Re: [Karlnet] Which F/W?

[Chris Conn <cconn@abacom.com>]

helio@compuland.com.br wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > What magnitude of increase of retransmits was seen when upgrading to 4.43K on
> > the base?
>
>
> Is hard to pick the exact figure, but I needed to downgrade to 4.43d beta (uses 
> 8.10
> firmware) due to stability problems. I started having trouble with some 
> customers
> after the upgrade. I've downgraded today and I'll watch closely to see if it 
> gets
> better. That particular AP is in a very noisy environment - another company is 
> using
> FH neaby :(( .

Hello,

If I am not mistaken, 4.43d is an engineering build that does not load tertiary 
firmware.  If you have 8.10 on the radio, that is because that is the version 
that was flashed, not a tertiary load.  4.43d works well with 6.08 and 8.72 
(8.72 with higher retransmits in my tests), and an 8.10 radio will go deaf if 
you use WEP.

By the way, 4.43K supports (by way of uploading proper firmware via tertiary 
load) the "new" ruby-II chipset that many people are beginning to get on their 
Orinoco cards.  The pinkish-purple Orinocos need 8.10 or higher firmware to 
operate with Karlnet, and 4.31 loads 7.52.  If you upload 4.31 to a unit using 
one of these cards, you will have to change the radio or force reload since it 
will not run correctly.

Chris