New
Features and Enhancements
1. Added support for AutoCell.
2. Added DHCP server for Wireless Clients only.
3. Added support and documentation menu.
4. Added activity log menu.
5. Added Radius MAC Address Authentication support.
Known Problems and Limitations
1. Wireless bridging and wireless repeating
are not available when AutoCell is enabled. Wireless bridging
and wireless repeating requires the access points to use the same
channel. This conflicts with AutoCell's automatic channel selection.
2. When WG302's built-in DHCP server for wireless clients is enabled,
if there is another DHCP server on the LAN, the wireless client
may get IP address from the DHCP server on the LAN instead of
the WG302.
3. WPA and WPA/PSK won't work with wireless bridging or wireless
repeating.
4. If the WEP passphrase was set up through CLI, the Web UI doesn't
display the correct WEP encryption status.
5. SuperG and Dynamic 108 supports are not optimized. To use 108Mbps,
disable SuperG, manually set up wireless setting to channel 6,
802.11g and 108 data rate.
6. SuperG will not work with AutoCell. SuperG requires an access
point to run on channel 6, which conflicts with AutoCell's automatic
channel selection.
If you’re using adapters WG511, WG511T, WAG511 or WAG311,
check the NETGEAR Support site for the latest driver and utility.
These support WPA-PSK.
Upgrading
to the New Software
If upgrading from Version 1.0.5 or earlier,
you must upgrade the boot loader commands first, and then use
TFTP to upgrade the new Version 3.0.0 firmware. Note that the
previous configuration is restored to the default settings after
TFTP is completed.
NOTES:
- After upgrading
from V1.0.5 or earlier, you MUST manually reconfigure.
- Please write down
all of your configuration information before upgrading.
- Do not load a configuration
file saved from a previous software version.
STEP 1: Upgrade the Boot Loader Commands:
1. Connect to the WG302 console
port via MS Hyper terminal with these settings:
2.
Copy patch.txt from the zip file into a working file folder
on your PC.
3. Connect the
access point to your PC’s communication port with an RS232
cable.
4. After powering
on the access point, immediately press CTRL-C (CTRL and C
keys at the same time). The RedBoot> prompt displays in HyperTerm. Here's an example of what this sequence
might look like:
+Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:09:5b:74:f3:c5
IP: 192.168.0.35/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 0.0.0.0
Default server: 192.168.0.36, DNS server IP: 0.0.0.0
RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROM]
Red Hat certified release, version 1.92 - built 18:59:19, Sep 19 2003
Platform: IXDP425 Development Platform (XScale)
Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, Red Hat, Inc.
RAM: 0x00000000-0x10000000, 0x0001f920-0x0ffd1000 available
FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x50800000, 64 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each.
== Executing boot script in 2.000 seconds - enter ^C to abort
^C
RedBoot>
5. Select Send
Text File from Transfer Menu in HyperTerminal, and select
patch.txt to transfer. The
access point automatically rebots after upgrade is done.
6. Continue to
Step 2 to upgrade the firmware.
STEP 2: To Upgrade the Firmware Using TFTP
1. Configure the IP address of your PC to 192.168.0.36.
2. If you do not have a TFTP server on your PC, install one now.
(These are available, free, from such places as Solarwinds. You
may download the software from http://support.solarwinds.net/updates/New-customerFree.)
3. Copy the WG302 firmware image: wg302v300.rmt into the
TFTP Root directory, such as c:\TFTP-Root.
4. Rename the image to wg302.rmt. (If your TFTP server gives an
error "ixp425.rmt not found" then you have a beta unit. For beta
units rename "wg302.rmt" to ixp425.rmt.)
5. Connect your PC and the WG302 access point directly with a
CAT5 Ethernet cable.
6. Start the TFTP server. (An example, showing
Solarwinds start-up window, appears below.)
7. Disconnect the power
cord from access point.
8. Press and hold the reset
button on access point. Plug in the power while holding the reset
button. Wait for 20 seconds before releasing the reset button.
The TFTP server automatically
transfers the firmware to the WG302.
