Restore factory WAP11 Radio settings

I was messing around with the radio registers on my WAP11 and lost my screen
shots of their initial values. Is there a way to restore the default
factory settings? I tried a hard reset of the device, but it did not
restore the factory radio settings.

Both devices had different values, and unfortunately both screen shots are
gone

After performing the hard reset, did your AP default back to the factor
password

If the login password to your AP hasn't been changed, what did you d
when performing the hard reset

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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:14:44 -0500, <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I was messing around with the radio registers on my WAP11 and lost my screen
>shots of their initial values. Is there a way to restore the default
>factory settings? I tried a hard reset of the device, but it did not
>restore the factory radio settings.

Try harder. You have to hold the button down for about 20-30 seconds
(or longer) to get it to reset to defaults.

>Both devices had different values, and unfortunately both screen shots are
>gone

There's also a page in the web based setup somewhere (firmware page?)
that has a reset to defaults button.

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Yes. The password and all settings did return to their default values. The
radio settings however did not. I have attempt a reset both via the web
interface and by holding the reset button in for 20-30 seconds... neither
resets the radio settings, however all other settings go back.

I'm starting to think i'm kinda screwed here.

"Jeff Liebermann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:14:44 -0500, <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I was messing around with the radio registers on my WAP11 and lost my
>>screen
>>shots of their initial values. Is there a way to restore the default
>>factory settings? I tried a hard reset of the device, but it did not
>>restore the factory radio settings.
>
> Try harder. You have to hold the button down for about 20-30 seconds
> (or longer) to get it to reset to defaults.
>
>>Both devices had different values, and unfortunately both screen shots are
>>gone
>
> There's also a page in the web based setup somewhere (firmware page?)
> that has a reset to defaults button.
>
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> # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060
> # 831.336.2558 voice http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> # (E-Mail Removed)
> # (E-Mail Removed) AE6KS

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:31:28 -0500, <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Yes. The password and all settings did return to their default values. The
>radio settings however did not. I have attempt a reset both via the web
>interface and by holding the reset button in for 20-30 seconds... neither
>resets the radio settings, however all other settings go back.
>
>I'm starting to think i'm kinda screwed here.

Did you restart your browser and clear the cache? You might be
reading that page from your browser cache instead of from the router.

Which model WAP11 do you have? There's the original piece of junk,
1.1, 2.2, 2.6, and 2.8. The number is on the serial number sticker.
I have a 1.1 somewhere, and can sneak into a customers 2.2 version to
dump the settings. Also, you might wanna disclose the firmware
version.


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I have a 2.6 with Linksys firmware 1.07. The radio registers are not
availble via the web browser, so I'm not quite sure why clearing the cache
would make any difference. You can only adjust the radio registers via the
SNMP tool, provided you've tweaked your INI file appropriately.

From recollection, the radio registers were different on both devices prior
to me starting to mess with them. Man, I wish I hadn't deleted the folder I
had the original screenshots in.

"Jeff Liebermann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:31:28 -0500, <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Yes. The password and all settings did return to their default values.
>>The
>>radio settings however did not. I have attempt a reset both via the web
>>interface and by holding the reset button in for 20-30 seconds... neither
>>resets the radio settings, however all other settings go back.
>>
>>I'm starting to think i'm kinda screwed here.
>
> Did you restart your browser and clear the cache? You might be
> reading that page from your browser cache instead of from the router.
>
> Which model WAP11 do you have? There's the original piece of junk,
> 1.1, 2.2, 2.6, and 2.8. The number is on the serial number sticker.
> I have a 1.1 somewhere, and can sneak into a customers 2.2 version to
> dump the settings. Also, you might wanna disclose the firmware
> version.
>
>
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> # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060
> # 831.336.2558 voice http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> # (E-Mail Removed)
> # (E-Mail Removed) AE6KS

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:13:30 -0500, <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a 2.6 with Linksys firmware 1.07. The radio registers are not
>availble via the web browser, so I'm not quite sure why clearing the cache
>would make any difference. You can only adjust the radio registers via the
>SNMP tool, provided you've tweaked your INI file appropriately.
>
>From recollection, the radio registers were different on both devices prior
>to me starting to mess with them. Man, I wish I hadn't deleted the folder I
>had the original screenshots in.

Duh. I forgot that this abomination is configured using USB and SNMP.
No built in web browser. Yech.

I don't have a v2.6 router handy. Here are screen dumps of all the
various USB and SNMP pages with a WAP11v1.1 set to defaults. Methinks
2.6 is similar.
http://www.LearnByDestroying.com/wap11/
Hmmm.... I don't see any radio "registers" to tweak in the v1.1 setup
other than the usual cts/rts and fragmentation thresholds, which are
essentially disabled.

Let me know when you've grabbed it all so I can clean it off my web
pile. I'm almost otto space.


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Heh... my guess is that you've never performed or played around with the
WAP11 power hack (over-rated if anything). Anyways, the v2.6 units do have
a web interface you can use -- however they also accept SNMP commands, and
using the right tools and documentation
(http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/Wap11Hack) you can tweak the radio
settings.

The part that really sucks is that there appears to be no way to restore
these settings back to their factory default values (or atleast none that
I've found). The hack in itself as I mentioned is over-rated. At most, it
gets you 3-5dbs of extra signal strength, and from what I have read on it
via other sites, produces a dirty signal. I more or less messed around with
it, but now that I'm done I'd like to go back to the default values.

The interesting thing here is that it appears that each WAP11 unit comes
with differing values for the three channel registers. Somehow Linksys or
Amtel or whoever determines what the optimum radio configuration values are
for each unit are and initially sets them. What scheme they use to
determine this is unknown to me, as are my original values

- Art


"Jeff Liebermann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:13:30 -0500, <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I have a 2.6 with Linksys firmware 1.07. The radio registers are not
>>availble via the web browser, so I'm not quite sure why clearing the cache
>>would make any difference. You can only adjust the radio registers via
>>the
>>SNMP tool, provided you've tweaked your INI file appropriately.
>>
>>From recollection, the radio registers were different on both devices
>>prior
>>to me starting to mess with them. Man, I wish I hadn't deleted the folder
>>I
>>had the original screenshots in.
>
> Duh. I forgot that this abomination is configured using USB and SNMP.
> No built in web browser. Yech.
>
> I don't have a v2.6 router handy. Here are screen dumps of all the
> various USB and SNMP pages with a WAP11v1.1 set to defaults. Methinks
> 2.6 is similar.
> http://www.LearnByDestroying.com/wap11/
> Hmmm.... I don't see any radio "registers" to tweak in the v1.1 setup
> other than the usual cts/rts and fragmentation thresholds, which are
> essentially disabled.
>
> Let me know when you've grabbed it all so I can clean it off my web
> pile. I'm almost otto space.
>
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060 AE6KS 831-336-2558

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:19:17 -0500, <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Heh... my guess is that you've never performed or played around with the
>WAP11 power hack (over-rated if anything). Anyways, the v2.6 units do have
>a web interface you can use -- however they also accept SNMP commands, and
>using the right tools and documentation
>(http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/Wap11Hack) you can tweak the radio
>settings.

>
>The part that really sucks is that there appears to be no way to restore
>these settings back to their factory default values (or atleast none that
>I've found). The hack in itself as I mentioned is over-rated. At most, it
>gets you 3-5dbs of extra signal strength, and from what I have read on it
>via other sites, produces a dirty signal.

Well, actually I am familiar with hacking the WAP11, but not the later
boxes. I was playing with SNMP based tweaks on WAP11v1 long before it
became popular. However, since it involved inside information, I kept
my mouth shut. Basically, the power amp goes non-linear and sprays
crap everywhere:
http://www.maokhian.com/wireless/wap11.html

>I more or less messed around with
>it, but now that I'm done I'd like to go back to the default values.

Something about Humpty Dumpty and all the kings horses and all the
kings men, couldn't put Humpty together again.

>The interesting thing here is that it appears that each WAP11 unit comes
>with differing values for the three channel registers.

I assume you're using the Atmel SNMP manager
(Atmel_SNMP_manager_v1.743.exe). Which three registers?
I fired it up on my WAP11v1.1. It has a "reset to defaults" feature
that might be of more use. I'm not going to try it on my unit.
Oh swell, no registers listed in the SNMP Manager.

So, I switched to GetIF 2.3.1 using the AT76C510.mib that was included
in the Atmel SNMP Managerie. I get nothing back with a community name
of "public". (Ever have one of those days when NOTHING works?) So,
what you you using for a MIB brower and what OID's correspond to the 3
registers in question?

>Somehow Linksys or
>Amtel or whoever determines what the optimum radio configuration values are
>for each unit are and initially sets them. What scheme they use to
>determine this is unknown to me, as are my original values

I know one is the frequency adjustment. Another is the max power
limit. I gotta dig to get the other. There's also a bunch for timing
tweaks. I'll see what I can leak, but it's all for the original 1.0
version, not 2.6.


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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:16:22 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I assume you're using the Atmel SNMP manager
>(Atmel_SNMP_manager_v1.743.exe). Which three registers?
>I fired it up on my WAP11v1.1. It has a "reset to defaults" feature
>that might be of more use. I'm not going to try it on my unit.
>Oh swell, no registers listed in the SNMP Manager.
>
>So, I switched to GetIF 2.3.1 using the AT76C510.mib that was included
>in the Atmel SNMP Managerie. I get nothing back with a community name
>of "public". (Ever have one of those days when NOTHING works?) So,
>what you you using for a MIB brower and what OID's correspond to the 3
>registers in question?

I'm having a bad day. I downloaded and installed the latest NET-SNMP
for Windoze. It failed to run until I read the release notes and
disarmed Microsloth SNMP (in the Management Console). Net-SNMP
snmpwalk works with my other SNMP managed devices, but my WAP11v1.1
doesn't respond. That means the top of the ASN.1 tree isn't the
starting point and that the MIB really starts somewhere furthur down,
such as in the private OID section. Swell. Time to do some sniffing
with Ethereal.

Argh...

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150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 AE6KS 831-336-2558