Motorola's WS5000/WS5100 Wireless LAN Switches (v1.x,2.x software) allow you to provision a standby backup switch that would take over for the primary if some problem affected the primary Wireless LAN switch. This is a an active/passive solution, the … [Continue reading]
Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR)
We have quite a few Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500s deployed throughout our organization. There's a great new benefit in using the new hardware to help us test the cable plant remotely.Here’s the text from the Nortel manual; Testing cables … [Continue reading]
WS5100 v3.x Getting Started
The following document is provided as a basic guide on how to configure the Motorola WS5100 Wireless LAN Switch with release 3.x software. You should use the initial username of “cli” at the login prompt. At the username/password prompts you should … [Continue reading]
802.11 Dissassociation Codes
These codes can be extremely useful in troubleshooting wireless issues.Value802.11 or Symbol/WPA Reason CodeDescription0REASON_CODE_80211_SUCCESSReserved internally to indicate success1. … [Continue reading]
Motorola Wireless LAN
I've worked primarily with Motorola (formerly Symbol) since the early 802.11b FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum) days. When 802.11b DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) came to the forefront I worked with the Symbol 4121/4131 Access Points … [Continue reading]