said it's either the router, my ethernet cables, or my cards.

This router worked before, so I think it's my cards, not sure.

Can anyone suggest what also might be the reasons?

I really don't know the brand of my cards, I'll try to get that info.

thanks a lot,

Steven]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12419598 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:45:30 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W firmware beta 1.0 rel 24 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12399775 lev : I'm saying the file uploaded had the same checksum as what Airlink support sent me. It's the same file, contains no viruses or anything else malicious, other than possible bad code the people from Airlink might have originally included.

I was telling you, and everyone else that the file is safe.

I also can't believe that these idiots from Airlink still have the 1.0 release 23 code up on their website, when it's so horrible.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12399775 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:47:10 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W firmware beta 1.0 rel 24 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12398943 enforno : hey,

what do you mean that it "checksum out"? is that good thing or bad? I tempted to try it out but what your post worry me.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12398943 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 12:06:03 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W firmware beta 1.0 rel 24 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12393987 lev : FYI:

It checksums out. Same file they sent me.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12393987 Sat, 15 Jan 2005 18:36:27 EDT Airlink+ AR315W firmware beta 1.0 rel 24 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12389807 anon : here is the firmware
ARM914_airli···1024.zip 1,251,623 bytes
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12389807 Sat, 15 Jan 2005 04:27:44 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12389373 anon : actually, my cable company(comcast) renew my IP about once a year, so, dont know why the router will renew every 2 hours.

Talk about the static IP, oh yeah, I tried, even disabled the DHCP on the PC side, just give every PC a static Ip,that caused all my PC,laptop's internet speed go down to 1.7k, "better off", often break up . so I just reset the router,stay with the default setting. still , net got cut every 2 hours.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12389373 Sat, 15 Jan 2005 02:03:11 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12389153 anon : -finally I figured out why my ar315w drop from time to time.
-
-192.168.1.1--> router setup--> status-->connection detail -says:
-
-DHCP Client: ON
-Lease obtained: 0 days,2 hrs,0 minutes
-Remaining lease time: 0 days,0 hrs,29 minutes
-
-when you read the HELP, you will know, that means, your --internet will get cut every 2 hours. how to setup a longer -time? let's say 999 days? there is nowhere to find this -setup to change it. or I am missing sth?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>....

that lease time is dependent on your isp - why dont you speak to them about it

another option is to set a static ip]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12389153 Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:15:01 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12355564 detfan : Can someone send me the 1.0 24 firmware?

steve+smnkids dot net]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12355564 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:50:05 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12352051 TooHypE :
said by Henry1981:

Can u post or send me the new firmware? Thanks
Yep same here and either forward it to LiL_J website ( airlink.night-owls.com ) or to my email address vision_wweb@yahoo.com thanks... :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12352051 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:30:24 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12350800 anon : Can u post or send me the new firmware? Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12350800 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 05:13:04 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12311571 anon : finally I figured out why my ar315w drop from time to time.

192.168.1.1--> router setup--> status-->connection detail says:

DHCP Client: ON
Lease obtained: 0 days,2 hrs,0 minutes
Remaining lease time: 0 days,0 hrs,29 minutes

when you read the HELP, you will know, that means, your internet will get cut every 2 hours. how to setup a longer time? let's say 999 days? there is nowhere to find this setup to change it. or I am missing sth?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12311571 Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:28:57 EDT Re: Airlink AP411W for $20 at Outpost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12290769 JakCrow :
said by PaulieP See Profile:

Jakcrow and others - how on earth did you get the AP411w to work as a standalone client? Quite a few people have been having problems with them in this regard, with IP set to an address within the existing wireless network range, SSID/WEP key sent to existing network's values, default gateway set to the wireless router (192.168.1.1), Client mode set to the LAN MAC of the router, you get a steady blinking LAN light and the computer connected to the ethernet port of the AP411w cannot obtain an address via DHCP. Cant tell if the WLAN light blinking indicates connection or no connection since the manual doesnt let you know much detail. Any help to newbies appreciated. Thanks.
I have the client plugged into it set to a static IP, but I believe DHCP just worked after I configured the AP. I did have a problem with it being a client of a Dlink DWL-7000AP though, but it's working fine with a Netgear FWAG114]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12290769 Tue, 04 Jan 2005 15:40:28 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12272257 rakstr : LEV,

Can you post the 24 firmware for the 315W someplace? AirLink hasn't gotten back to me yet.

Thx!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12272257 Sun, 02 Jan 2005 09:32:57 EDT Re: Airlink AP411W for $20 at Outpost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12271701 PaulieP : Sorry, meant steady blinking WLAN light above, not LAN light.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12271701 Sun, 02 Jan 2005 04:33:45 EDT Re: Airlink AP411W for $20 at Outpost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12271695 PaulieP : Jakcrow and others - how on earth did you get the AP411w to work as a standalone client? Quite a few people have been having problems with them in this regard, with IP set to an address within the existing wireless network range, SSID/WEP key sent to existing network's values, default gateway set to the wireless router (192.168.1.1), Client mode set to the LAN MAC of the router, you get a steady blinking LAN light and the computer connected to the ethernet port of the AP411w cannot obtain an address via DHCP. Cant tell if the WLAN light blinking indicates connection or no connection since the manual doesnt let you know much detail. Any help to newbies appreciated. Thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12271695 Sun, 02 Jan 2005 04:32:07 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12230466 lev : Airlink sent me the 1.0 firmware, release 24. I've yet to install it, having downgraded back to 21. I'll admit, the user interface is much better for exclusions based on MAC addresses in release 23, but the lack of ability to use them, the fact that you can't remove anything, and that you couldn't turn the SSID off even when they said it would be...

I did the factory reset, no go, but they were pretty good about getting an update out.

Still, if you keep beta software on your website, at least warn people about known issues.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12230466 Tue, 28 Dec 2004 04:20:20 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12226411 katepelose : I am using the AR315W for a couple weeks now. I am also using the Airlink+ wireless PCI card in my tower system. I am getting horribly slow internet speeds even though my signal strength is good. The connection speed keeps ratcheting down from 54 to 48 then to 36, etc all the way sometimes to 18 or 11, even though the signal strength (about -60db) remains constant. Why?

Other users have complained about this router having DNS problems. What is that exactly? The router takes forever to connect to a page, but when it fially does it's pretty speedy. But there's a huge initial delay. And sometimes it just hangs there and if I click the link again it loads the page just fine. Is this the DNS problem?

I have upgraded the firmware to 1.0 release 23 and if anything it's worse, occasinally dropping the connection entirely.

-d]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12226411 Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:01:37 EDT Re: Airlink AP411W for $20 at Outpost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12224455 jonxy : I ordered 4, will see what fun comes of it (house already has 3 wrt54gs units in wds)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12224455 Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:57:16 EDT Re: Airlink AP411W for $20 at Outpost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12221028 JakCrow : I couldn't say. I have it set to a static address. I would think it could do DHCP in client mode. You'd have to check with Airlink.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12221028 Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:56:28 EDT Re: Airlink AP411W for $20 at Outpost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12214460 galladel : I was wondering if you know if the dchp works on the ethernet side of the AP411w when ever you are using it as a bridge/repeater meaning: are you able to extend the range of your wireless network + be able to connect computers to the ethernet port of the ap411w so it can access the internet?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12214460 Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:04:01 EDT Re: Airlink AP411W for $20 at Outpost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12202265 JakCrow : The AP411W does connect to other Atheros APs at SuperG mode. I have it client bridged to a Netgear FWAG114 right now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12202265 Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:12:11 EDT Re: Airlink AP411W for $20 at Outpost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12200919 shutrbug : Thanks for the reply. Maybe I'll drop by Fry's tomorrow. BTW, I just got a reply to a query that I sent to Airlink (can't believe that they're working this late on 12/23).

Hello,

As long as it is using the Atheros chipset, it should be working.

Hope this helps!
Tech Support
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: shutrbug
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 4:48 PM
To: support@airlink101.com
Subject: Question about AP411W

I am interested in buying an AP411W to use as a bridge or access point to connect my Netgear MP101 Digital Media Player to my Dlink DI-624 router with Atheros chipset using WPA. Do you know if the AP411W will connect in SuperG mode to the DI-624?

Thanks,
shutrbug
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12200919 Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:39:09 EDT Re: Airlink AP411W for $20 at Outpost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12200529 JakCrow : Normally Fry's will have the same sale prices Outpost does.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12200529 Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:49:27 EDT Airlink AP411W for $20 at Outpost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12200072 shutrbug : I saw that Outpost has the AP411W for $20. Does anyone know if they've got it at Fry's for the same price? I'm not sure it's worth braving the Christmas traffic on the road and inside Fry's to find out. I may just order one for the heck of it.

Also, does anyone know if this will bridge to a Dlink DI-624 at 108Mbps? They both use Atheros chipsets. I looked at the AP411W manual online and they say that it only bridges to APs of the same model, but I doubt if that is true.

Anyway, thanks in advance for any help.

BTW, here is the link: »shop1.outpost.com/product/4169793]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12200072 Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:43:20 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12181538 claudeo : Try to turn the router on first, then after all is steady turn on the computer. Alternatively, do an ipconfig /renew on the computer. Depending on your operating system, it may or may not actually get a DHCP address if DHCP server comes on line after the PC has already decided that there was no DHCP server.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12181538 Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:29:25 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12180812 anon : I have trouble getting this router to work properly.

I have bought this router (AR315W) and the first time I used it, everything was OK (network with or without wire).

Now, I cannot connect to it anymore.

This is what I'm trying to do (simply connect to router's internal admin web server):
- I connect only my PC to port 4 using a network cable
- I turn PC on
- I switch router on
- Lan 4 LED turns to green, then flashes
- Power LED turns on, then is flashing (orange) after few seconds : I don't know if this is normal
- PC does not get any address from router DHCP server (PC IP stays to 0.0.0.0), even after ipconfig /renew (timeout occurs)
- PC cannot ping 192.168.1.1

Then, I tried to apply the "Clear All Data" procedure, but this does not work at all:
Manual says "
To Clear All Data and restore the factory default values:
1. Power Off.
2. Hold the Reset Button down while you Power On.
3. Keep holding the Reset Button for a few seconds, until the Power
LED has flashed TWICE.
4. Release the Reset Button. The Wireless Router is now using the
factory default values.
"

I can wait for minutes during step 3, Power LED never flashes, it stays orange (not flashing). If I switch it on normally after this, Power LED starts to flash after few seconds.

This flashing Power LED sounds not a to be a good sign to me.

Please provide some help because I did not find any useful resource on internet about this issue.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12180812 Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:24:49 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12113150 LiL_J : Ok, here is a link to the fix. It will be up until they fix the issue.

»airlink.night-owls.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12113150 Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:55:05 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12108890 anon : maybe if you use the 1023 fw as a router the problems will not be as evident (or go away alltogether:).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12108890 Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:34:56 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12107642 TooHypE : actually i am using it as an AP mode figured i could lay to rest on my linksys router BEFSR41 i don't like having too many equipments on my B-Backup. Again thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12107642 Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:24:25 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12104204 LiL_J : Please send the Firmware to jalari@yahoo.com and I will host it on my website till they get it fixed. LiL_J]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12104204 Mon, 13 Dec 2004 06:07:33 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12095285 anon : I'd like a copy of the 1021 firmware too.

forcrap@hotmail.com

Thanks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12095285 Sun, 12 Dec 2004 01:35:28 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12063978 anon : here's a link to the fcc doc's

»https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe···603014-1

in the test report on page 17 & 18, it says the maximum output power in 11b mode is ~80mW, 11g= ~180mW, turbo=300mW]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12063978 Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:47:04 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12063858 anon : anyone know how to flash the AP411w with the dlink dwl 2100AP firmware?

the 2100AP firmware gives you Atheros XR mode with -105dbi sensitivity.

the fcc id #ka220030603014-1 that's on the ap411w label shows as being a dlink dwl 2100ap on the fcc site.

Also, the fcc test document says that the ap411w is capable of ~80mW@11Mbps & 190mW@54Mbps.

it would be nice to enable the higher output powers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12063858 Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:36:53 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12045206 anon : TooHype, what mode were you using the AR315 in? Router or AP? My disconnect problems were in AP mode (DHCP disabled, Linksys router connected to 1 of 4 LAN ports - WAN port free). If you were using it as AP, then that may explain why, unlike me, mtnmedic had no probs (he was using router mode). I doubt AP mode gets any QA time.
cu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12045206 Mon, 06 Dec 2004 19:30:35 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12043605 TooHypE : I had no choice but to revert back to firmware 1021 since Airlink was not helpful in my situtation ... i offered Airlink+ to own up to there Technical Support and i must say they totally sux so im not going to recommend Airlink too much like i did before .. side note yes there product has some + & - like many companies. We'll see how airlink works out .. also thanks to Cheapuser ... for your assistance on that firmware.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12043605 Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:32:22 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11998872 mtnmedic5 : Hey Guys,

I've been reading this forum thread for a little while since I first got interested in this router. Originally, I became interested in it when Fry's had it on sale for slightly less than $30. That was a while ago. I went to Fry's for their day-after-Thanksgiving sale to shop around. I went kind of late so I missed out on all the good deals but I wanted to see if I could get lucky and find one of these routers left. There weren't any on the shelves. So I just did some window shopping. Not too much later, while in a different department, I came across this router, which was left by someone (who probably didn't want to walk all the way back to the networking section). The sticker price was $79.99 but I confirmed the sale price by comparing the SKU number against the sale announcement. Sale price: $17.99. Couldn't pass THAT up.

So, I've been using it at home on a "trial" basis (my normal router is a Microsoft MN-500, 802.11b) to see what this little thing can do. It's being used as part of an infrastructure network with WEP, one wired PC (main desktop) and two wi-fi (laptop and second desktop).

Setup was pretty easy. It was nice not to have to install any software for a change, as the router's internal software seems to do quite nicely, which comes with some neat little administrative utilities.

I didn't have any significant problems in getting the network set back up with this router. I have a small 1 bedroom house and this router sits on the very top of my living room's entertainment center, for the time being.

One thing's for sure...this little sucker does get warm, but it's in a well-ventilated area and doesn't seem to be a fire threat. I mean, it's not hot, by any means. "Hot" to me is it'll hurt even in the slightest bit if I touch it with my fingertips.

Now, for performance. Obviously, some channels are weaker than others. 6mbps seems to be the absolute slowest. 54mbps is attainable a good portion of the time, with the "average low" speed of 36mbps. Even at THAT rate, it's still better than the maximum of 11mbps my old router provided. So, for $18, it's not a bad upgrade.

By the way, I've not had any DNS issues.

Seems to be a nice little router. Almost looks like a toy, though. I did go straight to the Airlinkplus.com web site and downloaded then installed the firmware update (which is in Beta, still). So far, so good.

Maybe I just got lucky?:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11998872 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 09:34:45 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11997300 anon : I just bought a AWLC3025 wireless buscard........and I can not get it to except the drivers! It seems to go ok, but when I run the utility program it always says drivers not loaded!

In the computers device list it also shows the AWLC3025 as in trouble (with the "!") Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong? I have tried windows 98, windows 2000 pro and windows XP pro with this card it still does not seem to load the driver.

I am trying to load it onto a IBM Thinkpad 600e, PII with 128Mbs of RAM]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11997300 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 01:09:51 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11987685 TooHypE : you can send me that firmware at vision_wweb@sbcglobal.net and yeah i politely replied back that i had followed all required steps in updating the firmware but have not recieved any replies so if you could send me that be great this disconnections is starting to get really bad. I ain't kidding.. what kind of update .. they weren't kidding on beta ... betcha aint gonna work should have been named.

TooHypE]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11987685 Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:17:45 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11986842 anon : Hi TooHypE,
No ammount of resets, hard or soft made a difference for me. Downgrading to 1021 worked, fortunately the cs person who got my request was helpfull. If you can not get a copy of the firmware, make yourself a temporary email acct at one of the freebee mail services (e.g yahoo) and post the address, i will send it to you. Dont know how to attach it here and do not have ant ftp site.
cu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11986842 Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:43:28 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11984757 TooHypE : Well since i had upgraded firmware to version 21 to 23 and all this disconnections had started to degrade my WiFi performance i had to contact Airlink+ to get version 21 and they gave me a stupid emails that's listed below ... what the hell !!!!! Just thought i shared my story. since i had already tried that !!!!

Hello,
Did you do a factory reset first? You need to get a paperclip and hold it in the reset hole for about 40 seconds to reset it.

Hope this helps!

Airlink+ Technical Support
support@airlinkplus.com
»www.airlinkplus.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11984757 Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:08:20 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11977293 anon : I upgraded firmware from 1.0 release 11 to 1.0 release 23(beta), i'm having an intermittent connection issue, it was on and off for several minutes and now it has completely died.

Just left a message with Airlink+ afterhours tech support, at the following phone number: 408.561.6762

They will return the call within 24 hours, says the message.

Does anybody have a copy of the firmware 1.0 release 11? It was working fine before I upgraded :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11977293 Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:30:34 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11973967 comppimp : Has anyone had any success in linking this wireless router (AR315W) with another wireless router as a bridge between a wired router? If so, how were you able to do it?

Any updates on the firmware this can take? I downloaded the Abocom ARM914 firmware from here: »www.goone.com.cn/softs/ARM_914_11r13.zip but when I try installing it via Airlink's web management it says its the wrong type of file/it cannot install it. How were you guys able to install it? Thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11973967 Sun, 28 Nov 2004 11:25:28 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11967400 anon : misterp,
I go the 1021 firmware to downgrade via email request to Airlink tech support.

Just email them, I got my reply with attached firmware within 48 hrs. Note that the 1021 f/w they sent me was much easier to install than the original web floated 1021.

My reasons for downgrade:
1. Frequent disconnects
2. SSID can not be disabled
3. What seemed to be worse rf (could have been the frequent disconnects, subjective judgement)

cu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11967400 Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:46:07 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11966294 anon : i was messing around and i managed to crash my router a couple of times and it started to broadcast a sid of "marvell-ap32" for a few seconds until it reset and started to broadcast the one i set it up to broadcast. it did this at least 5 different times. this term actually showed up on a google search but the sites are in japanese so i can't read them. any thoughts?

btw i paid 14.99 for my access point at frys. :D definately in the budget of "just to see what i can do with it".]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11966294 Sat, 27 Nov 2004 04:18:28 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11964976 misterp492 : I upgraded my firmware from rel 21 to 23. Now the air connection drops like every 15 seconds. Is there a way to downgrade, if so where can I get the old release 21 firmware? Or has someone else had and solved this problem?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11964976 Fri, 26 Nov 2004 22:27:22 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11941179 TooHypE : I agree after i completed the flash upgrade on my AR315W now on my AWLC3025 card i get a quick disconnections from a fractions of a second, i had AOL and other TCP programs running and apparently they don't seem to be affected but it's really annoying when i get that pop up of disconnections and reconnecting from my card. And i have to agree this firmware update is really not much of an update, so i guess i have to wait when they have the final revision then the beta version.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11941179 Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:08:27 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11925617 anon : upgraded to 1023 from 1021.
using ar315w as AP, works ok but no longer can hide SSID. Even when broadcast SSID is checked off, it still broadcasts. Dont like that! Every once in a while, my WG511 client shows link go red (fraction of a second), not sure if dropout is real as it is very quick. For me, upgrade was not worthwhile and downgrade too much of a hassle - guess will wait till next release. This time tech support did not reply quickly when i emailed about ssid. Wish they published release notes.
cu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11925617 Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:12:59 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11901147 anon : It is, in fact, the same hardware. I've seen both of them inside and they're nearly identical.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11901147 Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:52:12 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11860753 anon : Btb,
No problem, i made same mistake confusing zd1211 & zd1201. My experience has been that all 802.11g adaptors I bought have wpa-psk support for Win-95, 98,Me & 2K built-in (Netgear WG511 pcmcia card, Airlink USB AWLL3025, Belkin F5D7000 PCI card etc..).
cu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11860753 Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:46:01 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11860194 anon : Oops, you're right. With the Gigafast 741, I am using the B220 drivers. Compared to to Zydas' own software, this Zyxel client is bloated on older systems.

Now that I look at Airlink+'s website, it appears that their 802.11b USB adapter does not use the Zydas chipset.

Since Odyssey is even more bloated and is trialware, I was hoping to find an alternative client. Actually, buying a new Airlink AWLL3025 probably cost less than purchasing a license for Odyssey. Perhaps I will try it just to see if it works.

Do you happen to know if the Zydas-based chipset adapters are the only wireless NIC's that support WPA in Windows 98SE? Seems like all the other brands require XP.

Thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11860194 Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:11:41 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11859738 anon : hi BtB,
My erlier statement about Airlink AWLL3025 being ZD1201 based was not correct. Airlink AWLL3025 is based on ZD1211 an 802.11 b/g chipset, while ZD1201 is 802.11b only. Sorry for mistake.
The airlink AWLL3025, ZD1211, drivers do support WPA-PSK native similar to gigafast 747 usb adapter.
To my knowledge, edimax and inexq also use Zydas chips so you may want to try thier drivers.

Are the drivers you use now from gigafast or zyxel (G220 is 802.11b/g based on zd1211 not zd1201 - strange, sure you are not using B220 drivers)?

Does the Funk Odyssey 30 day trialware client work?

cu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11859738 Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:58:16 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11857900 anon : cheapuser:

My Gigafast WF 741-UIC also uses the Zydas ZD1201 chipset. What I am trying to do is find a driver that supports WPA for use on a Windows 98SE system. Currently, the adapter is using the Zyxel G-220 driver. Unfortunately, the client required for WPA under Win 98SE with that driver is Funk Odyssey, but the software only recognizes "real" Zyxel networking gear.

My questions are these: Does Airlink's driver support WPA natively? Also, do you know of any other brand-independent software clients that supports WPA? Zydas does make a client, but the one I tried(Airlink's) require their own branded adapter. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11857900 Sun, 14 Nov 2004 03:58:35 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11856828 claudeo : The Dell router may be using the same guts and/or the same firmware, or a slight variation of the same firmware. There are only so many people making this stuff. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11856828 Sat, 13 Nov 2004 23:36:43 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11856688 wbenning : Are you guys sure that it dropping is an Airlink issue, I have a Dell router with the exact same problem. But also all of the laptops (3) are using XP, and the hardwired clients stay connected, I think it is a setting to do with either the channel or something. anyway my .02]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11856688 Sat, 13 Nov 2004 23:16:34 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11850221 anon : The 21 to 23 is on the website now. But I don't know what was fixed becasue I gave the router away and bought the AR410W. Oh well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11850221 Sat, 13 Nov 2004 00:37:42 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11831814 ryang : Do you have the 21 to 23 done yet? I can't use the 11-23 because I am running the 21 firmware. Also, does this fix the MTU issue? (1446 on pppoe instead of 1492)
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MIUSABWP]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11831814 Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:19:38 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11829994 anon : Looks like they finally released a firmware upgrade:

»www.airlinkplus.com/driver/ar315···load.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11829994 Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:43:59 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11829802 AirlinkTech : Hello all,

The long awaited firmware has finally been released. Check out the new firmware at »www.airlinkplus.com/driver/ar315···load.htm

This firmware fixes DNS issues, yahoo webcam port forwarding, and wireless MAC filter.

AirlinkTech]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11829802 Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:23:06 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11829355 anon : update on airlink usb driver experiments.
did manage to install zyxel drivers (forcing device manager to update drivers rather than setup utility). The zyxel drivers and utility are stable but do not support wpa-psk without Funk Odyssey Client (which though seems is very feachure-full, is extremely user unfriendly). The edimax and inexq were no more stable than the airlink drivers, so I have reverted back to original configuration, i suspect if i disable wpa-psk the driver will be more stable like zyxel's base drivers.

my personal opinion & conclusion, aside from hackers value the airlink h/w is not worth the savings. My experience Linksys & Netgear (but not D-Link) have been much more favorable in terms of stability of shipped product.

would like to hear other folks experience with different brand wireless h/w.

cu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11829355 Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:38:57 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11821962 anon : Hi Joxxer,
The Airlink USB adapor is based on zydas 1201 chipset, I tried several drivers and found inexq to be the newest revision:
»www.inexq.com/web1/english/downl···4=UR055g
driver version: 2.2.0803.2004
utility version: 1.1.2.6
i also tried edimax EW-7317 (driver turned out to be same as Airlink version) and zyxel G-220 but the zyxel, which i believe maybe is affiliated with zydas, but it did not want to load - somehow recognizing it is not a true zyxel usb adaptor. Zyxel did have some fancy utility that i realy wanted to try (anyone know what "Funk Odyssey Client" is??).

i am experimenting with drivers to see if i can get a more stable driver (the airlink & edimax version 2.11 drivers crash once in a long while - days)

you can try inexq driver to see if it helps. note that you must completely uninstall the previous airlink drivers and utility to load the 2.2 revisions, to confirm the unintstall was complete boot and make sure windows does not load old driver & utility. (i did not try device manager to update driver, thatmay have worked).

cu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11821962 Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:06:06 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11811785 anon : thanks.. actuall I took it back and got a netgear, the airlink was causing to many issues. I actually bridged the modem and use the netgear as the router.. everything is working great now. I am still using the airlink USB adapter and that gdumb thing keeps dropping. My intel wireless has no issues at all.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11811785 Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:45:41 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11811252 anon : You need to set it up as an access point with a zyxel dsl router.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11811252 Mon, 08 Nov 2004 23:26:51 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11798601 ryang : »www.airlinkplus.com/
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MIUSABWP]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11798601 Sun, 07 Nov 2004 14:23:57 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11797057 anon : Would appreciate it if you could tell me where to find Airlink's web site. I have the AP411W and want to verify firmware versions available, etc... Having problems getting it to work in repeater mode with Netgear as being the root Access Point.

Thanks....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11797057 Sun, 07 Nov 2004 09:22:34 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11793028 anon : My Airlink AR410W is now a full week running. Good speed and signal. 90% of the time I am having a 54 mbit connection, but sometimes it goes down to 11mbit and in 20s.
Since my roadrunner is only 3 mbit I don't really care though. The best thing is that it hasn't dropped the internet connection once.

For $29 it's a great catch.

G]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11793028 Sat, 06 Nov 2004 17:07:07 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11787862 anon : airlink cardbus is imposible to get working
got airlink pci card working both can use usrobotics drivers]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11787862 Fri, 05 Nov 2004 21:11:26 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11780050 anon : fry's in Santa Clara, CA was selling refurbished netgear WGR614 (802.11 b/g) and WGT624 (802.11 b/g w/ g-turbo) for $29.95 & $39.95 respectively. The refurbished Cardbus netgear 511T (w/ g-turbo) was selling for $24.95.
The WGR614s wer V1, V2, V3 & V4 revs, you can check netgear forum for revs & chipset options (broadcom vs marvell revs).

The new boxed WGR614s were selling for $44 with $35 rebate ($9 if you are willing to wait 8wks)

looks like netgear will have new models, they are blowing out the old ones (the refurbished units were brand new - not a scratch on connectors or cases).

The sale on the 411 was over.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11780050 Thu, 04 Nov 2004 23:14:57 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11779969 anon : sorry, i deleted the emails for tech support. if you are reffering to setting up as AP then all you need to do is:

make sure ar315w is not plugged into touter, then using wireless or ethernet link (non-wan port, 1 of 4 -leave wan port unused)
1. disable dhcp
2. change ip not to be 192.168.1.1 (e.g. 192.168.1.2 worked for my linksys router, you can use others depending on your router dhcp range)
3. plug router cable into non-wan port (1 of 4, leave wan port unused)
4. once the above works, you can play with security options (leve them for last so as not to complicate things)

hope this was what you were looking for.

cu]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11779969 Thu, 04 Nov 2004 23:03:00 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11772009 anon : can you get to me by email at decius@coastalfog.com or yahoo id dish_dish33 ?
I would love to know where can I buy an Airlink AP411W at around $35. Thanks. Dish.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11772009 Thu, 04 Nov 2004 03:57:09 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11751027 ryang : More importantly, how do you configure the router to act as an access point? Can I assign it a 192.168.1.2+ ip and still have wireless cards still see other pc's on the wired lan?
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MIUSABWP]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11751027 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 23:07:42 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11743132 ryang : Does anyone else on dsl get a MTU of 1446? I manually set it to 1492 and it's shown as 1492 in the PPPOE log.
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MIUSABWP]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11743132 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:37:30 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11739360 anon : cheapuser - would you forward a copy of the Airlink tech support information to me at le_snelson@yahoo.com - I'm assuming it was email? Just bought an AR315W and could used the edification.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11739360 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:28:27 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11734082 anon : We got a laptop yesterday with built-in 802.11g adaptor. So I went to Fry's and picked up the cheapst wireless router they had which happend to be the Airlink AR410W for $29.
Was easy to install, I have a pretty simple setup:

- DHCP (got cable)
- Open Systen / WEP 64bit authentication (to prevent neighboors from surfing)
- 1 wireless connection (laptop) + 1 LAN connection (home pc)

Runs great for the last 10 hours now, great signal and speed. I hope it stays that way. What is the difference between the open system/WEP, WPA-PSK and 802.1x authentication? Sorry but I am new to all this :)

Thanks,
Greg]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11734082 Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:13:57 EDT Re: AR315W-update.rar http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11729963 cheung4485 : I was using AR315W as a switch with access point and didn't see the disconnect problem. Now I put it directly behind my cable modem and it disconnects often. Is it due to the DNS nslookup problem you are talking about? Will the update supposed to fix this problem?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11729963 Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:20:46 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11707196 dailowai : Got the AP411W (Super-G AP) from Airlink101, its pretty good. Uses the Atheros chipset, and its probably the D-Link AP. So far it works great, and plus it has two antennas. Definately worth the money only 35 buxs! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11707196 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:56:30 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11695673 anon : Hi All,

I just got the router as well. Has anyone had to use the Airlink and a Zyxel DSL router? I cannot get seem to get the two playing nice. Anyone have this issue?

BTW, I have a static DSL IP, No PPoE. DHCP is enabled on the DSL router not the Airlink.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11695673 Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:02:53 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11679686 Dural3 :
quote:
Anyone sucessfully Wireless Bridge or WDS with another wireless router? I don't think AR315W has that functionality. Does Abocom firmware support that? I want to wireless network Airlink connected to Xbox with Belkin wireless router that supports WDS.


I was wondering the same thing, but using two airlinks, one hooked to Xbox and PC and one hooked to cable modem downstairs. Anyone get this to work?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11679686 Sun, 24 Oct 2004 23:42:30 EDT Its back http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11662942 andycdsl : Sorry, stupid error on my part.
I play around too much with my home network...

I've got my ap working just fine with the new firmware...

Andy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11662942 Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:39:54 EDT Re: AR315W-update.rar http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11661395 mesavage : Oh no!
Mine is still working great after that update- I assure you it was direct from the manufacturer in Taiwan.
Please let me know what problems you had Andy so I can look for them too.

Thanks,
MarkSavage]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11661395 Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:33:40 EDT Re: AR315W-update.rar http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11660790 andycdsl : I've taken the file down. I am having trouble with my access point.

Andy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11660790 Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:23:32 EDT Re: AR315W-update.rar http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11657718 andycdsl : Try »ftp://ftp.andyc.com or »ftp://168.8.246.7

AndyC]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11657718 Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:10:52 EDT Re: AR315W-update.rar http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11657416 anon : I can't download the file from your FTP. It says that access is denied.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11657416 Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:27:18 EDT Re: AR315W-update.rar http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11656823 andycdsl : Hey,
you can download the file here: »ftp://andyc.com

It does work. I tried it last night.
You do have to follow the directions in the doc file.

One thing about resetting the ar315w, you have to hold down the reset button for more than 10 seconds while its plugged in...

Once its reset, the ip of the router is 192.168.1.1.

I had to upload the firmware twice. The first time, it acted like it didnt take. I thought that I had blown away the router at first. The second time it took...

Don't ask me about the dns fix. I use mine only as an access point so I don't know if its fixed in this firmware update.

Also, I take no responsibility if your router gets messed up..

AndyC]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11656823 Fri, 22 Oct 2004 07:15:12 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11653397 DaOne : Anyone try the Linksys wrk54g firmware yet?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11653397 Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:45:01 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11653300 mesavage : OK- still"invalid file"- maybe one of the knowledgable regulars can comment on why my attachment won't post correctly?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11653300 Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:36:17 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11653238 mesavage : Yes, I just tried to download it -and I get "invalid file" message- this was the first time I've tried to post to the forum- I don't know if file is too large or ? I'll try posting it again with this reply.
AR315Wupdate.rar 1,768,740 bytes
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11653238 Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:28:29 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11644142 anon : they want 79$ on fry web]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11644142 Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:21:38 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11631785 andycdsl : I get an invalid file when I try to download your attachment.

Andy C]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11631785 Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:17:44 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11626564 mesavage : OOPS-- forgot to mention new firmware version now says 1.1 revision "21" not the "13" on the Abaco site.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11626564 Tue, 19 Oct 2004 03:01:15 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11626550 mesavage : The Airlink+315w worked well for about six days then I had some problems authenticating with WPA-PSK. The unit is the same as Abocom and is called ARM914. The firmware on their site is 1.1R13 ..The support at Abocom answered my emails quickly from Taiwan and sent an upgrade utility and firmware. I had to press the reset button and quickly remove and apply power several times to get the 315W to accept the flash, but it seems to have gone well. Much quicker internal page access and fast authentication with WPA-PSK (yes it's still there,) - I only use this one as an accesspoint, so can't comment on any DNS issues. If it keeps working, my $25 was well spent.
I'll try to attach the upgrade file to this message.---and thanks to everyone for all the "clues" that got me this far!
AR315Wupdate.rar 1,768,740 bytes
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11626550 Tue, 19 Oct 2004 02:55:38 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11602216 claudeo : The A in the Airlink101 logo looks much like the A in the Airlink+ logo. Maybe someone finally figured out that the "+" is Airlink+ was not a good idea in a company name, as it confuses search engines, etc. Also, using the same nomenclature (AR410W) sounds like at the very least some form of imitation. Interestingly, there is firmware posted for that router -- version 1.0, 11/2004. Hmmm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11602216 Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:51:30 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11602211 daifanshi : Airlink+ and Airlink101 have the same mailing address.

Anyways, I decided to try out the $35 super-G router AR410W and after playing with it I'm convinced it's an OEM Dlink di-624 rev. C with a cosmetically different case and web gui. The features are basically the same. The locations of the LEDs on the front, antenna, and connectors are identical to the DI-624 rev. C.

It's likely that dlink firmware will work on this (might need to have the ID hacked). For $35 bucks this thing is impressive and the GUI is pretty polished. We'll see how Airlink does with firmware updates.

As an OEM Dlink, Airlink probably has the benefit of knowing all of Dlink bug fixes for their DI-624. Of course, it's possible that Dlink oems their DI-624 from somebody else!

Airlink is turning into a house-brand for Fry's and they are often on sale. The best deal at Fry's for Airlink hardware was probably their $9.99 TI based 802.11G PCI and Cardbus adapters last week. These are solid with the latest drivers. One can use the USR "Turbo" drivers with these and get them to do 125Mbps with the USRobotics turbo router or not-sold-in-the-United-States Dlink DI-624+ router (the "+" indicates that it uses the TI chipset). ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11602211 Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:50:48 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11602083 anon : I went to Fry's today and saw a Super-G Router for sale ($35) using the Atheros chipset. It's made by a company called AirLink101....

The packaging is drastically from the previous AirLink+ products. Any one know if this is the same company?

Here is a link:
»www.airlink101.com/products/ar410w.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11602083 Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:24:12 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11602057 donpdonp : is it possible to put the AR315W into client mode? Im willing to flash new firmware. I got my AP from Fry's for $25. So far I'm happy with the unit.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11602057 Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:18:37 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11586499 anon : just got my ar315w plugged it in have 3 computors works great not hot just warm I had a linksky works just as good]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11586499 Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:58:07 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11580343 anon : Anyone sucessfully Wireless Bridge or WDS with another wireless router? I don't think AR315W has that functionality. Does Abocom firmware support that? I want to wireless network Airlink connected to Xbox with Belkin wireless router that supports WDS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11580343 Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:40:24 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11579848 anon : Where can I find info on which firmware and what additional features are available on the RT210W? Just point me at a forum, and I can take it from there.

TIA.

-Bob]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11579848 Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:48:50 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11578629 andycdsl : Tried it. Dosen't work... AP says its the wrong firmware...

AndyC]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11578629 Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:30:17 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11565084 anon : AndyC
The NetGear file name/type & size:
wgr614v4_4040.img
from (»ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wgr6···4040.img)

seems to be similar to Abocom file name:/type & size
arm914_v1113.img

It should program flash same way, did you try NetGear F/W file?

thanks
cheapuser]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11565084 Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:50:16 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11561587 andycdsl : Yes. I did loose WPA-PSK. Not sure about the DNS fix though. I only use mine as an access point. My Windows 2003 server does all of the dns...

I've flashed using all three vendors and didn't have any problems. You could try one and see if it fixes the dns problem.. I wish I knew enough to make my own firmware....

AndyC]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11561587 Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:35:16 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11560280 daifanshi : Andy,

Did you lose the WPA-PSK ability when you flashed with the Abocom firmware? Did it fix the stalled DNS problem? Thanks.

DFS]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11560280 Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:08:22 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11559650 andycdsl : The Abocom firmware worked.

AndyC]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11559650 Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:50:55 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11554799 daifanshi : Forgot to mention. I think I saw that the default LAN IP and admin login is different with the Xterasys router. So if you try to flash you AR315w, 192.168.1.1 probably won't work for the administrator page. Check out the manual to find out what the LAN IP will be.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11554799 Mon, 11 Oct 2004 01:45:29 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - same as Xterasys, Phoebe.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11554675 daifanshi : The Airlink+ AR315w uses the same hardware as routers from Phoebe Micro and Xterasys. There are also vendors in Asia called GOONE and Abocom that uses the same hardware.

The OEM seems to be Abocom or possibly GOONE and they call that product the ARM914. You can see the relationship by looking at the FCC ID of the Airlink, "MQARM914".

Abocom and Xterasys has firmware available for download. The Xterasys model that corresponds to the Airlink AR315w looks to be the "XR-2407G" based on the identical firmware available for download on the Abocom and Xterasys sites.

You can entertain yourself by comparing manuals from the various vendors. The GUI and manuals are virtually the same except for the corner branding logo.

It looks as though Abocom and Xterasys models do not include WPA-PSK and their firmware probably reflects this. Phoebe on the other hand, does has WPA-PSK as a feature. In other words, Airlink+ and Phoebe looks to be using the same firmware. Unfortunately Phoebe doesn't offer a firmware update either.

The firmware for both the Abocom and Xterasys XR-2407g both are described as "V1.1 R13" or something similar. Those flashes will likely work on the Airlink, but I think you might lose WPA-PSK and you can't go back to the old firmware because nobody has it for download.

Please use this info at your own risk.. =)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11554675 Mon, 11 Oct 2004 01:26:10 EDT Airlink+ AR315W - dynamic DNS problem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11546422 daifanshi : Greetings,

Has anybody been able to get the dynamic DNS function to do automatic updates on their AR315w? Mine NEVER updates when I power cycle the router. The only way I can get it to update is if I go to the DDNS configuration, enter my password (doesn't seem to save the password)and hit "save". As far as I can tell, this is no better than manually going to the www.dyndns.org site and forcing an update. Is this a bug or by design?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11546422 Sat, 09 Oct 2004 23:16:08 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11543365 anon : Fry's had a ridiculous sale on these things yesterday. $19.99 for the AR315W? $9.99 for CardBus and PCI adapters?

What is going on there? Thats probably less than the shipping cost.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11543365 Sat, 09 Oct 2004 14:10:37 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11542625 TooHypE : Guys i figure i post a link of an update to the Airlink+ drivers which you may have already seen or viewed but i figure i post anyways just incase for any newbies these updated drivers have worked great and has resolved the disconnections i would get when i had enabled WPA and rebooted my Laptop but updating to newer US Robotics drivers and forcely installed they have worked flawlessy for several days. Here's the link guys these US Robotics drivers works for my ( AWLC3025 & AWLH3025 ) from (yessirnosir) who pointed it out. This may help you out too.
»[Other] AirLink+ AWLH3025 DHCP problem. Driver update?

and you can get the drivers here below

»www.usr.com/support/product-temp···rod=5410]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11542625 Sat, 09 Oct 2004 11:57:11 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11528358 TooHypE : I know that on the Airlink+ router besides the Upgrade Firmware there is another options you can go to like below in the Options under Administration options.

TFTP Enable If enabled, TFTP (Trivial FTP) can be used to upgrade the firmware in this device. This is normally not required; a Windows utility is available for this purpose.
You must obtain the firmware upgrade file first; instructions for using TFTP will be available with the upgrade.

Not sure how to use it but just a thought.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11528358 Thu, 07 Oct 2004 18:57:31 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11522811 anon : What happens when you try with the routers firmware upgrade option and the netgear firmware? Does it give you an error message?

It appears that linksys has a firmware utility.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11522811 Thu, 07 Oct 2004 02:02:00 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11517405 andycdsl : If someone will tell me how to start, i'll try it on mine..
I've already tried using the upgrade firmware option on the router. No luck

AndyC]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11517405 Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:05:00 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11514256 anon : for anyone willing to experiment: ;)

Netger WGR614v4 f/w:
»kbserver.netgear.com/products_au···14v4.asp

Linksys WRK54G f/w:
»www.linksys.com/download/firmwar···fwid=219]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11514256 Wed, 06 Oct 2004 06:26:13 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11514242 anon : NewUser2,
Thanks for opening the box. The devices you listed are as follows:
88E6060 -> 4-Port Switch chip
88W8510 -> Wirelass basestation/MAC chip
29LV800 -> 8-Megabit flash (wrk54g pic shows micronics flash)
W981616BH -> 16-Megaqbit SDRAM (2x=32Mbit total DRAM)
I suspect the 88W8000 radio(RF) chip is under a metal can and was not visible. This seems very similar to Linksys picture except they show a single SDRAM chip. I did not find 88w510 datasheet to see supported SDRAM configurations and coulod not tell the exact eTron part on the linksys picture. (there are no 32Mb chips, 16, 64, 128, 256 ... i suspect the eTron part on linksys board is either 16 or 64Mb). It maybe that 88W510 can use 32Mb only and it was cheaper to buy single 64Mb chip (if not memory size missmatch can cause problems if F/W does not autosize memory). I have attached Marvell tech brief link, last page shows block diag for AR315W router.

»www.marvell.com/products/wireles···8510.pdf

Anyone have Netgear WGR614V4 and willing to look inside? :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11514242 Wed, 06 Oct 2004 06:13:13 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11490838 anon : >apparently I hear to use the Belkin firmware but so far nobody knows which based model

The Belkin firmware upgrade trick only works on the Airlink RT210W, which uses a Broadcom based chipset.

I guess you could always test out different firmware that are made for the same chipset and utilize the Fry's 30 exchange policy if it doesn't work out. heheh.....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11490838 Sun, 03 Oct 2004 13:31:05 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11490580 TooHypE : I have opened up the AR315W and for the most part I don't want to update any firmware until I know what appropriate firmware to use, apparently I hear to use the Belkin firmware but so far nobody knows which based model so until like (cheapuser) stated earlier I’ll wait until Airlink+ comes up with an updated firmware so far this little cheapo router isn't have bad and for the Yahoo IM messenger they say to go to DMZ but there's an option and settings you can use I have to admit this little router has tons of feature and if you don't read up what options it has you'll probably block yourself in several applications I for one I'm able to access my router remotely anywhere and also setup services such as remote VNC to access my computer that's really cool especially it comes in useful when at work they block yahoo and Aol email programs so I show my coworkers im able to do more things with VNC Viewer and PDA-VNC allows me to access my computer. That's all peace Yo.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11490580 Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:46:20 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11488756 anon : Well I opened the AR315W and I see three chips that look similar to the WRK54G, but I can't see the numbers on the photo. In the AR315W the numbers are:
(M) 88E6060-RCJ FF08841.3 0403 B00 Taiwan
(M) 88W8510-BAN GA56321.2 0401 A7P Taiwan H
(MX) E042511 29LV800BTTC-70 2K184100 Taiwan
and also I think two memory chips:
(winbond) 4145I W981616BH-6]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11488756 Sun, 03 Oct 2004 02:55:39 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11488591 anon : ooaa, thanks. just got email for airlink tech support with similar instructions (i did try to do this before by disabling dhcp, but i forgot to change ip address to avoid conflict with the wireline router).

Do agree with previous posts, Airlink tech support is prompt and helpfull.
cheapuser]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11488591 Sun, 03 Oct 2004 02:08:38 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11484312 anon : "Has anyone configured AR315W as an AP? The firewall blocks Yahoo IM and the Airlink suggested workaround is to use DMZ (unfortunately DMZ is not secure and is for one machine only)"

The AR315W doesn't have an actual AP mode.

You can always disable DHCP and plug your connection into one of the LAN ports. It's basically the same thing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11484312 Sat, 02 Oct 2004 14:23:45 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11481989 anon : one more router using libertas chipset is the WRK54G from linksys, see links below:
»www.tomsnetworking.com/News_story_534.php
»www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews/i···k54g.jpg

if anyone has opened their AR315W can you compare chipset numbers to this WRK54G and post your findings]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11481989 Sat, 02 Oct 2004 04:27:55 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11481937 anon : Note that only the Netgear WGR614V4 is based on Marvell's Libertas chipset (same as AR315W). Have not tried flashing, maybe will do so after firmware bug frustration level rises a bit more:).
cheapuser
PS
Has anyone configured AR315W as an AP? The firewall blocks Yahoo IM and the Airlink suggested workaround is to use DMZ (unfortunately DMZ is not secure and is for one machine only)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11481937 Sat, 02 Oct 2004 03:53:04 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11481851 anon : Apparently not, as posters throughout this thread have claimed that the router uses the Broadcom chipset and had the ability to work with Belkin firmware.

Netgear uses the same chipset for their WGR614 wireless router. Anyone tried flashing the AR315W with that firmware?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11481851 Sat, 02 Oct 2004 03:14:15 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11479105 TooHypE : I almost forget I e-mailed Airlink+ Tech Support 2 days ago and they responded to my email right away which I have to third that statement i’m impressed. If they want to succeed as a company I just hope they take in mind we as customers are able to provide them real world scenarios to improve there products. Just a thought Airlink+.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11479105 Fri, 01 Oct 2004 20:06:42 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11479005 TooHypE : Well guys i did had one minor issues with restarting my laptop on my wireless card and in order to connect to my AP i would need to use the Wi-Fi Utility that happened when i enabled and disabled my WPA so i determine for WPA you need that utility if you disable it which i don't recommend works flawlessly which is no big deal i guess i'll play around with setting more. And yeah since i placed several heat sinks on my router it's much more warmer and not as hot like it did before.

TooHypE]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11479005 Fri, 01 Oct 2004 19:54:16 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11476934 JakCrow : You may be able to use another vendor's drivers that use the same cards. They should currently be broadcom based.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11476934 Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:25:09 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11476813 scoob8000 :
AirLink responds to technical requests via email very quickly, which is rare these days. They are aware of the identified problems and are in the process of developing fixes. When asked if a download might be released before the end of my return period with Fry's, they could not guarantee it. It's not what I wanted to hear but at least they were fast about it.


I second that, I got their G card from outpost for 20 bucks. Very disappointed with the drivers included with the card. I must admit though their reps seem to know what they're talking about and they do respond quickly..

-scoob8000]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11476813 Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:11:42 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11443232 TooHypE : Sorry Double Posting is the devil... my bad
:D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11443232 Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:07:03 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11443223 TooHypE :
said by ooaa:
the ar315w uses the marvell chipset
I'm sure we all knew that it's posted on outpost.com (Fry's website)
»shop1.outpost.com/product/4056592]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11443223 Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:04:58 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11443199 TooHypE : I'm sure we all knew that it's posted on outpost.com (Fry's website)
»shop1.outpost.com/product/4056592]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11443199 Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:02:33 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11443006 anon : the ar315w uses the marvell chipset]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11443006 Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:41:50 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11442854 JakCrow : Ah. I found out what's up with the Belkin firmware on the Airlink. This could be done on the old Airlink RT210W, which was discontinued. That was the one that's the same as one of the Belkin routers. The AR315W is a completely different unit, though I have seen a few "clones" around.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11442854 Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:23:00 EDT Went out and got the AR315W http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11440543 azadnia : So i went to Frys to buy this thing and the tag said 80 bux, so in actuality it is back to 25 at the register, it took a while to get hot on me, but i placed it next to my window, and it cools off and increases the range on the thing. overall you are getting a lot of bang for your buck considering the g router from netgear is 90 dollars and the linksys router is 90 also. i give it 4 out of 5 stars, it performs well, and great tech support from Airlink+]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11440543 Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:02:16 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11439387 TooHypE : I Purchase both the Airlink+ AR315W & AWLC3025 at Fry's for $24.99 (Router) & $16.99 (Wireless card) and honestly i would never have thought too much because im a Linksys Fan i have purchased several routers and switches from them. So then i figure i needed a 802.11G Gateway/Router and i notice the Airlink for that price. Well i'll be honest im actually surprise that this product actually works not only do i get the speed which is a big improvement so far i haven't had a connection drop and i figure i give it a big time rundown & benchmark test with SiSoft Sandra, other warez and downloading test to determine overall performance. Well i must say so far so good but i do or did had a concern on the way it get's hot and i agree really freaking hot so i figure i open up the sucker and i found something so disconcerning to me eyes i mean not even 1 HeatSink that's awful i have HeatSinks for everything on my PC and even my laptop from Chipsets/Memory/VideoCard anyways you get the idea, well i had few extra videocard memory heatsink and i place them on several chipsets that tend to get hot and it actually solved or atleast help decrease the heat transfer so guys if you're Airlink+ AR315W gets Hot and it does for just $10-16 bucks for a package of 4-8 PGA or TSOP-PGA memory heat sink it will save and increase the life of you're Airlink.

Just my $0.02 cents

Peace Yo]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11439387 Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:25:13 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11428585 JakCrow : They have never released a firmware update for the router, and it's been around for almost a year.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11428585 Sat, 25 Sep 2004 22:19:33 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11422886 anon : Update:

AirLink responds to technical requests via email very quickly, which is rare these days. They are aware of the identified problems and are in the process of developing fixes. When asked if a download might be released before the end of my return period with Fry's, they could not guarantee it. It's not what I wanted to hear but at least they were fast about it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11422886 Sat, 25 Sep 2004 00:50:14 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11421476 claudeo : I don't think this is the same hardware as the US Robotics. For one thing, the AirLink+ AR315W has only one antenna and no serial port. I should have photographed the insides while I had it opened, but it's now 1000 miles way, not convenient.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11421476 Fri, 24 Sep 2004 21:38:07 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11421033 dsviper22 : Well, for all those wondering. Airlink+ uses the TI chipsets for their wireless cards and access points which is actually the same chipset that US Robotics uses for their wireless products. Myabe not all of their wireless products since i'm not going to research every single wireless product of theirs. But most of the wireless G products use the TI chipset.

»www.wi-fiplanet.com/reviews/arti···088971_1

There's a link to a review

I can't speak on behalf of the access points, but I do have a wireless PCI card of theirs that I use for a wireless link from a server in my garage to my DLINK wireless router in my house. I actually get great performance even though it's almost out of range. My garage is about 200ft away and through three walls and across the street I am able to get an 11mb/s link. I just got a directional antenna so now i'm getting the full 54mbp/s but it has been performing great!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11421033 Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:39:43 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11404215 claudeo : Well, without knowing exactly which Belkin firmware version and which hardware version of the Airlink+, that is rather a crap shoot especially since there is no firmware download available to restore the old firmware if it does not work. There have apparently been 3 versions of the Airlink+ 802.11g router, each with a different model number (based on the table on their firmware download page). This current one looks like it might be quite different from the previous ones, and no new download is available for it.
But hey, that's cheaper than going out to a movie with popcorn and soda for two. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11404215 Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:08:37 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11378040 andycdsl : I haven't had any of these problems. Maybe because I am using it only as an access point and nothing else. I did find a website that says some guy flashed his with belkin firmware ( »homepage.mac.com/im_electronic/p···ork.html ). Emailed him, but never got a reply...

AndyCDSL]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11378040 Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:11:45 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11377435 JakCrow : I bet it's the same hardware that one of the major brand names is using, but since Airlink has almost no market presence, there's little information on their hardware.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11377435 Mon, 20 Sep 2004 03:40:06 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11374582 claudeo : The DNS problem is the major issue with this wireless router/NAT/switch. As I mentioned, what is weird is that it seems to affect the wireless client but not the PCs connected to an Ethernet connector. The problem is probably not in the hardware (unless it is severely starved for memory), but with the firmware. I suspect the firmare was cobbled together from various open sources by someone or a team who is not intimately familiar with all the issues to be resolved there. If someone could figure out how to fix the firmware and reflash it, it could be a sweet gadget at that price point. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11374582 Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:09:48 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11370245 JakCrow : Newsflash: Dlink, Netgear, Linksys, etc, etc, etc, aren't manufacturers either and probably OEM hardware from the same place Airlink got its hardware from too. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11370245 Sun, 19 Sep 2004 06:04:39 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11366535 anon : I purchased this AirLink+ AR315W from Fry's for $25 on sale. Custom configuration was quick. Set up as G only using WPA-PSK. It works, however, there are a few flaws that should have been addressed by the manufacturer before ever shipping this product.

1. You can permit wireless users to access either the internet, lan or both. Essentially this should allow you to give wireless users internet only in order to protect the local network. However, if you block out the lan, you stop the wireless users from acquiring a DHCP address. This is because the router only issues DHCP addresses to the LAN. Surely they could allow a traffic to pass through to clients that have properly authenticated through WPA.

2. BIG BAD DNS problems! This router has intermittant problems with DNS. I experienced them every 5 minutes or so. Try performing an NSLOOKUP and you'll hose up the router for good and only a restart of the router will fix it.

3. Disable UPnP and the WAN connection dies. How nice, is this a new feature?

When this router is operating, it is very quick. However, you will need to statically enter your DNS settings in your PC to overcome the DNS problem. In my environment, I would like to allow wireless users internet traffic but keep them off of the lan without requiring statically entered IP information. Also, there are no updates available to fix the problem.

My recommendation is not to waste your time purchasing this router. Airlink isn't a manufacturer anyway, they just import Tawanese product, relable it and wrap it up real pretty.

Every once in a while you can get lucky and get something that works well. But back to Fry's this goes...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11366535 Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:24:41 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11329364 claudeo : That one I bought a while ago is still running fine (and still hot). I left it at a friend's house. I had installed it there so I could use his cable connection with a couple of laptops while visiting. It does seem to have a DNS problem every hour or so, which then resolves itself in couple of minute; this might be influenced by the ISP's DHCP lease time. Very odd bug. What's even more strange though is that I only saw it on the wireless connections, not the wired ones, and it only seems to affect new lookups. A workaround that seems to work is to hard wire the addresses of DNS servers on the web in the PC's IP configuration, so as not to depend on the router's DNS. Still no firmware update as of today. To be honest, I did not even bother to contact tech support. BTW, Fry's had it on sale for $24.95 last week-end. As I said, cheap entertainment as long as you don't take it too seriously.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11329364 Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:25:08 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11325438 anon : I got the AR315W today. Tested out for 1 hour or so.
Seemed to have problem with DNS, sometime just took too
long to resolve a name, or not able to resolve at all
every 10 minutes or so.

Not ISP problem as my older 802.11b AP doesn't have
any problem.

Yes, it run very very hot too. I am thinking of returning it
tomorrow. :-(

Nhan.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11325438 Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:38:25 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11242565 JakCrow : I believe the router is Broadcom based and uses an embedded version of Linux. When I tested it out several months ago, every now and then when I did a config change and reboot, I would see various unix-y type messages leak out from behind the web interface. I eventually returned it and the Airlink+ 11g card I got because driver and firmware support was really lacking and the performance wasn't that great.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11242565 Sat, 04 Sep 2004 01:31:52 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11240761 andycdsl : Just bought the same access point. Works great and was only 28.95 at outpost.com. I even got my linksys wap11 (running dlink900AP+ firmware) to act as a wireless client off of the AR315W.

:D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11240761 Fri, 03 Sep 2004 21:09:59 EDT Re: Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10902821 claudeo : Update:
2 days later and it still works just fine (with one nit, see below). Installed it sideways with the hottest end up, to promote better airflow through the small grilles at each end of the case. I did take a look inside. Looks like the future--very few components. The major heat sources appear to be the RF circuitry, which is under a very low square metal shield, about 1 inch x 1 inch, and the brute force voltage regulator; looks like it brings down the 12V feed to operating voltage by dissipating as heat. Not a single heat sink in there. I have it installed as DHCP client (its WAN side is LAN side of my home network), and it gets a 1 day lease from my old BEFSR41 v1. It looks like when the lease is up it has trouble with the WAN connection for 5-10 minutes, and then it fixes itself and all is fine again (a manual power cycle fixes it well under a minute). My Proxim 54G card says it sees 54Mbps "rate" both ways. I'm not really equipped for a valid throughput test, so I don't really know. They tried to hit all kinds of markets. It has presets for games, VoIP forwarding, and even 2 DMZ computers if you have 2 WAN IP addresses. Now if only it had QOS...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10902821 Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:44:20 EDT Airlink+ AR315W - having some fun http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10883070 claudeo : This new model of the cheapo brand wireless 802.11g gateway/router is on sale until tomorrow at Fry's for $29.99 (and no rebate). Looks like nobody ever reviews that brand's products, so I've been ildly wondering...

For a lark, I thought I'd try one. At that price, I figured if it doesn't work I can still crack it open for some cheap entertainment. Actually, it does seem to work pretty well, and it has some pretty nice admin and firewall features. Using it with an Orinoco Gold .b and WEP128 (obviously my .b card won't do WAP). The single antenna is detachable. It does get mighty hot though. Really hot. Makes me wonder how long it can last. It briefly drops the connection to my .b card every couple minutes or so, I guess to listen for .g cards (you can set it up to do .g only, .b only, or both). And, trying to save the config to a file, it seemed to lock up. Maybe I did not wait long enough. I have not tried it with my Orinoco .g card yet. Anyway, this is not really a review, just a little note for the easily amused.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10883070 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:27:10 EDT