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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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