Diff: MWGAP

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+### Index ### 

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+ 

+!!! Vitals 

+* '''Manufacturer :''' Minitar 

+* '''Model :''' MWGAP 

+* '''Type :''' Access Point 

+* '''External Antenna Jack :''' RP_SMA, +3 internal solder points on the board 

+* '''USB Ports :''' None 

+* '''Parallel port :''' None 

+ 

+* '''Power : ''' 9V 800mA wall wart 

+* '''Wlan Chipset :''' RTL8186 

+* '''Transmit Power :''' 

+** xxmW default (Change to spec of card or put TBA) 

+** xxmW max (Change to spec of card or put TBA) 

+* '''Recieve Sensitivity :''' 

+** -xxdB @ 1Mbps  (Change to spec of card or put TBA) 

+** -xxdB @ 11Mbps (Change to spec of card or put TBA) 

+* '''Available New :''' Yes 

+* '''Average Price :''' $94.95 rrp 

+* '''Vitals last updated :''' 11/11/06 

+ 

+ 

+ 

+!! Official Details 

+ 

+supposed to have: 

+32MB RAM (http://www.deutron.com.tw/data_sheets/sdram/p2v56s_0btp11_07024.pdf P2V56S40BTP ) 

+4 MB flash 

+ 

+power supply is a (http://www.digchip.com/datasheets/parts/datasheet/262/LT1506-3_3.php 1506 switchmode regulator ). UNfortunately the input voltage range is 4-15. 

+ 

+ 

+(http://www.minitar.com/index.php?maincat=product&cat=wireless&prod=w_mwgap&page=1 Minitar ) product page 

+ 

+ 

+!! Pictures 

+ 

+{http://www.minitar.com/images/products/mwgap_lrg.jpg outside} 

+picture form Minitar website 

+ 

+{http://southernwifi.net/uploads/newbb/1_44fec8751120d.jpg inside} 

+picture from southernwifi.net 

+ 

+!! OEM Firmware 

+Ok, so Minitar have decided to create a sourceforge project to allow hacking 

+No code up there yet. 

+{http://sourceforge.net/projects/mwgap Sourceforge ) project 

+ 

+No firmware on the support page yet. Well, no revision yet so makes sense 

+No source on the support page, It will probably not be there - refer to the sourceforge project. 

+ 

+!! Alternate Firmware 

+ 

+ 

+!! Support Forum 

+(http://www.minitar.com/forums/index.php?showforum=30 Minitar MWGAP Forum ) 

+ 

+!! Misc Notes & Links 

+ 

+(http://southernwifi.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2&forum=5 Review ) on (http://southernwifi.net SouthernWifi.net ) 

+ 

+ 

+!! Modifications / Addon's 

+There is a header on the board for adding a serial console. 

+Minitar will be selling a serial adapter ( no details yet ). 

+You can use the same Maxim TTL<->RS232 conversion as was done 

+for the MNWAPB and the WRT54. 

+ 

+The header is J1 

+  Vcc (3.3V ) -- 3   2 -- Vss ( ground ) 

+         Rx   -- 4   1 -- Tx 

+ 

+Bauderate: 38400 8N1 

+ while booting drops you into the bootloader 

+ 

+!! Discussion 

+ 

+Ok, now I have one I'm getting hacking on it. My objective is to get OpenWrt running. I'll contribute patches to the sourceforge project. 

+ 

+Things to be done: 

+* Apply Lexra compiler patches to buildroot 

+* Add CSYS image packing to buildroot 

+* Add lxloader to buildroot. 

+* Change from using embedded initrd to using jffs2 root filesystem 

+* port RTL radio and ethernet drivers to buildroot 

+* apply patches to hardware bootloader to allow bootwait loading( to flash or RAM )