BR500e and BR340 Bridges

In article , snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com (Guy Noir) writes: | Hello. I have a legacy network of 4 or 5 br500 and br340 bridges. I | need to add a node to this network. I have read that there are some | compatibility issues with these older units.

I prefer to say that some of the newer units have compatibility issues with the older ones. :) Note that BR500 and BR34x are the same thing.

| Since Cisco no longer supports them, the newsgroups are my only | resource! | | Aironet BR500E V8.24 appears to be the firware revision. | | The config of my root bridge looks like: | | Bitrate : 1_11 Mb/s Radio : 4800-A

Since you have a 4800A radio you are free to upgrade to the latest firmware (8.81) if you like.

| Root : on Frequency : 2412 MHz Carrier : | US_Can | Mode : bridge_only Power :

bridge_only means that it will not accept associations from ordinary client nodes.

| 100 | Autoreg : on Nodes : 4 connected | | ---------------------------------------- | The privacy settings look like this: | | Encrypt radio packets off | Client authentication modes allowed open | Set the keys | Key number for transmit | a key number from 1 to 4 | | --------------------------------------- | Does this mean that WEP is NOT turned on?

Yes. And since Autoreg is on anyone with another BR500/34x could connect to your network.

| I've tried just passivly finding this info out by using netstumbler and | a laptop with a B/G card but netstumbler doesn't detect ANY signal.

That's probably because of the bridge_only mode.

| This system is slated to be forklifted out next year, but I need to get | a node up and running asap. I'm looking for advice on a unit to | purchase as a stop gap measure to get another building online.

Why not pick up another BR500/34x on eBay?

Dan Lanciani ddl@danlan.*com

Thanks for the replys Dan! Most informative.

-Aaron