Monday, November 6. 2006
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What Is it Like
Well, Bermuda, that is. But I should take one step back yet. I had to go back to my paperwork to see just how long I've been here in Bermuda. Ah, yes. My rent contract came up for renewal back this June. So ... a few more calculations, and it turns out I was here off and on from the beginning of 2004, and settled in full time during June 2004. Almost three years. Three very fast years. Continue reading "What Is it Like" »
Configuring Wireless on Cisco 871W with SDM
This was not a pleasant experience. No wonder I like CLI over GUI interfaces. With a command line, I get feedback as to what I'm doing wrong. With Cisco's SDM, it has some rudimentary user-interface checks before performing a post. On the other end, if you haven't put something into the UI correctly, at least for the wireless config pages, you don't even get a 'hey dummy' message, it just plain ignores you. No feedback, no hints, no nothing.
I simply wanted to get my wireless bit bridged to the vlan bit. The first step is to select the setting in SDM GUI to bridge the wireless with the wired. This will create the normal BVI interface. No problem there. After that, you go into the wireless configuration web pages. I simply wanted to get a WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) into the unit. There is no obvious way to accomplish that task. Continue reading "Configuring Wireless on Cisco 871W with SDM" »