What a small world we live in. I've slapped together some time ago this graffiti-like java stuff for my blog header saying "Native code is not dead". And now I came across someone who seems to use the same slogan - now it's quite funny that two people came up with the same idea, isn't it? Click here
By the way, I've got the idea of this java code that moves around GIFs from Lucian Wischik's site.
After a couple of months break, there is a new version: 1.6.
There are no ground-breaking innovations in it, there were some important bugfixes, testing with WM6, and there are now different sound effects for open & secure APs.
There are always good development ideas coming in from users of the program, and I myself have some ideas too, but I have been thinking about what my original goal with this program really was. Well I wanted sort of a replacement for the crappy built-in WiFi scanner. A simple, hassle-free program without installation, need for the .NET CF etc. At the end it turned out to be a cute little app with custom GUI elements, the ability to detect WEP/WPA/WPA2 encryption types, while still being a relatively small (around 300k) program. Oh, and it's multilingual too, it supports more than a dozen languages. (Thanks to all contributors).
So, I think this program is rather finished. Yupp, there are always new ideas, but I've accomplished my original goal. And I have tons of other things to do, both professional and private. To mention some I'm headed for a NATO base in Germany next week because the company I work for has a contractor there and we have to do some consulting there. I'm also trying to learn the wonderfully complicated art (or profession) of stock markets trading, I undertook to translate a book on the subject to my primary language - Hungarian - (so far those who read the translated parts said it's cool). We've moved last October and there is always something to do around the house, too...
Things change, and everything that has a beginning, has an end too. (Except for the set [0, 1), which has a beginning but has no end, if you know some maths, ha-ha).
Thanks for all the support, feedback, tips, ideas and help offered. PeekPocket development is finished, I'm sure I'll find myself another part-time occupation soon. :-)
My never-ending adventure in Linksysland goes on.
Some time ago it was a bit cumbersome to find the WRT54G version 7 firmware on the Linksys site because v7 was not included in the combo box. (How did I find it then? Honestly I don't remember :)
Much to my happiness I saw the combo on the site now has a v7 option - and the v7.0.4 firmware can be found on the site without problems! Click here. By the way there is also a v7.0.7 beta firmware out there, which I use without serious problems since a couple of weeks, click here to download.
update: the firmware is still far from being perfect. Are you Linksys guys doing anyting apart from downloading porn and playing minesweeper? Is it that hard to write a 1 meg-program after years of development, without bugs? Still some things don't work on wireless, they work perfectly on the lan. For example I can't upload to a friend's FTP server using wifi. I get a disconnect after a couple of megs. Only on wifi.
Linksys - a division of Cisco.
-or-
Linksys - a shitty product from Cisco. :-)
I vote for the latter.
There was no new version of PeekPocket since November. It's not that I don't have plenty ideas enough for three next versions, I just had no time for development. There were plenty things to fix around the house, and there are still some. If you live in an apartment, things are a bit simpler since you don't have to mown the lawn, fix the roof, repaint the flower bowls and so on. But there is also a lot of fun around the house, I tell you that. For example I noticed a Blackbird's nest on the garage!
(click to enlarge)
Back to the subject! I was thinking about further development and figured that I already done what I originally wanted with PeekPocket: that is to have a simple, easy-to-use WiFi scanner for Windows Mobile! On the way I added some custom GUI elements, and made all sources freely available. I've not earned a single cent on this project, but that's all right. (Yeah, there is a donate icon on the right, but noone ever donated a single cent, at least I have not received any notification emails from PayPal. :-) ) I believe I learnt a thing or two about Windows Mobile programming and this is enough.
There were also some clones based on PeekPocket, to name but two AiroMap and PFScan. If PeekPocket wasn't a cool idea, people wouldn't clone it right? :-)
So, I've added some important bugfixes and minor improvements since the last release and now it is being tested by volunteers (thanks!). Version 1.6 is coming soon!
Oh, I can't believe it!!
I did it!!! I've upgraded my WRT54 v7 firmware!!
The trick was - restore factory defaults before the upgrade! The default IP address, 192.168.1.1 and username/password pair admin / admin should be used!! How was I to know this? Anyway here is the 7.00.7 beta firmware I've used. So far it works fine, there are still a couple of web sites that work only when connected to LAN. When using wireless, I get some DNS error.
Remember to write down every important setting before upgrading! After the upgrade you cannot restore saved config backups!
