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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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>>>>server |
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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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