This is a work in progress. Please e-mail sommere@gac.edu if you have 
any questions. Obviously, this worked for us but I make no guarentees 
that it will work for you, or that you won't break your access points, 
or that it won't bring your network to a grinding halt somehow.


<h2>Deploying enterprise managed wireless using open source consumer 
routers</h2>


Steps to deploy:
<ol>
   <li> Purchase equipment. </li>
	<ol>
	<li type='a'>Wireless access points -- we used mainly 
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124190'> 
Linksys WRT54GL APs</a> ($60), but others have reported good (or better) 
luck with 
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833162173'>
Buffalo WHR-G54S</a> ($40). (note: old WRT54G and WRT54GSes worked too, 
but the new ones are crippled, so make sure you get one with an L in 
the model number.)</li>
	<li>Mounting brackets (optional) -- 
<a href='http://www.insight.com/site/product/detail/index.cfm?item_number=SM01'>
Linksys SM01</a> $22 for 10. Note: these work with Linksys WRT54GLs but 
not for Buffalo APs. I haven't investigated Buffalo mounting brackets. 
Let me know if you find some good ones.</li>
	<li>Power over ethernet injectors/splitters (optional) --
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124185'>
Linksys 12V WAPPOE12</a> ($40) (make sure you get the 12V ones.)</li>
	<li>Remote power switch (optional, and not necesary if your 
switches support PoE) -- 
<a href='http://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html'>Digital Loggers Web 
Power Switch</a> ($80)</li>
	</ol>
	<b>Total cost per Linksys AP: $60-$112 depending on 
configuration.</b>

</li>
<li>Download required files
	<ol type='a'>
	<li>dd-wrt firmware v23SP1 (may also work with SP2) <a 
href='http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads.php'>Straight from dd-wrt 
site</a> or <a href='dd-wrt.v23_mini_wrt54g-sp1.bin'> mirror of the 
exact file we used for our WRT54GLs</a> (Note that you need the 
mini version for WRT54GL. See the dd-wrt for a guide to which 
version you need if you have/get a different AP.)</li>
	<li><a href='nvrambak-with-dhcp-public.bin'>The config file we 
use</a> (I changed the username/password to admin/admin)</li>
	<li>Other scripts (soon)</li>
	</ol>
</li>
<li>Set up your APs (hint: After you've tried this for one AP, you may 
want to do each step for each AP before moving to the next step.)
	<ol type='a'>
	<li>Put the new firmware on the router and upload 
configuration (instructions for Linksys)
		<ol type='i'>
		<li>Connect a computer to one of the AP's LAN ports and 
set the computer's ip/subnet to 192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0.</li>
		<li>Point a web browser at 192.168.1.1 (un/pw is 
admin/admin on the stock Linksys firmware)</li>
		<li>Go to Administration -> Firmware Upgrade and give 
the router the firmware you downloaded above. Click Upgrade. (don't 
unplug it while it is upgrading.)</li>
		<li>Once it is done upgrading go back to 192.168.1.1 You 
will now see the new dd-wrt firmware.</li>
		<li>Go to Administration->Backup and restore the 
configuration file above. Once it is done restoring, the router 
will be set to use DHCP and will not respond to 192.168.1.1 anymore.</li>
	</ol>
	Your if you plug a LAN port into your network (assuming you have 
registered the MAC address on the bottom of the AP with your DHCP 
server) and turn on the AP, you should now be able to access the AP by 
its newly assigned IP address, and it is now a functional AP. You should 
probably go in and change the SSID, channel, and admin password. You 
can backup the config and use that instead of the one you downloaded so 
you don't have to change the SSID and password for each AP if you want.
	</li>
	<li>Set up your APs to check in with your management server
	<ol type='a'>
		<li> coming soon</li>