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Check for a possible switch to activate it, usually integrated |
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ipw2100/2200 notebooks have it. |
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Sometimes its hardware operated, sometimes software. Pray for it being |
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hardware... |
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On 4/25/05, Rob <rob@×××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Jordi Molina wrote: |
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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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> >>> |
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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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> >> |
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> >> |
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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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> >>>cheers |
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> >>>Jordi |
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> >>> |
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> >>>On 4/18/05, Rob <rob@×××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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> >>>>Rob wrote: |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>>>Jordi Molina wrote: |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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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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> >>>>>> |
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> >>>>>>Link Quality=16/94 |
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> >>>>>> |
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> >>>>>> |
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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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> >>>>>> |
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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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> >>>>>> |
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> >>>>>> |
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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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> >>>>>> |
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> >>>>>>That's all :) |
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> >>>>>>Hope it helps you |
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> >>>>>> |
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> >>>>>> |
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> >>>>>>cheers |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>>Hi Jordi, |
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> >>>>> |
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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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> >>>>> |
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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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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>>If all else fails I may try alternate means to get it running. |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>>Thanks! Rob |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>> |
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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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> >>>> |
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> >>>>-- |
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> >>>>gentoo-laptop@g.o mailing list |
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> >>>> |
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> >>-- |
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> >>gentoo-laptop@g.o mailing list |
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> > |
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> Thanks to everyone for the advice. I recently found out that indeed I |
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> also have an Intel PRO2100 mini-pci in my notebook, although I can't |
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> get it to work even in Windoze. So there's lots of more work that could |
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> Thanks, Rob. |
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