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Table Of Contents
Release Notes for Cisco Aironet 1310 Outdoor Access Point/Bridge for Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA5
Finding the IOS Software Version
Upgrading to a New Software Release
IEEE 802.1X Local Authentication Service for EAP-FAST
Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) Required Elements
FCC Safety Compliance Statement
Default Username and Password Are Cisco
Proxy Mobile-IP Feature Removed From This Release
WPA/2 With Concatenation Not Supported
Hard Coded Ethernet Port Settings Degrade GUI Performance
New Express Security Page Simplifies Security Setup
TACACS+ and DHCP IP Address Sometimes Locks Out Administrators
Access Point/Bridge Does Not Support Loopback Interface
Non-Cisco Aironet 802.11g Clients Might Require Firmware Upgrade
Throughput Option for 802.11g Radio Blocks Association by 802.11b Clients
Use force-reload Option with archive download-sw Command
Radio MAC Address Appears in ACU
Radio MAC Address Appears in Access Point/Bridge Event Log
Mask Field on IP Filters Page Behaves the Same As in CLI
System Software Upgrade Sometimes Fails Using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP2
Corrupt EAP Packet Sometimes Causes Error Message
When Cipher is TKIP Only, Key Management Must Be Enabled
Non-Cisco Aironet Clients Sometimes Fail 802.1x Authentication
Microsoft Patch Fixes WPA Authentication Delay
Pings and Link Tests Sometimes Fail to Clients with both Wired and Wireless Network Connections
Limitation to PAgP Redundancy on Switches Connected by Bridge Links
Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA5
Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA
Cisco IOS Software Documentation Set
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Notes for Cisco Aironet 1310 Outdoor Access Point/Bridge for Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA5
September 12, 2005
These release notes describe caveats for Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA5. They also provide important information about the Cisco Aironet 1310 Outdoor Access Point/Bridge (hereafter called the access point/bridge).
These release notes contain the following sections.
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
The Cisco Aironet 1310 Outdoor Access Point/Bridge is an 802.11b/g device that provides high speed and cost-effective wireless connectivity between multiple fixed or mobile networks and clients. The flexibility of the device allows it to operate as an access point, wireless bridge, or workgroup bridge. Building a metropolitan area wireless infrastructure with the access point/bridge provides deployment personnel with a flexible, easy to use solution that meets the security requirements of wide area networking professionals.
The access point/bridge supports the 802.11b/g standard, providing 54-Mbps data rates with a proven, secure technology. Cisco makes the maintenance and installation of the access point/bridge easy by integrating it with your wired network using the Cisco SWAN solution. Based on the Cisco IOS operating system, the access point/bridge includes advanced features such as Fast Secure Roaming, QoS, and VLANs.
System Requirements
You can install Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA on any 1310 outdoor access point/bridge.
Finding the IOS Software Version
To determine the version of IOS running on your access point/bridge, use a Telnet session to log into the access point/bridge and enter the show version EXEC command. This example shows command output from a access point/bridge running Cisco IOS Release 12.2(15)JA:
ap> show versionCisco Internetwork Operating System SoftwareIOS (tm) C1310 Software (C1310-K9W7-M), Version 12.2(15)JACopyright (c) 1986-2004 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
You can also find the software version on the System Software Version page in the device's web-browser interface. The software version appears at the top left of most pages in the web-browser interface.
Upgrading to a New Software Release
For instructions on installing 1310 series software:
1. Follow this link to the Cisco Support page:
Follow this path to the product, document, and chapter:
Aironet 1300 Series Wireless LAN Products > Cisco Aironet 1300 Series Bridge Software Configuration Guide > Managing Firmware and Configurations > Working with Software Images
2. Click this link to browse to the Cisco IOS Software Center on Cisco.com:
3. On the Web page, log in to access the Feature Navigator or the Cisco IOS Upgrade Planner, or click Wireless Software to go to the Wireless LAN Software page.
New Features
This release does not contain new features. It supports the features introduced in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA. This section lists new features in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA for the 1310 access point/bridge.
The Cisco Aironet 1310 Outdoor Access Point/Bridge supports the same Cisco IOS Software access point features as Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Access Points in Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(13)JA and earlier Cisco IOS Software releases with the exception of radio management aggregation, Wireless Domain Services (WDS), and IEEE 802.1X local authentication service.
The 1310 access point/bridge supports the same Cisco IOS Software wireless bridge features as the Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge in Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(13)JA and earlier Cisco IOS Software releases with the exception of IEEE 802.11a.
The following new features are supported by the 1310 access point/bridge:
•HTTPS - HTTP with SSL 3.0
•AES-CCMP (when in access point and bridge mode)
•IEEE 802.1X local authentication service for EAP-FAST
•Wi-Fi Multimedia (WWM) required elements
•VLAN assignment by name
•Microsoft WPS IE SSIDL
•HTTP Web Server v1.1
To learn more about all the features supported by the 1310 access point/bridge, refer to the IOS Feature Navigator at the following link on Cisco.com:
HTTPS - HTTP with SSL 3.0
This feature supports a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) method of managing Cisco Aironet access points via a Web browser using HTTP.
This feature is active when the 1310 is in the access point and bridge modes. The feature supports Advanced Encryption Standard-Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (AES-CCMP). In the access point mode, the 1310 supports both AES-CCMP and WPA2. In the bridge mode, the 1310 supports AES-CCMP but not WPA2 because WPA2 cannot be tested in the bridge mode. AES-CCMP is required for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) and IEEE 802.11i wireless LAN security.
IEEE 802.1X Local Authentication Service for EAP-FAST
This feature expands wireless domain services (WDS) IEEE 802.1X local authentication to include support for Extensible Authentication Protocol-Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling (EAP-FAST). IEEE 802.1X local authentication was introduced in Cisco IOS Software release 12.2(11)JA.
Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) Required Elements
This feature supports the required elements of Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM). WMM is designed to improve the user experience for audio, video and voice applications over a Wi-Fi wireless connection. WMM is a subset of the IEEE 802.11e Quality of Service (QoS) draft standard. WMM supports QoS prioritized media access via the Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) method. Optional elements of the WMM specification including call admission control using traffic specifications (TSPEC) are not supported in this release.
VLAN Assignment By Name
This feature allows the Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server to assign a client to a virtual LAN (VLAN) identified by its VLAN name. In releases before Cisco IOS Software release 12.3(2)JA, the RADIUS server identified the VLAN by ID. This feature is important for deployments where VLAN IDs are not used consistently throughout the network.
Microsoft WPS IE SSIDL
This feature allows the Cisco Aironet access point to broadcast a list of configured SSIDs such as SSID Lists (SSIDL) in the Microsoft Wireless Provisioning Services Information Element (WPS IE). A client with the ability to read the SSIDL can alert the user to the availability of the SSIDs. This feature provides a bandwidth-efficient, software-upgradeable alternative to multiple broadcast SSIDs (MB/SSIDs).
HTTP Web Server v1.1
This feature provides a consistent interface for users and applications by implementing the HTTP 1.1 standard (see RFC 2616). In previous releases, Cisco software supported only a partial implementation of HTTP 1.0. The integrated HTTP Server API supports server application interfaces. When combined with the HTTPS and HTTP 1.1 Client features, provides a complete, secure solution for HTTP services to and from Cisco devices.
This features provides the capability to redirect traffic intended for a particular destination to another IP address specified by the administrator.
Features Not Supported
The following features that were introduced in Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(13)JA or earlier that are not supported by the access point/bridge:
•Radio management
•Radio management aggregation
•Layer 3 Mobility Service via fast secure roaming tunnels
•Wireless Domain Services (WDS)
•IEEE 802.11a support
Installation Notes
This section contains important information to keep in mind when installing your access point/bridge.
Warning This warning means danger. You are in a situation that could cause bodily injury. Before you work on any equipment, be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar with standard practices for preventing accidents.
Warning Only trained and qualified personnel should be allowed to install, replace, or service this equipment.
Warning Do not locate the antenna near overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits, or where it can come into contact with such circuits. When installing the antenna, take extreme care not to come in contact with such circuits, as they may cause serious injury or death. for proper installation and grounding of the antenna, please refer to national and local codes (e.g. U.S.: NFPA70, National Electrical Code, Article 810, in Canada: Canadian Electrical Code, Section 54).
Warning This product relies on the building's installation for short-circuit (overcurrent) protection. Ensure that the protective device is rated not greater than:
120 VAC, 15A U.S. (240vac, 10A International)
Warning This equipment must be grounded. Never defeat the ground conductor or operate the equipment in the absence of a suitably installed ground connector. Contact the appropriate electrical inspection authority or an electrician if you are uncertain that suitable grounding is available.
Warning Read the installation instructions before you connect the system to its power source.
Warning Do not work on the system or disconnect cables during periods of lightning activity.
Warning Do not operate your wireless network near unshielded blasting caps or in an explosive environment unless the device has been modified to be especially qualified for such use.
Warning In order to comply with radio frequency (RF) exposure limits, the antennas for this product should be positioned no less than 6.56 ft. (2 m) from your body or nearby persons.
Warning This unit is intended for installation in restricted access areas. A restricted access area can be accessed only through the use of a special tool, lock and key, or other means of security.
Vehicle Installations
The following warnings apply to vehicle installations:
Warning A readily accessible two-pole disconnect device must be incorporated in the fixed wiring.
Warning Connect the unit only to CD power source that complies with the safety extra-low (SELV) requirements in IEC 60950 based safety standards.
Safety Information
Follow the guidelines in this section to ensure proper operation and safe use of the 1300 series.
FCC Safety Compliance Statement
FCC Compliance with its action in ET Docket 96-8, has adopted a safety standard for human exposure to RF electromagnetic energy emitted by FCC-certified eqipment. When used with approved Cisco Aironet antennas, Cisco Aironet products meet the uncontrolled environmental limits found in OET-65 and ANSI C95.1, 1991. Proper operation of this radio device according to the instructions in this publication results in user exposure substantially below the FCC recommended limits.
Safety Precautions
Warning Do not locate the antenna near overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits, or where it can come into contact with such circuits. When installing the antenna, take extreme care not to come into contact with such circuits, as they may cause serious injury or death. For proper installation and grounding of the antenna, please refer to national and local codes (e.g. U.S.:NFPA 70, National Electrical Code, Article 810, in Canada: Canadian Electrical Code, Section 54).
Each year hundreds of people are killed or injured when attempting to install an antenna. In many of these cases, the victim was aware of the danger of electrocution, but did not take adequate steps to avoid the hazard.
For your safety, and to help you achieve a good installation, please read and follow these safety precautions. They may save your life!
1. If you are installing an antenna for the first time, for your own safety as well as others, seek professional assistance. Your Cisco sales representative can explain which mounting method to use for the size and type antenna you are about to install.
2. Select your installation site with safety, as well as performance in mind. Remember: electric power lines and phone lines look alike. For your safety, assume that any overhead line can kill you.
3. Call your electric power company. Tell them your plans and ask them to come look at your proposed installation. This is a small inconvenience considering your life is at stake.
4. Plan your installation carefully and completely before you begin. Successful raising of a mast or tower is largely a matter of coordination. Each person should be assigned to a specific task, and should know what to do and when to do it. One person should be in charge of the operation to issue instructions and watch for signs of trouble.
5. When installing your antenna, remember:
a. Do not use a metal ladder.
b. Do not work on a wet or windy day.
c. Do dress properly—shoes with rubber soles and heels, rubber gloves, long sleeved shirt or jacket.
6. If the assembly starts to drop, get away from it and let it fall. Remember, the antenna, mast, cable, and metal guy wires are all excellent conductors of electrical current. Even the slightest touch of any of these parts to a power line complete an electrical path through the antenna and the installer: you!
7. If any part of the antenna system should come in contact with a power line, don't touch it or try to remove it yourself. Call your local power company. They will remove it safely.
8. If an accident should occur with the power lines call for qualified emergency help immediately.
1310 Installation
The access point/bridge is available in two configurations:
•Integrated antenna access point/bridge (with 13-dBi patch array antenna)
•External antenna access point/bridge (with antenna connector for use with an external antenna)
Note To meet regulatory restrictions, the external antenna configuration and the external antenna must be professionally installed.
Note When installing the dual-coax cable, it is acceptable to unzip or pull the two cables apart at the ends if more separation is needed between the male F connectors.
Personnel installing the access point/bridge must understand wireless bridging techniques, antenna alignment and adjustment, and grounding methods. The integrated antenna configuration can be installed by an experienced IT professional.
Important Notes
This section describes important information about the access point.
Default Username and Password Are Cisco
When you open the 1310 interface, you must enter a username and password. The default username for administrator login is Cisco, and the default password is Cisco. Both the username and password are case sensitive.
Proxy Mobile-IP Feature Removed From This Release
The proxy Mobile-IP feature is not supported in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA5.
WPA/2 With Concatenation Not Supported
Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA5 does not support this feature.
Hard Coded Ethernet Port Settings Degrade GUI Performance
Ethernet port settings on the 1300 must be set to auto speed and auto negotiation. If you use any other setting, the GUI operates very slowly. For additional information, caveat CSCef45010 in the "Open Caveats" section.
New Express Security Page Simplifies Security Setup
The new Express Security page in the 1310 web-browser interface makes it easier to create SSIDs and assign security settings to them. Figure 1 shows the Express Security page.
Limitations of the Express Security page include:
•You cannot edit SSIDs. However, you can delete SSIDs and re-create them.
•You cannot assign SSIDs to specific radio interfaces. The SSIDs that you create are enabled on all radio interfaces. To assign SSIDs to specific radio interfaces, use the Security SSID Manager page.
•You cannot configure multiple authentication servers. To configure multiple authentication servers, use the Security Server Manager page.
•You cannot configure multiple WEP keys. To configure multiple WEP keys, use the Security Encryption Manager page.
•You cannot assign an SSID to a VLAN that is already configured on the access point. To assign an SSID to an existing VLAN, use the Security SSID Manager page.
•You cannot configure combinations of authentication types on the same SSID (such as MAC address authentication and EAP authentication). To configure combinations of authentication types, use the Security SSID Manager page.
For complete instructions on using the Express Security page, see the "Configuring Basic Security Settings" section on page 2-11 in the Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points. Click this URL to browse to that document:
Figure 1 Express Security Page
TACACS+ and DHCP IP Address Sometimes Locks Out Administrators
When you configure an access point for TACACS+ administration and to receive an IP address from the DHCP server, administrators might be locked out of the access point after it reboots if the administrator does not have a local username and password configured on the access point. This issue does not affect access points configured with a static IP address. Administrators who have been locked out must regain access by using the mode button to reset the unit to default settings.
Access Point/Bridge Does Not Support Loopback Interface
When configuring the access point/bridge as an access point, you must not configure a loopback interface.
Caution Configuring a loopback interface might generate an IAPP GENINFO storm on your network and disrupt network traffic.
Non-Cisco Aironet 802.11g Clients Might Require Firmware Upgrade
Some non-Cisco Aironet 802.11g client devices require a firmware upgrade before they can associate to the 802.11g radio in the access point/bridge when it is configured as an access point or workgroup bridge. If your non-Cisco Aironet 802.11g client device does not associate to the access point/bridge, download and install the latest client firmware from the manufacturer's website.
Throughput Option for 802.11g Radio Blocks Association by 802.11b Clients
When you configure the 802.11g 1300 series radio for best throughput, the access point/bridge sets all data rates to basic (required). This setting blocks association from 802.11b client devices. The best throughput option appears on the web-browser interface Radio0-802.11G Settings pages and in the speed CLI configuration interface command.
Use force-reload Option with archive download-sw Command
When you upgrade access point or bridge system software by entering the archive download-sw command on the CLI, you must use the force-reload option. If the access point or bridge does not reload the Flash after the upgrade, the pages in the web-browser interface might not reflect the upgrade. This example shows how to upgrade system software successfully using the archive download-sw command:AP# archive download-sw /force-reload /overwrite tftp:/10.0.0.1/ image-name (image name)
Radio MAC Address Appears in ACU
When a Cisco Aironet client device associates to an access point or bridge running IOS software, the device's MAC address that appears on the Status page in the Aironet Client Utility (ACU) is the MAC address for the access point or bridge radio. The MAC address for the access point or bridge's Ethernet port is printed on the label on the back of the access point or bridge.
Radio MAC Address Appears in Access Point/Bridge Event Log
When a client device roams from an access point (such as access point alpha) to another access point (access point bravo), a message appears in the event log on access point alpha stating that the client roamed to access point bravo. The MAC address that appears in the event message is the MAC address for the access point/bridge.
Mask Field on IP Filters Page Behaves the Same As in CLI
In Cisco IOS Release 12.2(8)JA and later, the mask that you enter in the Mask field on the IP Filters page in the access point/bridge GUI behaves the same way as a mask that you enter in the CLI. If you enter 255.255.255.255 as the mask, the access point/bridge accepts any IP address. If you enter 0.0.0.0, the access point/bridge looks for an exact match with the IP address that you entered in the IP Address field.
System Software Upgrade Sometimes Fails Using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP2
A system software upgrade sometimes fails when you use Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.01 SP2 to upgrade system software using the HTTP Upgrade page in the web-browser interface. Use a later version of Microsoft Internet Explorer to perform HTTP system software upgrades, or use TFTP to upgrade system software. Click this URL to browse to the Cisco 1300 Series Wireless Bridge Software Configuration Guide for complete instructions on performing software upgrades:
Corrupt EAP Packet Sometimes Causes Error Message
During client authentication, the access point/bridge sometimes receives a corrupt EAP packet and displays this error message:Oct 1 09:00:51.642 R: %SYS-2-GETBUF: Bad getbuffer, bytes= 28165 -Process= "Dot11 Dot1x process", ipl= 0, pid= 32 -Traceback= A2F98 3C441C 3C7184 3C604C 3C5E14 3C5430 124DDC
You can ignore these messages.
When Cipher is TKIP Only, Key Management Must Be Enabled
When "Cipher TKIP" is configured on a VLAN, the SSID(s) for that VLAN must use WPA or CCKM key management. If you do not configure the SSID(s) for that VLAN with WPA or CCKM, client authentication fails on the SSIDs.
Non-Cisco Aironet Clients Sometimes Fail 802.1x Authentication
Some non-Cisco Aironet client adapters do not perform 802.1x authentication to the access point/bridge unless you configure Open authentication with EAP. To allow both Cisco Aironet clients using LEAP and non-Cisco Aironet clients using LEAP to associate using the same SSID, you might need to configure the SSID for both Network EAP authentication and Open authentication with EAP.
Microsoft Patch Fixes WPA Authentication Delay
When the access point/bridge is configured for optional or mandatory WPA authentication, client adapters in Windows XP platforms sometimes experience a delay when initially authenticating to the access point immediately after it starts up. A patch from Microsoft resolves this issue. The patch is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 826942.
Pings and Link Tests Sometimes Fail to Clients with both Wired and Wireless Network Connections
When you ping or run a link test from an access point to a client device installed in a PC running Microsoft Windows 2000, the ping or link test sometimes fails when the client has both wired and wireless connections to the LAN. Microsoft does not recommend this configuration. For more information, refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base article 157025 at this URL:
Limitation to PAgP Redundancy on Switches Connected by Bridge Links
When running PAgP on switched connected to 1310 series bridges, for ethernet traffic redundancy and load balance be aware that PAgP switchover takes at least 30 seconds, which is too slow to maintain certain traffic (for example, TCP) when switching from from port to the other. There is no workaround for this limitation.
Default IP Address Behavior
When an unconfigured access point/bridge boots, it attempts to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. If it fails to locate a DHCP server, it continues attempting to request an IP address from the DHCP server. To eliminate this behavior, you must access the access point/bridge through its console port and assign a static IP address.
If you want to reset the access point/bridge to its default settings and a static IP address, use the write erase or erase /all nvram command. If you want to erase everything including the static IP address, in addition to the above commands, use the erase and erase boot static-ipaddr static-ipmask command.
Caution You should never delete any of the system files prior to resetting defaults or reloading software.
Ethernet Duplex Settings
The access point/bridge is implemented with an unmanaged and unconfigurable 10/100baseT switch embedded in the power injector. All ports on the switch are set for auto-speed, auto-duplex, and auto-MDIX. Port 0 on the switch is used for the coaxial link to the access point/bridge. Port 1 on the switch is used for the RJ45 jack on the power injector.
The speed and duplex settings on the access point/bridge FastEthernet0 interface apply only to the link between the access point/bridge port and port 0 on the power injector. They are entirely independent of the speed and duplex settings used on the RJ45 port (port 1) on the power injector. Therefore, for best performance, you should not change the port 0 default settings. The default settings result in a 100Mbps, full-duplex configuration used on the link between the access point/bridge and the power injector switch.
The connecting port (the port on the device connected to the power injector's RJ45) must be set to half duplex or (preferably) auto duplex. If it is set to auto-duplex, the power injector switch port should negotiate full duplex. If it is set to half duplex, the power injector switch port falls back to half-duplex. The connecting port must not be configured to full duplex. If it is, the power injector switch port fails to negotiate full-duplex, falls back to half duplex, which causes a duplex mismatch.
The following guidelines for setting Ethernet speed and duplex should always be observed:
•The internal FastEthernet0 interface should always be set for speed auto and duplex auto regardless of the settings of the device to which the external LAN port on the power injector is connected (the connecting port).
•The connecting port should always be set for one of the following:
–100 Mbps, auto duplex (recommended)
–100 Mbps, half duplex
–10 Mbps, auto duplex
–10 Mbps, half duplex
Note Setting the port to 10 Mbps will most likely degrade throughput.
•The connecting port should never be set to full duplex.
Failure to follow these guidelines will result in lost data due to late collisions, CRC errors, etc.
This section lists open caveats for Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA and resolved caveats in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA and 12.3(2)2JA5 for the access point/bridge.
Open Caveats
These caveats are open in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA for the access point/bridge:
•CSCeb52431—When logging into a TACACS+ server, 1100 series access points sometimes send hundreds of additional authentication requests to the server after a successful authentication.
•CSCed50298—Inconsistent association table before and after changing modes from non-root bridge to workgroup bridge.
•CSCee87287—Access points sometimes fail to generate accounting records when a wireless client is re-authenticated on an automatic interval (for example, when the access point is configured using the dot1x reauthentication seconds command).
•CSCef11167—When polling cDot11ActiveWireless Clients via SNMP, the response may have a value of 4294967292. This occurs in the CiscoWorks Wireless Solution Engine (WLSE) as AP in Overloaded state.
There is no workaround for this caveat.
•CSCef45010—The access point/bridge GUI performs poorly when half duplex and a specified speed are part of its configuration.
If you hardcode the duplex and speed into a configuration for the fast Ethernet interface, the GUI becomes extremely slow. You may also experience a high number of input errors when you try to use the GUI. Telnet or console traffic is not affected.
Workaround: Set the 1310 Ethernet port settings to Auto Speed and Auto Negotiation.
•CSCef65076—The access point GUI sometimes reports this error when you add a RADIUS server hostname to the access point:HTTP 400 - Bad Request
Workaround: Enter the server IP address instead of the hostname.
•CSCsa40042, CSCsa40045—The user interfaces on the access point/bridge allow you to configure the bridge to fall back to repeater mode if the Ethernet link fails. However, repeater mode is not supported on the access point/bridge.
Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA5
The following caveat is resolved in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA5:
Cisco IOS may permit arbitrary code execution after exploitation of a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Cisco has included additional integrity checks in its software, as further described below, that are intended to reduce the likelihood of arbitrary code execution.
Cisco has made free software available that includes the additional integrity checks for affected customers.
This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/csa/cisco-sa-20051102-timers.html.
•CSCei76358—Through normal software maintenance processes, Cisco is removing depreciated functionality. These changes have no impact on system operation or feature availability.
Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA
These caveats are resolved in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)JA for the access point/bridge:
•CSCee51985—Access points now correctly apply QoS priorities to DSCP-tagged packets.
•CSCee90230—When the access point is configured for TACACS+ administrator authentication and uses an IP address from the DHCP server, tracebacks no longer occur when the access point reboots.
•CSCef60659, CSCsa59600—A document that describes how the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) could be used to perform a number of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks against the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) has been made publicly available. This document has been published through the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Internet Draft process, and is entitled "ICMP Attacks Against TCP" (draft-gont-tcpm-icmp-attacks-03.txt).
These attacks, which only affect sessions terminating or originating on a device itself, can be of three types:
1. Attacks that use ICMP "hard" error messages
2. Attacks that use ICMP "fragmentation needed and Don't Fragment (DF) bit set" messages, also known as Path Maximum Transmission Unit Discovery (PMTUD) attacks
3. Attacks that use ICMP "source quench" messages
Successful attacks may cause connection resets or reduction of throughput in existing connections, depending on the attack type.
Multiple Cisco products are affected by the attacks described in this Internet draft.
Cisco has made free software available to address these vulnerabilities. In some cases there are workarounds available to mitigate the effects of the vulnerability.
This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/csa/cisco-sa-20050412-icmp.html.
The disclosure of these vulnerabilities is being coordinated by the National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre (NISCC), based in the United Kingdom. NISCC is working with multiple vendors whose products are potentially affected. Its posting can be found at: http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20050412-00303.pdf?lang=en.
•CSCef66724—The access point/bridge no longer loses packets due to encryption errors with WPAv2/PSK and concatenation enabled.
•CSCef70234—When the access point is configured to select the least-congested channel at start-up, the access point now selects the least-congested channel.
•CSCef71351—When CDP is enabled on a radio interface with VLANs configured, the radio output drop counter no longer incorrectly increments when the access point sends a CDP packet.
•CSCef75475—When an access point reboots and reloads, the reason for the reboot is now included in the output for the show version command and stack information is included in the output for the show stack command.
•CSCef87205—Problems with the following SNMP MIB object identifiers in the CISCO-DOT11-SSID-SECURITY-MIB have been resolved:
•CSCef90780—Access points now correctly retrieve a configuration file using TFTP even when the initial response from the DHCP server is delayed.
•CSCef95164—ARP caching no longer disrupts transmission of UDP packets.
•CSCef95472—Symbol client devices no longer have difficulty communicating with the 802.11b radio in an access point after being asscoiated for a period of several weeks.
•CSCeg12593—Bridges now pass VTP traffic correctly when the native VLAN is not VLAN1.
•CSCeg15035—The transmit queue is no longer disrupted when you configure the drop packet option in the packet retries command.
•CSCeg20875—802.11g radios no longer transmit a CCK header that is 2 microseconds too long.
•CSCeg28056—The Filters Classes field on the IP Filters page in the access point GUI no longer truncates filter information.
•CSCeg29580—The access point now correctly forwards IPv6 Router Advertisements from the LAN to associated clients.
•CSCeg30167—The access point LEDs that indictate Ethernet and radio traffic now operate correctly.
•CSCeg34694—The access point now accepts TACACS+ commands while using TFTP to download a configuration file.
•CSCeg36184—Error messages no longer appear on the bridge when client devices authenticate to a local RADIUS server using WPA and LEAP.
•CSCeg46554—Enabling the QBSS element on the access point no longer blocks calls from Cisco 7920 IP phones.
•CSCeg51737—Access points now include I/O memory information in core dumps to an FTP server.
•CSCin46434—The access point now correctly prompts for the password when configured for TACACS+ authentication.
•CSCin82864—The MIB object ciscoFlashCopyTable now returns a correct response.
•CSCsa39460—When a 1310 series access point in workgroup bridge mode roams from one access point to another, the client devices connected to the workgroup bridge no longer lose their network connection. Aironet 350 series bridges have a similar defect, described in CSCeg22389.
•CSCsa42723, CSCuk25470—Access points no longer reboot when receiving SNMP traps.
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•CSCsa44872—Access points now correctly forward multicast and broadcast messages from the LAN interface to radio interfaces.
•CSCsa45409—Access points no longer fail to boot when the file flash:env_vars is missing.
•CSCsa45470—The boot system flash: command no longer generates an unexpected exception error.
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In the 1970s, a friend met me in the gym daily. We would trade encouragement, then he'd practice basketball moves. He made MVP that fall. Another example of success is Cal Ripken. We all know about Ripken's record, but how did he set it? Planning and preparation were key. Sports records don't just happen. And neither does uptime.
As a plant engineer, I had several 2000A breakers, 25 years old, with no history of maintenance. I wanted three spares. But accounting said "Since these breakers never trip, they work fine." Explanations of how breakers work fell on deaf ears. A subsequent failure didn't just happen. Poor planning produced failure. Maintenance by panic guarantees the loss of uptime and sends both jobs and profits to competitors — many of whom are offshore.
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With both a bang and a whimper, the North Shore railroad, half a century ago this month, pulled the plug on a trolley wire that stretched from Chicago to Milwaukee and made the fortunes of towns in between.
Its last southbound train crashed into an automobile stalled on the tracks near Zion, delaying it until a replacement lead car could be hooked up. That same bitterly cold day, a Tribune reporter accompanied Joe May, a conductor with 49 years service, on a train terminating at Mundelein, writing: "'End of the line,'" May called out. "His last passengers shook his hand and a curtain falling on an era was a visible thing — or were there a few teardrops in the frosty atmosphere?"
The interurban railroads — essentially streetcars that ran through the countryside — once were a key ingredient of Americana, economically and psychologically. The passing of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway was mourned even by Donald Knepper, whose car was totaled by that ill-fated train No. 427. He told a reporter for the Waukegan News-Sun that he bore no ill will.
"I always liked the electric," Knepper said. "I rode it when I was in service at Fort Sheridan and when I lived in Zion and was courting a Waukegan girl."
Every anniversary of Jan. 21, 1963, brings a lump to the throat of rail fans, intrepid partisans who travel far afield to ride a dying line or photograph abandoned tracks. Under the headline "Pays Triple for Historic Last Ticket," the Tribune told the story of Al Carter, who bought two $4.50 tickets on the last northbound train of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway. One was to get him aboard; the other he had the ticket agent certify as the last one sold. But when a woman subsequently bought a ticket, Carter went back to the booth for a third one.
"Does anyone realize the fine railroad the North Shore really is?" asked R.A. Johnson in a letter to the editor shortly before it was no more. Johnson noted that the Lake Michigan shoreline from Chicago to Milwaukee was becoming "a suburbia of new homes" — a development for which the North Shore railroad could take credit. As its tracks spread up and down that route in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, homebuilders and buyers soon followed.
The phenomenon was even more dramatic when a second set of tracks further inland opened in 1925, an 18-mile bypass from Evanston to Mundelein. North Shore held a contest to name intermediate stops in the largely open countryside of its Skokie Valley route. One winner was Wau-bun. Real estate developers followed, making towns like Skokie and Northfield (nee Wau-bun) the North Shore's permanent legacy.
The Tribune had prophesied phenomena like that in 1907, sending a reporter on a 400-mile trip along the interurban railroads of Illinois. Under the headline "Trolleys Herald New Era in U.S," the Trib reported, "Country and city are being knitted together" as interurbans shared "with the telephone and the rural free delivery the honor of having revolutionized life in the agricultural districts."
Farmers could get produce to market via trolley lines that also ran freight cars. Rural hamlets received big-city newspapers carried by interurbans. And as a Tribune reporter noted in a 1958 eulogy to the then-vanishing electric railroads: "Many a youngster, waiting at a remote wayside crossing, drew his first thrill from the world of travel when the humming rails and singing trolley wire heralded the approach of the interurban."
The interurban was a logical extension of the streetcar, as a Tribune reporter once reflected. "It all began in the 1880s, when some industrial-age wizard realized there was no good reason to restrict the then-brand-new electric trolley to city streets," he wrote. "Capable of making jack-rabbit starts, the interurban trolley provided a soot- and cinder-free alternative to the steam-powered commuters."
In their golden age of the 1920s, interurban lines radiated out from many cities. Especially in the Midwest and the East, a traveler could cross considerable distances by hopping from one interurban line to another. Much of that journey could be made in luxury accommodations, like the North Shore's parlor and dinning cars. On that line, passengers didn't have to transfer to other transport within Chicago, as they would have if arriving by other rail services. The North Shore came into the city via the "L," with some trains making local stops as far south as 63rd Street. The North Shore's motto was: "Your watch is your timetable." From early morning to late night, its trains left Milwaukee and Chicago each hour on the hour.
Its premier Electroliners could reach speeds of 90 mph. "Our Skokie Valley tracks paralleled U.S. Hwy. 41, and as we were getting up to speed, you'd look over to the highway and see the automobiles falling further and further behind," motorman Al Justen recalled for the Tribune, two decades after the North Shore was abandoned.
During World War II, business boomed, as gas was rationed and automobile plants were turning out tanks, not cars. Fort Sheridan and Great Lakes Naval Training Base were along the North Shore route. "So as we'd pull into the Milwaukee terminal, we'd always be greeted by a flock of young ladies looking to make new friends from among the blue-jacketed passengers," recalled Rich Taylor, a conductor of that period.
After the war, the interurban's and the automobile's fortunes reversed. New expressways drained ridership from the North Shore, which fell from almost 28 million annually in 1945 to barely 4 million in the 1960s. Another interurban, the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin, was a direct victim of the Congress (later the Eisenhower) Expressway. When the Harrison Street "L," which the CA&E used, was removed during highway construction, the railroad's fate was sealed. Its last passenger trains ran in 1957.
It was followed in death six years later by the North Shore, despite a last-ditch effort by die-hard riders to buy it. When motorman Justen's last run ended in Waukegan, he and fellow trainmen threw down a few drinks a Molinaro's Tavern, which bordered the tracks. "Then when it was finally time to head home for the last time, we all cried a little," he said.
Yet a glimpse of the interurban era can still be had. An Electroliner is preserved in the Illinois Railroad Museum in Union, Ill.; the Skokie Swift runs along the Skokie Valley route between Howard and Dempster Streets; and running south and east from the Loop is the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad — the nation's only remaining interurban.
In Michigan City, its tracks still run down the center of 11th Street. An arriving train first shows itself as a distant light. The headlight gets bigger, the trolley wires sing, the motorman sounds its horn, and finally the air brakes screech. Experience those sights and sounds, and imagine the thrill myriad farm boys and girls once felt knowing tracks like those connected them to a wider world.
Editor's note: Thanks to Fred Lonnes of Western Springs for suggesting this Flashback.
Second editor's note, posted after print publication: Flashback reader Phil Becker of Elgin wrote us to share the following: "Your readers might like to know that they can still take a ride on Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad and Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railroad interurbans at the Illinois Railway Museum at Union, Ill., during the summer months. The museum has restored 5 miles of track on the right-of-way of the old Elgin & Belvidere interurban and operates beautifully restored North Shore and CA&E cars at 40 mph. The round trip ride takes about 40 minutes. The non-profit museum will be celebrating its 60th year during the coming summer. The schedule is available at irm.org."


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Numerous firefighters were dispatched to blazes to prevent the whipping winds from rapidly spreading them into major conflagrations.
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In Riverside County's Jurupa Valley, 110 firefighters attacked flames spread by 25 mph winds across a two-acre property.
The fire destroyed two houses, two mobile homes, three motor homes, 40 vehicles in different states of repair and 11 sheds, lean-tos and other structures, state fire Capt. Lucas Spelman said. Two mobile homes were damaged.
Alejandro Heredia fled with his 3-year-old child, 15-day-old baby and dog when palm trees began burning in a field behind his home. He said firefighters concentrated on saving his parents' nearby house while his burned.
"We asked for help, and they said that they were doing what they can," Heredia told the Riverside Press-Enterprise ( http://bit.ly/1dtUpuC). "Everything is lost. There's nothing left."
By nightfall, the fire was 85 percent contained and only smoldering as crews worked to mop up hotspots. One firefighter was treated for a non-life threatening injury.
"The reason why we got an upper hand so quickly is because the wind had actually subsided for about 10 minutes," allowing a breathing space for firefighters, Spelman said.
Another fire in the Cabazon area of Riverside County was contained at 10 acres by 158 firefighters. Two air tankers, a helicopter and three bulldozers were also assigned.
Several small fires were quickly doused farther south.
In Los Angeles County, a SuperScooper aircraft dumped tons of water on streams of flame that rolled up a steep cliffside along Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades Tuesday afternoon. The flames crept within feet of multimillion-dollar clifftop homes, but none were damaged and the fire was knocked down in about 1 1/2 hours, authorities said.
Earlier in Los Angeles, more than 100 firefighters and two helicopters responded when a large house caught fire in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley and strong gusts threatened to spit embers into a neighborhood downwind.
In the Santa Monica Mountains between Calabasas and Malibu, a blaze near a downed power line along Old Topanga Canyon Road was held to under two acres after a response that included more than 20 fire engines, eight hand crews, three Firehawk helicopters, two SuperScoopers and other units. Extra personnel had been positioned in the area because of the critical dryness.
"We were able to get kind of a quick jump on it," said Inspector Scott Miller of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Winds brought down a tree on a school in San Bernardino late Monday. Nobody was hurt.
Many fire agencies pre-deployed resources to vulnerable areas in advance of the Santa Anas, which are associated with many of Southern California's worst wildfires. Los Angeles and Pasadena activated parking restrictions in hilly neighborhoods to keep narrow roads open for fire engines.


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Joined: 28 Mar 2007
Posts: 60
Location: UK
Posted: Tue 04 Dec 2007, 10:03
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One thing I have been wondering about Simon. I know Motion can be compiled to work with mysql. However, Puppy Linux 2.17.1 seems to come with sqlite3 (version 3.3.5). Do you know if that could be usefully used with Motion at all? Would maybe save having to install mysql, for example, in order to get database functionality of some sort.
Apologies. but I haven't looked at this thread for some time. I've set email notifications now! I used Grafpup for my system, as it provides a password to protect the system from interference.
To answer your question I know nothing of SQL or SQL lite, sorry.
I think the most difficult part of a system such as this is the GUI. Everyone has their own requirements and wishlist!
I have a set of shell scripts which do what I want, but there's no GUI to that as such, just log files. I did some extension of the Motion Statistics Page (see the Motion wiki) which does "what I want".
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Joined: 16 Nov 2006
Posts: 25
Location: UK
Posted: Sat 08 Dec 2007, 11:10
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Working SQLiteDBMS for Testing
Subject description: pet of sqlitedbms user feed back wanted
I have a working version of SQLiteDBMS running on puppy 2.16 It is very much in a Beta state as I have had to hack the program quite considerably to get it functioning as well or poorly as it is. I'm really putting it up in the hope I get some feed back on its reliability functional failings and also given that I am engaged in ongoing updates especially to the Client browser (most of the back-end is now stable I hope) Any feature requests the puppy public may have.
It is safe to run no hangs and no mem leeks as far as I can tell. It is also no problem with db corruption so usable but the interface is lacking. Given other appropriate db and puppy discussions I felt it may help. It also serves as a good method of checking motionMon db data out ( or litemon ) hence it's appearance here. to run it just up load the pet it should auto install OK. I have tried it on a range of machines and it seems sound. there is no menu item (it is beta and a daemon ) so after install from your favorite terminal just type
sqlitedbms notes (more blerb)
sqlitedbms start restart or stop or status for a very basic output of what it is doing
to get connected in the default install after entering user name and password it is just a case of pointing your browser at <your puppy localhost>:6543 or 127.0.0.1:6543 should do it. The client is problematic but I am in the process of re writing it so bare with it for now but I would be interested in user feedback whilst it can still influence the direction the work on the client is going. package md5 is
62143ca54faa5bac02a6c8a559a029e0 sqlitedbms-beta-0.5.2.pet
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Joined: 16 Aug 2007
Posts: 3200
Posted: Sat 08 Dec 2007, 12:28
Post subject: Re: Working SQLiteDBMS for Testing
Subject description: pet of sqlitedbms user feed back wanted
Igo AtM wrote:
I have a working version of SQLiteDBMS running on puppy 2.16 It is very much in a Beta state as I have had to hack the program quite considerably to get it functioning as well or poorly as it is. I'm really putting it up in the hope I get some feed back on its reliability functional failings
I'm really looking forwards to trying this out sometime in the near future. Unfortunately, I can't do that just now (and maybe not for a couple of weeks yet) because I'm flat out on a program/programming system I'm currently writing. That should be released as a beta some time next week, though I expect there to be some bugs needing ironed out, like alone the long list of developments I already have planned...
I am hoping that what I'm creating might also be useful in conjunction with Motion in some incarnation or other. I'm particularly delighted that you are working on an implementation of Motion that utilises sqlite (not that I know anything about sqlite myself, other than that I hope and expect it to be "lite"!). Anyway, don't despair if you are not getting much feedback, and please keep up the good work. Your efforts are not being forgotten by this corner.
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Joined: 09 May 2005
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Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posted: Sat 08 Dec 2007, 21:14
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lgo AtM, this is good news, I greatly appreciate that you are getting involved in getting SQLiteDBMS to run on Puppy. I've made an announcment on my blog, www.puppylinux.com/blog
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Location: UK
Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2007, 07:32
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Using testdb.db3 in puppy 3.01 with Opera 9.23
HTML version:
select * from Contacts
returns, apparently, 4 records as one line of text
javascript version:
Clicked on query and a box came up. After clicking first line in text area I was able to enter the above query. However, clicking execute, gave no results.
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Joined: 07 Jun 2007
Posts: 58
Location: Ohio
Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2007, 09:42
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Regarding SQLiteDBMS:
During shutdown Puppy 2.17.1 did not save the files in /var/sqlitedbms/. Should this have happened? The other sqlitedbms files were saved.
zygo: Regarding the Opera HTML display error try SeaMonkey. I also had a problem with the java client but lost my install (above) before I could confirm the problem.
Igo AtM: Perhaps you could start a thread dedicated to SQLiteDBMS with your next release.
I really like the idea of SQLiteDBMS: using sqlite3 over a web interface. I have played around with a bash script front end for sqlite3 but a web interface is a better approach for many reasons. I look forward to future releases.
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Joined: 16 Nov 2006
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Location: UK
Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2007, 16:21
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Hi brucehohl
Thanks for your response it is for the issues you have raised that SQLiteDBMS was put out in the first place so appreciated
During shutdown Puppy 2.17.1 did not save the files in /var/sqlitedbms/. Should this have happened? The other sqlitedbms files were saved.
I normally run a development version of puppy from a low spec laptop in order that pet's generated should be backward compatible but as a hard drive install it of course preserves var on reboot the other test machines I use I run from a usb and I never save as this ensures I do not taint the test with left over libs from other packages. I am not sure but thinking about you lost data it is likely var is not one of the locations that puppy preserves none install dir's when exiting So I may need to find another home for the data the safest and most obvious is root/my-documents/sqlitedbms. Out of interest did it preserve the var/log/sqlitedbms dir ?
Anyway I shall setup a test usb for just this situation and later tonight upgrade the pet to switch the server root to /root/my-documents
I have already some fixes for issues relating to the javascript version not refreshing data correctly mainly these are filtering through to the existing client as I develop the new version. I don't see the sense in delaying the release of the new one to spend time trying to repair the existing client as it's code base is not so good. I will feed these into the pet as quickly as I can so check back or tag the thread if you want the new versions
thanks for you feed back
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Posts: 58
Location: Ohio
Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2007, 20:15
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Igo AtM: /var/log/sqlitedbms also was not preserved. The files in /etc/sqlitedbms and /root/my-applications/sqlitedbms were preserved. I look forward to exploring your next release.
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Igo AtM
Joined: 16 Nov 2006
Posts: 25
Location: UK
Posted: Mon 10 Dec 2007, 02:03
Post subject: Issues with directory persistence
Subject description: Are there defaults for Puppy data and log locations
Thanks Barry for raising the profile on this by the way. I just hope I can deal with the immediacy of the demand. It has already served a very useful purpose by highlighting the dir/program persistence issue (which also effects motionMon by the way ) I am in the habit of logging to the standard Linux log locations as with program generated web data which I like to locate in a standard safe if possible sandbox location.
I can understand very well why it would be removed on a Puppy installation. I once had to deal with a program which went ballistic and generated 4 gigs of log garbage in a 24hr period. So what would be the preferred choice for this data on Puppy?
For now I shall move the data dir to /root/my-documents/sqlitedbms but the logs ? SQLiteDBMS drops out on boot up if the log dir has been zapped And I'm not overly keen on placing logs which aren't needed until there are needed. In a random application selected hide away. So what would be the recommended location?
One advantage of this is it has made me rethink an application Puppy type install As such I shall add options to tie down log reporting rotation and g-zipping to the configuration options.
Next release probably around Tuesday assuming I can get the free time
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Location: UK
Posted: Tue 11 Dec 2007, 03:02
Post subject: Puppy SQLiteDBMS 5.1.2
Subject description: Minor bugfix update
I have updated SQLiteDBMS to a version that saves to /root/my-documents This should resolve the issue with data persistence across reboots. I have started to use a little bit of version tracking so now we have 5.1.2 all updates will have the 5.1.xx with xx representing the latest version until I post the client I am working on at which point we will become 5.2.xx and when stable 6.xx.xx (this so puppy people know what to expect from updates ). There are a number of small code fixes to this version that may make the current client more responsive. The issues with the failure of the client to refresh data ie screens not uploading are cache clearing and should resolve themselves when the new client comes on line.
For people following this thread reference motionMon I'm sort of holding until SQLiteDBMS is functioning with its new client but it is not forgotten. I may move the majority of info re motionMon to the wiki where I have been given some space.
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Joined: 07 Jun 2007
Posts: 58
Location: Ohio
Posted: Tue 11 Dec 2007, 21:50
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Igo AtM: I encountered a few problems with the new SQLiteDBMS package under Puppy 2.17.1 as follows:
(1) HTML client:
In the HTML version of the client "select * from contacts;" produces the following using SeaMonkey:
This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<data>101 Numpty lane</data>
<data>Plankton Dirigable</data>
<data>PO Box 134567</data>
etc ...
Note using Opera the result is as follows:
0040.113281 idxNameadd1add2add3add4add5addpcphone_llphone_m 1plop101 Numpty laneIsadumpPlankton DirigableUtopia-PO Box 1345670989-08709870777-1324321 2glop102 Numpty LaneIsadumpPlankton DirigableUtopia-Box 10690455-0022734560778-546778 3goop103 Numpty LaneWaddermezzLahula-hantaUtopia---- 4loop104 Numpty HouseBlazewaterWiken-by-trogYammamoto-444
(2) Java client:
From the java client I am unable to type a query in the "query box" using SeaMonkey or Opera.
When I attempted a remote connection to the java client I was not offered any databases to choose from on the drop down list, thus, could not connect.
(3) HTML client note:
It would be nice to have a drop down list of available databases like on the java client.
Regards, BH
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Igo AtM
Joined: 16 Nov 2006
Posts: 25
Location: UK
Posted: Wed 12 Dec 2007, 01:00
Post subject: Current Client Feedback
Subject description: Issues with the current HTML and javascript client
Again thanks for your feedback brucehohl
re the issues you raised
(1) HTML client:
In the HTML version of the client "select * from contacts;" produces the following using SeaMonkey:
One of the problems with the existing HTML client is it only returns raw data from the database via the server and directed to the client browsers lower frame.
What you are seeing is the server response to the query just dumped into the lower frame. There is no attempt to format it at all. it is left to the capabilities of the individual browser as to how it will display the data. In a way this makes sens as by definition you are using a basic HTML connection hence the assumption is there is no browser capability for scripting js or css. At the base level the server is responding as if you have connected via a text terminal. However as is shown by the seamonkey output there is xml formating piped to the browser which in the case of opera, the browser has striped the tags and just left the text content. I am of a mind to leave this functionality in the version I am building as it dose offer the lowest level text access to the data. This also then would reflect on the issue of having a drop down database selector in the HTML browser as if it is designed for basic access then there would be no way to process the unique data in the form after log on.
(2) Java client:
From the java client I am unable to type a query in the "query box" using SeaMonkey or Opera.
There is a known issue with the js client and the SQL query screen A fix will be on its way either today or early tomorrow.
When I attempted a remote connection to the java client I was not offered any databases to choose from on the drop down list, thus, could not connect.
With the log in screen it will sometimes not refresh data to the client properly as a simple resolution to this if you select cancel and open out the side bar clicking log in from there and you should see the databases (every second time ???). Its a kinda weird issue as when I look at the debug output for the server response to the client there is no difference in data between a good and bad log on. On the bright side it is not an issue in the new version where a correct document type is sent with the page so I am assuming it as an issue with that or just uncleared data buffers in the client js
Again thanks for your feed back. By the way when I post the bugfix version (should be 0.5.1.3 I think ) you should upload it as I have picked up a bug in the server that causes data/page transmissions above 32k to be corrupted that can give unknown/undesirable effects on your browser so it needs replacing.
Have opened a new topic for SQLiteDBMS link below (A new version awaits)
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In this email interview conducted by Editor-in-Chief Lee Yew Leong, award-winning poet and translator Katia Grubisic took time out of her busy schedule to discuss the state of Canadian literature (in English and in French) as well as the challenges she faced translating David Clerson's lyrical novel, Brothers (recently featured in our Translation Tuesday showcase at The Guardian), including "the 'bitch' problem."
Lee Yew Leong (LYL): David Clerson's haunting novel Brothers, in your outstanding translation, would not be out of place in the fiction section of our Winter 2017 edition, not only because of the seaward-facing figures connecting many of the pieces but also because of the strong animal motifs. Among the other elements that make up this story's poetic permutation: brothers and fathers, dreams, the very act of story-telling. As the translator—and therefore arguably the closest reader of the novel—what do you think David Clerson is trying to say with Brothers, and how do you think these elements come together to fit the overall arc?
Katia Grubisic (KG): Thank you for your kind words.
Yes, the novel's sea-journey theme, the search for the father, the pretty far-out cynanthropy, the origin story, the twin motif—it almost feels mythological, and David's baroque style in this book lends it a kind of timeless timbre.
As the translator, I may, in fact, be the worst placed to comment on what it's about, second perhaps only to the author himself! What drew me to the narrative was first the landscape, the way the sea and the briny hills become almost their own character, anchoring and tormenting the brothers (who try to escape their identity as determined by the place they're from), and drawing them to their inevitable return. Brothers explores how who we are and who we become is shaped by those who make us, including in this case, literally the knife-wielding though well-intentioned mother, who wants to give her firstborn son a companion as a buffer against the cruel world. The brothers are shaped also by their absent "dog of a father," or rather—and this is telling—by the often conflicting stories told about him. Yet they push at these familial forces, the draw of the origin story, and the magic and tragedy as they try on and define new selves, and their own universe, has such compelling pathos. You don't want to be them, but you can't look away.
LYL: The novel at once reminds me of The Return, a film by Andrey Zvyagintsev about two brothers waiting for their father's return, and Yann Martel's Life of Pi, which not only involves an odyssey on a boat, but also similarly injects a magical realism into the story-telling. What other literary 'predecessors' might I, as a non-Canadian, have missed?
KG: I don't know that Brothers' ancestry is nationally bound. When I first read the book, it reminded me of Agota Kristof's Le Grand cahier—the brothers, the old mother, the violence. Pas du tout, David told me; in an interview, he said he had been reading a lot of Cormac McCarthy at the time! He wrote it too at the height of the Printemps érable student and popular uprising in 2012, which subtly tinged the narrative. Though I agree that both The Return and Life of Pi could be seen as kin, in terms of devices and preoccupations.
The wonderful thing about fiction is that it can belong to whichever reader happens to crack the spine. The region David evokes spoke to me so vividly of the Baie des Chaleurs shores in eastern Quebec and northern New Brunswick, but when I asked him about it, he conceded that many had pegged his setting as the Gaspésie region, but spoke instead of the imprint left by work he had read in his youth, including Golding and Stevenson, and even of a dream he once had, in which he saw himself fishing a dead dog out of a lagoon.


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Chattering Coils and Signal Reference Grids
Ask the Experts is proving to be not only a place to get your questions answered, but also a forum to offer answers to your fellow readers. Marc Taylor, staff electrical engineer, Shell Global Solutions, Inc., has some experience that makes him our expert du jour and qualifies him to chime in on a discussion about chattering starter coils first published in the July issue of EC&M.Q. (From Ask the Experts, July 2003). One of our customers has a wastewater plant equipped with two 20-hp pumps and three 50-hp centrifugal blowers, all rated at 480V, 3-phase. This system, with no changes or additions, has been working without any problems since it was installed in 1986. But in recent months the customer has experienced intermittent incidents when the third blower motor tries to start when all of the other motors are running. The 120V coils on all of the motor starters also start chattering….The three blower motors alternate every time they are called for. It doesn't matter which specific blower motor is the third one to come on when the incident happens…. I think the problem is caused by a voltage sag, which occurs when the third blower motor goes through its locked rotor at start-up. It then dips the 120V power to the coils low enough to make the coils chatter. It seems to be a global problem with the whole system.
Taylor's response: This voltage sag problem presented in the July 2003 column happens quite often in our older power systems, which are fed from a very long utility line. Our facility is located in the middle of nowhere at the end of the circuit. In fact, I have seen this problem pop up where we never had voltage sag problems initially.
We find the usual cause is that the loads on the utility's system and/or our own system, but located ahead of the problem motors, have continued to increase over time to the point where we start to have this same type of voltage sag problem when starting some of our larger low-voltage motors.
To solve this problem, we only run our low-voltage motor starter coils on 120VAC. When we go to medium-voltage motors, we switch to using 125VDC, since we now have switchgear with 125VDC battery systems available for use with the medium-voltage starters.
As long as the voltage sag is just a starting problem, which appears to be the case for this wastewater plant application, the easiest and cheapest way to stop the starter coil chatter during start-up is to add a small full-wave bridge rectifier to each of the motor starter coils and to run the coils on DC power. Starter coils running on DC voltage will hold on much lower voltage levels than those that operate on AC voltages. Typically, coils running on DC will hold on voltages down to about 30% of nominal, instead of 80% as is the case for those that run on AC voltage. This almost always solves the starter coil chattering problem on low-voltage motors.Q. We have a signal reference grid beneath the raised floor of our IT equipment room. I realize that this grounding system has impedance at 60 Hz that is low enough to equalize any potential differences. This keeps all metallic enclosures, raceways, and any other grounded metal at the same ground potential. But what about higher frequencies? If I remember my basic electrical theory correctly, I will not be able to get this equalization because of the increased impedance associated with these frequencies.
DeDad's answer: Your memory of basic electrical theory is correct, but your signal reference grid (SRG) will be able to handle higher frequencies if it's installed correctly and uses the right type of bonding straps and conductors.
The impedance of a conductor has three basic components: resistance, capacitive reactance, and inductive reactance. Although the inductance (L), in Henrys, will be constant for a given length and cross sectional area of a conductor, the inductive reactance (XL) will vary with the frequency (f) of the applied voltage, according to the equation XL = 2µfL.
So at 60 Hz, XL = 2 × 3.14 × 60L, or 377L. At 30 MHz, XL = 2 × 3.14 × (30 × 106)L, or 188.5 × 106L, or 188,500,000L. By dividing the value of inductive reactance at 30 MHz by that at 60 Hz, you'll find that the "equivalent" resistive value of a given conductor, at 30 MHz, is about 500,000 times greater than the same conductor when the applied voltage is at 60 Hz.
In addition to increased inductive reactance at higher frequencies, there is stray capacitance and inductance between adjacent conductors or between conductors and adjacent grounded metal. There are also some resonance effects. All of the above will also contribute to an increase of apparent conductor impedance.
If you connect the conductors in a mesh or grid to form a lot of low-impedance loops in parallel, you should see little voltage difference between any two points in the grid from 60 Hz up to a frequency where the length of one side of the square represents about 1/10 wavelength. For example, a grid made up of 2-ft squares will provide, at any point, an effective equipotential ground reference point for signals greater than 30 MHz. The Figure above offers a graphic description of impedance vs. frequency plots for equipment grounding only and equipment grounding plus straps to an SRG.
A note of caution: Make sure you're using the shortest possible lead length for bonding jumpers to connect your IT equipment frames to the SRG. Also, make sure you're using braided bonding straps for these connections and 7-strand No. 6 bare copper bonding jumpers to tie under-floor metal components with steel building columns. Finally, verify that every sixth metallic raised floor pedestal is bonded to your SRG.