[MLB-WIRELESS] WRT54GS

[Nick Grundy]

John McClumpha wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Not sure I can help you on the first question too much - although I believe
> the version is marked somewhere on the underside of the unit (I have a
> WAP54G so things may well be different)
> 
> As for which antenna to use - yes just hook it up to one side and (if you
> have updated/modified firmware installed) set transmit/receive to that one
> antenna (basically rendering the other side redundant)
> 
> With my WAP54G I found that the left side gets a stronger signal than the
> right - don't ask me why, there's no real logic behind it - but it would be
> worth trying each side to see if there is a difference.
> 

Internally if you look at the WRT54G's one antenna is connected via a PCB trace to the RF 
card the other is connected via a RF flylead.  IIRC the antenna closest to the WAN Port is 
on the PCB trace.  I'd assume this is the antenna you've getting better signel levels from.

Some people may also be interested in the entry at 
http://starnet.shacknet.nu/wiki/index.php?page=LinkSysModification

The document details how we setup our 54G's on the StarNet / TasWireless network in 
Hobart.  At last count we have about about 12 or so of the suckers running on our network. 
  We have been graduly replacing anything that dies with these units because they work so 
well.  To date we've yet to have a single failure and some units have been running non 
stop for 2.5 months.  Last time i look one of the units had passed 20GB of data through 
it's FORWARD table in about 20 days.

> Hope this is of some help.
> 
> John
> --
> MW Node: INQ
> 
> 
> On 9/2/05 11:01 PM, "Mark Farrell" <themakr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>This may sound like a stupid question to start of my email, but how do
>>i tell what version of GS i have? I had a look on the casing and didnt
>>find anything about a version.
>>
>>Its not that much of a problem, everything seems to work fine except
>>for those few little bugs and they only happened when i was playing
>>around with the firmware to get used to it.
>>
>>I stuck the GS up in the roof to see if i could get a connection to my
>>sisters computer in her bungalo but no luck. I have a 19dBi Hills but
>>no pigtail to suit GS (RP-TNC???) is anyone making these in melbourne
>>cause i'd like to get my hands on one, or a few.
>>
>>I'm also a little confused with the two antennae. Do i just connect
>>the Hills to one of them and leave the other one as is?
>>
>>Read in the freenet router project page that Dan was going to pull
>>apart the gs and put it in an enclosure to be mounted on a mast.
>>Sounds like a brilliant idea but i was wondering how hard it is to do,
>>also how dangerous it is and how it is done.
>>
>>I'm on my way to a nice MWrouterproject node.
>>
>> P.S. Does someone know where you can buy the enclosures and Senao AP
>>the will be used in the MWrouterproject. I had a look around on the
>>net but didnt come up with much.
>>
>>-Mark
>>
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