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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a SVEC FD1811 AP which is rather sick since
I flashed it with Linksys firmware. So to try to nurse it back to health
I've been trying to find any firmware which will make it work again. I've
noticed that the SVEC FD1811 has many twin (ie rebadged) brothers sold by
different suppliers. But none of them offer a firmware download. The
SVEC AP, like many other APs out there (including the Linsys WAP11 v1) uses the
Atmel AT76c510 chipset. Today I think I found an important difference
between the SVEC and most other 510-based APs.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I found this site:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.toptrend.com.tw/Technical%20support%20for%20WLAN-1.htm">http://www.toptrend.com.tw/Technical%20support%20for%20WLAN-1.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As far as I can tell, Toptrend write the firmware
for the Atmel 510-based APs. Most of them have Intersil radio chipsets in
them. I guessed this by looking at the firmware version number on the page
above. But the SVEC FD1811 (and I assume, all of the rebadged SOHO-WLAPs
out there) use RFMD radio chipsets. The version number of the firmware
listed on Toptrend's site is the same as what is in my other, still
working SVEC AP: </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>V0.0.1.16</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So can anyone suggest how I might get a hold of
this firmware? It isn't available for download anywhere. SVEC won't
send it out. I'm goint to email Toptrend and see if they'll send
it to me. Jamie Moir and I have tried to extract the good firmware
out of a working SVEC AP using TFTP but with no success. That's not to say it
isn't possible though. Is anyone willing to devote a bit of time to tinker
with my malfunctioning AP?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dan</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>