(RADIATOR) 3Com Wireless Access Points

[Mike McCauley]

Hi Jon,

On Sat, 15 May 2004 12:03 pm, Terry Simons wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> I'll check the version on our 3Com AP.
>
> Since I was just heavily involved in Networld+Interop testing, I can
> tell you that at least one of the 3Com APs is based on the Accton
> reference design, and their code has a VLAN bug that does not work
> properly with RFC 3850.  I know that the 3Com AP I have probably
> exhibits this behavior, since it is Accton reference.
>
> Also, the following APs are Accton reference design as well, and either
> exhibit the problem, or have exhibited the problem in the past:
>
> Foundry IronPoint 200
> HP 420
> Extreme Summit 300
> There may be others as well.
>
> These APs all require an integer value to set the VLAN tag, but they
> *SHOULD* be accepting an ASCII representation of the number as per RFC
> 3850 (For example: "40" instead of integer 40).
>
> If this is indeed the bug you are seeing, you may want to look at the
> script that was contributed by Matthew Gast.  I believe that script was
> added to the goodies directory a few days ago.


Yes, its available in goodies/vlanhooks.txt in the 3.9 patch set.

Cheers.

>
> - Terry
>
> On May 11, 2004, at 4:11 AM, Dunster, Jon wrote:
> > Anyone out there using 3Com access points (7250/8xxx series?) with
> > VLANS ?
> >
> > What values do I have to 'Add to reply' to fix the VLAN for the caller
> > ?
> >
> > Help most appreciated as always !
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
> >
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