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* Vitals [1]
* Official Details [2]
* Pictures [3]
* OEM Firmware [4]
* Alternate Firmware [5]
* Support Forum [6]
* Misc Notes & Links [7]
* Modifications / Addon\'s [8]
* Discussion [9]
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 P2V56S40BTP [10]
4 MB flash
power supply is a 1506 switchmode regulator [11]. UNfortunately the
input voltage range is 4-15.
Minitar [12] product page
PICTURES
picture form Minitar website
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
Minitar MWGAP Forum [13]
MISC NOTES & LINKS
Review [14] on SouthernWifi.net [15]
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 TTLRS232 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 [16] 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 )
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#vitals
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#official_details
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#pictures
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#oem_firmware
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#alternate_firmware
[6] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#support_forum
[7] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#misc_notes___links
[8] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#modifications___addon_s
[9] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#discussion
[10]
http://www.deutron.com.tw/data_sheets/sdram/p2v56s_0btp11_07024.pdf
[11]
http://www.digchip.com/datasheets/parts/datasheet/262/LT1506-3_3.php
[12]
http://www.minitar.com/index.php?maincat=product&cat=wireless&prod=w_mwgap&page=1
[13] http://www.minitar.com/forums/index.php?showforum=30
[14]
http://southernwifi.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2&forum=5
[15] http://southernwifi.net
[16] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OpenWrt
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