Linksys WAP54G versions

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Hi,
My new WAP54G access point, bought a few days ago, turns out to be a version
1.0 unit.
I managed to succesfully upgrade the v1.08 fw -> v1.09.1 -> v2.07 and the
unit seems to work fine.

One question though: Is there anyone out there who can inform me about the
differences between version 1.0 (7 LED's) and v1.1/v2.0 (3 LED's)?

Background: I would like to know if there any known problems with the v1.0
hardware. If so, I will go back to the store.

I have checked various newsgroups but can't find a good description of the
differences.
The only info I found was:
- Version 1.0 contains more memory and is probably better
- Version 1.0 contains problems, make sure to get a v1.1 or v2.0 unit

Looking forward to your expert answer.

/rob

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A question about the firmware upgrade.
I upgraded my WAP54G unit to v2.07 using the file "WAP54Gv1v11_fw2.07.zip"
(from the Linksys website). Version v1v11 is needed for the hardware model
v1.0 with 7 LED's.

The unit is working fine as far as I can see, but I just noticed that there
is an fw version for Europe "wap54g_eu_2.07.01.zip"
My status screen shows Channel, domain USA.
FYI: I am based in The Netherlands.

Question: Did I use the wrong firmware?
If so, how to fix the problem?

br/rob
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"Lars M. Hansen" <badnews@hansenonline.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 17:31:10 +0200, Robban spoketh
>
> >Hi,
> >My new WAP54G access point, bought a few days ago, turns out to be a
version
> >1.0 unit.
> >I managed to succesfully upgrade the v1.08 fw -> v1.09.1 -> v2.07 and the
> >unit seems to work fine.
> >
> >One question though: Is there anyone out there who can inform me about
the
> >differences between version 1.0 (7 LED's) and v1.1/v2.0 (3 LED's)?
> >
> >Background: I would like to know if there any known problems with the
v1.0
> >hardware. If so, I will go back to the store.
> >
> >I have checked various newsgroups but can't find a good description of
the
> >differences.
> >The only info I found was:
> >- Version 1.0 contains more memory and is probably better
> >- Version 1.0 contains problems, make sure to get a v1.1 or v2.0 unit
> >
> >Looking forward to your expert answer.
> >
> >/rob
>
> There are no problems with v1.0 that I'm aware of. I've had this model
> for many moons now, and with fw 2.07, it's rock solid.
>
> Lars M. Hansen
> http://www.hansenonline.net
> (replace 'badnews' with 'news' in e-mail address)

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Thanx Brian,
Just checked the Dutch support site and there is already a FW version 2.08
European.
The update from v2.07_US to v2.08_EU went fine.
Visible differences:
- Domain changed from US to Europe (it's my lucky day)
- The WEP status as presented on the Status-page was wrong in v2.07, it
showed disabled instead of WEP.
This has been fixed.

/rob

"Brian" <brian1944NOSPAM@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> AFAIK there's two more channels used in Europe than in the US. If
> you don't use channels 12 and 13 it probably doesn't matter.