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Thanks Andrew,
<p>so I'm gathering that the firmware upgrade (<A HREF="http://forum.nokia.com/main/1,6668,5_63_35_15,00.html">http://forum.nokia.com/main/1,6668,5_63_35_15,00.html</A>)
just allows the AP to use 11Mbs cards?
<p>Marz.
<p>Andrew Harcourt wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>G'day!
<p>> Has anyone played with Nokia WLAN equipment? Can I have
<br>> some thoughts and opinions on the gear?
<p>I have an A020; it seems to work pretty well. Has no problems
<br>inter-operating with other manufacturers' hardware (not that you'd
expect it
<br>would, but it's nice to know for certain).
<p>Be aware that the A020 itself only ships with a 2Mbps (802.11 original)
<br>card, and you'll need to source an 802.11b upgrade from elsewhere as
Nokia
<br>don't stock them in Australia. The 802.11b upgrade card is based on
the
<br>Prism II chipset, so you might be able to use a D-Link or another card
that
<br>uses the same chipset in the thing. I haven't tried this yet, but it's
on my
<br>list of things to do.
<p>The C021 card it ships with has an external antenna connector, although
it's
<br>a European style one that has the thread running in the opposite direction
<br>(i.e. you turn anti-clockwise to connect your antenna).
<p>No WEP, not that we want it... Has a DHCP server, again, not that you'd
<br>really want it for this kind of application. Supports bridging, which
is
<br>important. WRT range: I get about 60m down my street (through a concrete
<br>wall) using just the standard extension antenna. Will be building some
<br>external ones shortly with a few others and will post info to the list
when
<br>we have some more information.
<p>If you have any more specific questions, please yell.
<p>Regards,
<br>Andrew
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