Hacking the Dick Smith XH8287 access point

DSE XH8287 Access PointA member of the project recently purchased a XH8287 access point from Dick Smith Electronics. This had previously been returned by a clueless customer on the basis it didn’t work and found not be faulty so was purchased at a substantial discount. I was tasked with preparing it as a MarlWiFi client and on closer inspection I noticed it appeared to closely resemble a Linksys WAP54G… And it runs Linux… Oh the possibilities!

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