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Sorry, I forgot one thing, for the delay on the DHCP you can modify |
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the DHCP timeout in /etc/conf.d/network or something similar (don't |
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remember the exact file and I cannot get to my home computer to tell |
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you the exact name) |
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read the sample data in the file and you'll see how to reduce the DHCP |
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timeout, i have it on 10, that is more than enough for good-working |
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networks |
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cheers |
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Jordi |
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On 4/23/05, Rob <rob@×××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Jordi Molina wrote: |
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> > Probably there is also an issue with the module you compiled. |
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> > Can you post the Quality of the link when you are near the AP, the |
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> > version of the madwifi you are using and which mask for the packages? |
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> Hi Jordi, |
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> Sorry for the late response. My madwifi-driver version is 0.1_pre20050224. |
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> Far from the access point, link quality is 16/94 or -79dBm. |
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> Much closer to the link quality is 34/94 or -61dBm. |
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> In neither of these locations a ping to the router will work. I always |
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> get "network unreachable" |
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> Also, the boot hangs for quite a while at the dhcp stage. |
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> Thanks! Rob. |
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> > cheers |
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> > Jordi |
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> > On 4/18/05, Rob <rob@×××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> >>Rob wrote: |
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> >>>Jordi Molina wrote: |
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> >>>>I'm not a guru setting up MadDriver, but at the physical layer I see |
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> >>>>that you have: |
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> >>>>Link Quality=16/94 |
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> >>>>This is _very_ low, normally I won't expect success in data |
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> >>>>transmission with a quality below 50%. |
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> >>>>I also see that you are connected at 36 MBps, this can be due to the |
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> >>>>low quality in signal also. |
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> >>>>I recommend you disabling the WEP encryption until you set up the |
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> >>>>connection correctly, just to make things easier. Then you can also |
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> >>>>try to: |
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> >>>>- Fix the transmit rate in Atheros config file: try first to fix it to |
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> >>>>11M and then check the link quality. Keep increasing it until you see |
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> >>>>that the quality decreases |
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> >>>>- If you're using dhcp ensure that you've obtained a valid ip from the |
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> >>>>That's all :) |
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> >>>>Hope it helps you |
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> >>>>cheers |
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> >>>Hi Jordi, |
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> >>>I have confirmed that my laptop works with WiFi when WEP is disabled. |
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> >>>However, setting the transmit rate to 11mb/s didn't do anything. |
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> >>>It does appear though, that with WEP, the laptop hangs at the DHCP |
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> >>>stage, where it finally times out. I assume thats the first time the |
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> >>>WiFi system attempts to send or receive data. |
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> >>>I will try to get closer to the access point to see if it is just a |
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> >>>problem of signal levels. However, in Windoze, I have plenty of signal. |
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> >>>If all else fails I may try alternate means to get it running. |
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> >>>Thanks! Rob |
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> >>Right next to the access point I am still having problems. I think |
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> >>there is something wrong with the WEP function. Rob. |
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