[Noisebridge-discuss] Cisco 1200 AP help needed for robot

[Joel Jaeggli]

the other thing with cisco 1200 ap is it wants about 12.5 watts (in a
dual radio configuration) via it's poe injector at between 48v and 56v.
so it's somewhat thirsty compared to say random other ap's you could
probably use for bridges. in les the robot in question has a hefty power
source (like a packbot with a nitromethane burning two-stroke) you might
want something smaller.

On 2/5/11 11:45 AM, Jared Dunne wrote:
> jake-
> 
> I have a netgear AP available if that helps in any way.  It sounds
> like the Cisco AP works but just needs config, no?  If you run into
> issues with that I can make my Netgear AP available.  It's
> configurable via ethernet initially, then via wifi.  If it works for
> the project I'd be happy to donate it to NB.
> 
> I bought it to bridge with my existing Netgear Wifi Router but it
> turns out you can't do that without a second Netgear AP to bridge with
> (boo).  I wanted it to act as a "client" on my existing network or a
> repeater, but the best I could do with a single AP was use it to
> create a new wifi network for client machines to connect.  Depending
> on what you are trying to do that might be helpful.  Your robot could
> be broadcasting a wifi network and any  laptops/etc could connect to
> the robot network for controlling/monitoring/debugging/etc.
> 
> Feel free to disregard if I am misunderstanding your needs or if this
> doesn't help.
> 
> jared-
> 
> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Dr. Jesus <j at hug.gs> wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>> So you may have noticed that the robot doesnt get out much...
>>>
>>> mostly this is because right now the robot's connection to the world is a
>>> crappy RTL wireless card that's a USB dongle.  And it overheats.
>>>
>>> But we have these nice Cisco 1200 access point thingies which apparently
>>> can be configured for use as a client - and i figured out how to power
>>> them but I don't know how to set them up as an AP.  They have a serial
>>> port for configuring them but thats about all i know.
>>>
>>> The robot runs a PC running Ubuntu so it shouldn't be too hard to get it
>>> to work, but i have no idea where to begin.
>>>
>>> Is someone willing to try to get one of the Cisco 1200's to work as a
>>> client bridge for the robot?  I will do all of the wiring up of power and
>>> such, but in the meantime you can just plug it into one of the POE boxes
>>> that have been modified to have the proper polarity for Cisco (opposite of
>>> 3Com of course)
>>
>> It's probably a waste of time to do IOS wireless configs from scratch
>> by yourself, it's a specialized discipline.  If you do have to look
>> anything up for diagnostic purposes, be aware that Cisco's
>> documentation is frequently just flat-out wrong.  If you try something
>> in the docs and it's not working, you really don't want to try to
>> figure it out yourself.  That's a bottomless sinkhole for your time.
>>
>> The web interface usually generates configurations which work, though.
>>  You might want to try that first.
>>
>> By the way, I upgraded the 1200s sometime last year to a recent
>> revision of IOS which should be fine for your purposes.  You *really*
>> don't want to try to upgrade IOS without expert advice.
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