{"id":1124,"date":"2021-09-24T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T08:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/?page_id=1124"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:59:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:59:18","slug":"linksys-wap11-wireless-bridging-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys-wap11-wireless-bridging-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Linksys WAP11 Wireless Bridging upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">11\/12\/01<\/span><\/b>: Linksys has release\u00a0<b>Version\u00a0<a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/network\/wap11fw14h3.exe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.4h.3 firmware<\/a><\/b><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/network\/wap11fw14h3.exe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">10\/11\/01:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys has released\u00a0<b>Version<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/network\/wap11fw14g5.exe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>1.4g.5 firmware<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>8\/30\/01:<\/b><\/span>Linksys has released\u00a0<b>Version\u00a0<\/b><b><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/network\/wap11fw.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.4f.8 firmware<\/a><\/b>\u00a0that adds major new capabilities to their WAP11 Access Point:<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p>Wireless Bridging of Physically Separated LANs with both Point to Point and Point to Multipoint modes (in addition to straight AP mode)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>NEW!<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Ability to act as a Wireless Client!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">MAC Address Filtering<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">IP Filtering<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">SNMP Configuration Utility Password Protection<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">DHCP Client<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">128-bit WEP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>NOTE!<\/b>\u00a0The upgrade can be performed\u00a0<b>only via the WAP11&#8217;s USB interface<\/b>\u00a0and by using the upgrade program in the\u00a0<b>wap11fw.zip<\/b>\u00a0file.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_wap11_14f8_ver.txt\">Click here for the firmware Release Notes<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_wap11_14f8_readme.txt\">Click here for the firmware upgrade instructions (ReadMe file)<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Other\/wap11ug_bridge.pdf\">Click here to download a copy of an updated User Manual<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\">There is also a download that will install new (1.7c.8) USB and SNMP Manager utilities [<b><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/network\/wap11sw.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a><\/b>], which we recommend you download and install to replace your old versions.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>NOTE!<\/b>\u00a0The Version 1.7c.8 utilities allow control of\u00a0 the following capabilities:<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">IP Filtering<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">AP Client mode<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Direct Add\/ Modify \/ Delete of MAC address association control list (SNMP utility only)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\">There&#8217;s a\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oreillynet.com\/pub\/a\/wireless\/2001\/08\/24\/linksys.html\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">helpful article<\/a><\/b>\u00a0 by Glenn Fleishman over on\u00a0<b>O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s Wireless Devcenter<\/b>\u00a0that describes a\u00a0<b>WAP11 bridging setup<\/b>\u00a0that the author set up.\u00a0 Worth a read! [Thnx Monty Solomon!]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11\/12\/01: Linksys has release\u00a0Version\u00a01.4h.3 firmware. 10\/11\/01:\u00a0Linksys has released\u00a0Version\u00a01.4g.5 firmware. 8\/30\/01:Linksys has released\u00a0Version\u00a01.4f.8 firmware\u00a0that adds major new capabilities to their WAP11 Access Point: Wireless Bridging of Physically Separated LANs with both Point to Point and Point to Multipoint modes (in addition to straight AP mode) NEW!\u00a0Ability to act as a Wireless Client! MAC Address Filtering IP Filtering SNMP Configuration Utility Password Protection DHCP Client 128-bit WEP NOTE!\u00a0The upgrade can be performed\u00a0only via the WAP11&#8217;s USB interface\u00a0and by using the upgrade program in the\u00a0wap11fw.zip\u00a0file. Click here for the firmware Release Notes. Click here for the firmware upgrade instructions (ReadMe file). 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