Calling all 3Com 3CRWE454G72 (802.11g wireless access point) users

Has anyone got firmware version 1.03.07C (emphasis on *C*) for this
wireless access point?
I'm currently using version 1.03.07A, and can only get the equivalent of
about 5mbps at best, between the access point and the Intel 2200BG
wireless NIC in my laptop, and this is with "excellent" signal strength
(the access point is in the adjacent room to the laptop).

Speed issues with the 1.03.07A firmware are well documented on Usenet,
but you can only get version 1.03.07C by contacting 3Com, and their
website is a nightmare.

If anyone here has a copy of the said firmware, could they please e-mail
me or reply to the group? I would be most grateful. I'm not too keen on
downgrading the firmware, for security reasons amongst other things.

Thanks in advance,

Anton

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:29:31 +0000, Anton Gÿsen wrote:

> Has anyone got firmware version 1.03.07C (emphasis on *C*) for this

<snip>

> If anyone here has a copy of the said firmware, could they please e-mail
> me or reply to the group? I would be most grateful. I'm not too keen on
> downgrading the firmware, for security reasons amongst other things.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Anton

Damn, I hate to be a metooer.

Me too, though :P

--
John Kirkland

I tried to upgrade to 1.03.07A and nothing would connect at all even
when I disabled all the security features so it would appear that
something is awry with this version. I have not found any references to
version 1.03.07C. Can someone post a reference please and is anybody
using 1.03.07A without problems?

TIA

In message <42448840$0$38044$(E-Mail Removed)>, John Kirkland
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:29:31 +0000, Anton Gÿsen wrote:
>
>> Has anyone got firmware version 1.03.07C (emphasis on *C*) for this
>
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>
>> If anyone here has a copy of the said firmware, could they please e-mail
>> me or reply to the group? I would be most grateful. I'm not too keen on
>> downgrading the firmware, for security reasons amongst other things.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Anton
>
>Damn, I hate to be a metooer.
>
>Me too, though :P
>

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Mark Turnbull
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Mark Turnbull wrote:
> I tried to upgrade to 1.03.07A and nothing would connect at all even
> when I disabled all the security features so it would appear that
> something is awry with this version. I have not found any references to
> version 1.03.07C. Can someone post a reference please and is anybody
> using 1.03.07A without problems?
>
> TIA
See Chris Bartram/Italian posts
http://www.wifi-forum.com/wf/archive...p/t-41605.html

Anton Gÿsen wrote:
> Has anyone got firmware version 1.03.07C (emphasis on *C*) for this
> wireless access point?
> I'm currently using version 1.03.07A, and can only get the equivalent of
> about 5mbps at best, between the access point and the Intel 2200BG
> wireless NIC in my laptop, and this is with "excellent" signal strength
> (the access point is in the adjacent room to the laptop).

The 2200bg gets a lot of bad posts as well
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...?hilite=2200bg


>
> Speed issues with the 1.03.07A firmware are well documented on Usenet,
> but you can only get version 1.03.07C by contacting 3Com, and their
> website is a nightmare.
>
> If anyone here has a copy of the said firmware, could they please e-mail
> me or reply to the group? I would be most grateful. I'm not too keen on
> downgrading the firmware, for security reasons amongst other things.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Anton

Ted wrote:

> The 2200bg gets a lot of bad posts as well
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...?hilite=2200bg

I'd already done what the 3Com site suggests and configured the 2200BG
to use maximum power.
The only other problem I've had with the 2200BG was with my mate's
802.11g wireless router (not sure of make, probably cheapo) where the
NIC would drop the connection every few minutes. Worked fine when I
forced it to use 802.11b mode.

It doesn't drop the connection with the 3Com access point, it's just
slow. I really don't think that the 2200BG is the culprit, because it's
got to be one of the most widely used and supported wireless NICs out
there, as it's part of the "Centrino" gubbins.

Anton