{"id":6,"date":"2005-03-24T08:32:13","date_gmt":"2005-03-24T16:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.11h.net\/blog\/?p=6"},"modified":"2005-03-24T08:32:13","modified_gmt":"2005-03-24T16:32:13","slug":"lousy-actiontec-dsl-router-and-wireless-accesspoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/11h.net\/blog\/lousy-actiontec-dsl-router-and-wireless-accesspoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Lousy Actiontec DSL router and wireless accesspoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

After recently moving to Washington States’ captial, I began DSL service with Zhonka Internet Services. Setup couldn’t have been easier for a n00b, but leave it to two software engineers to complicate the installation. In short: RTFM and make sure the setup notes are sent to the correct address.<\/p>\n

For my DSL installation, I opted to rent an Actiontec GT701-WG DSL<\/a> modem with built in wireless B and G. Cool.<\/p>\n

After setting up my little DSL AP I happily connected to the office from my laptop. And then I re-connected. And then, anything that used the network just froze.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, the damn wireless adapater on my laptop would just fail while connected to the AP. No real errors. In fact the log file of the Intel 2200 BG would show that there were no connection errors. At this point you may blame the Intel Wireless 2200BG adapter but then you would be WRONG! If I use the same laptop with a D-Link 2100AP, everything works just fine!<\/p>\n

For now, I’ve disabled the wireless AP on the modem and I am using the D-Link 2100AP instead.<\/p>\n

The next step is to hack the DSL modems firmware becuase it runs Linux!
\nBusyBox on dslmodem login: XXXX
\nPassword:<\/p>\n

BusyBox v0.61.pre (2004.07.16-20:31+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
\nEnter ‘help’ for a list of built-in commands.<\/p>\n

# cat \/proc\/meminfo
\n total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
\nMem: 14950400 14536704 413696 0 1626112 5173248
\nSwap: 0 0 0
\nMemTotal: 14600 kB
\nMemFree: 404 kB
\nMemShared: 0 kB
\nBuffers: 1588 kB
\nCached: 5052 kB
\nSwapCached: 0 kB
\nActive: 5996 kB
\nInactive: 2604 kB
\nHighTotal: 0 kB
\nHighFree: 0 kB
\nLowTotal: 14600 kB
\nLowFree: 404 kB
\nSwapTotal: 0 kB
\nSwapFree: 0 kB<\/p>\n

# cat \/proc\/cpuinfo
\nprocessor : 0
\ncpu model : MIPS 4KEc V4.8
\nBogoMIPS : 149.91
\nwait instruction : no
\nmicrosecond timers : yes
\nextra interrupt vector : yes
\nhardware watchpoint : yes
\nVCED exceptions : not available
\nVCEI exceptions : not available<\/p>\n

# cat \/proc\/mounts
\n\/dev\/mtdblock\/0 \/ squashfs ro 0 0
\nnone \/dev devfs rw 0 0
\nproc \/proc proc rw 0 0
\nramfs \/var ramfs rw 0 0
\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damn this thing! The Actiontec GT701-WG doesn’t seem to work with the Intel Wireless 2200BG wireless adapter. …<\/p>\n

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