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From: Jordi Molina <warp3r@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-laptop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] WLAN Problems- need solution
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:58:01
Message-Id: 647a405805042509586ccc493c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-laptop] WLAN Problems- need solution by Rob
1 Check for a possible switch to activate it, usually integrated
2 ipw2100/2200 notebooks have it.
3
4 Sometimes its hardware operated, sometimes software. Pray for it being
5 hardware...
6
7 cu
8
9 On 4/25/05, Rob <rob@×××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
10 > Jordi Molina wrote:
11 > > Sorry, I forgot one thing, for the delay on the DHCP you can modify
12 > > the DHCP timeout in /etc/conf.d/network or something similar (don't
13 > > remember the exact file and I cannot get to my home computer to tell
14 > > you the exact name)
15 > >
16 > > read the sample data in the file and you'll see how to reduce the DHCP
17 > > timeout, i have it on 10, that is more than enough for good-working
18 > > networks
19 > >
20 > >
21 > > cheers
22 > > Jordi
23 > >
24 > > On 4/23/05, Rob <rob@×××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
25 > >
26 > >>Jordi Molina wrote:
27 > >>
28 > >>>Probably there is also an issue with the module you compiled.
29 > >>>
30 > >>>Can you post the Quality of the link when you are near the AP, the
31 > >>>version of the madwifi you are using and which mask for the packages?
32 > >>
33 > >>Hi Jordi,
34 > >>
35 > >>Sorry for the late response. My madwifi-driver version is 0.1_pre20050224.
36 > >>
37 > >>Far from the access point, link quality is 16/94 or -79dBm.
38 > >>
39 > >>Much closer to the link quality is 34/94 or -61dBm.
40 > >>
41 > >>In neither of these locations a ping to the router will work. I always
42 > >>get "network unreachable"
43 > >>
44 > >>Also, the boot hangs for quite a while at the dhcp stage.
45 > >>
46 > >>Thanks! Rob.
47 > >>
48 > >>
49 > >>>
50 > >>>
51 > >>>cheers
52 > >>>Jordi
53 > >>>
54 > >>>On 4/18/05, Rob <rob@×××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
55 > >>>
56 > >>>
57 > >>>>Rob wrote:
58 > >>>>
59 > >>>>
60 > >>>>>Jordi Molina wrote:
61 > >>>>>
62 > >>>>>
63 > >>>>>
64 > >>>>>>I'm not a guru setting up MadDriver, but at the physical layer I see
65 > >>>>>>that you have:
66 > >>>>>>
67 > >>>>>>Link Quality=16/94
68 > >>>>>>
69 > >>>>>>
70 > >>>>>>This is _very_ low, normally I won't expect success in data
71 > >>>>>>transmission with a quality below 50%.
72 > >>>>>>
73 > >>>>>>I also see that you are connected at 36 MBps, this can be due to the
74 > >>>>>>low quality in signal also.
75 > >>>>>>
76 > >>>>>>
77 > >>>>>>I recommend you disabling the WEP encryption until you set up the
78 > >>>>>>connection correctly, just to make things easier. Then you can also
79 > >>>>>>try to:
80 > >>>>>>- Fix the transmit rate in Atheros config file: try first to fix it to
81 > >>>>>>11M and then check the link quality. Keep increasing it until you see
82 > >>>>>>that the quality decreases
83 > >>>>>>- If you're using dhcp ensure that you've obtained a valid ip from the
84 > >>>>>>server
85 > >>>>>>
86 > >>>>>>That's all :)
87 > >>>>>>Hope it helps you
88 > >>>>>>
89 > >>>>>>
90 > >>>>>>cheers
91 > >>>>>
92 > >>>>>
93 > >>>>>Hi Jordi,
94 > >>>>>
95 > >>>>>I have confirmed that my laptop works with WiFi when WEP is disabled.
96 > >>>>>However, setting the transmit rate to 11mb/s didn't do anything.
97 > >>>>>It does appear though, that with WEP, the laptop hangs at the DHCP
98 > >>>>>stage, where it finally times out. I assume thats the first time the
99 > >>>>>WiFi system attempts to send or receive data.
100 > >>>>>
101 > >>>>>I will try to get closer to the access point to see if it is just a
102 > >>>>>problem of signal levels. However, in Windoze, I have plenty of signal.
103 > >>>>>
104 > >>>>>If all else fails I may try alternate means to get it running.
105 > >>>>>
106 > >>>>>Thanks! Rob
107 > >>>>>
108 > >>>>
109 > >>>>Right next to the access point I am still having problems. I think
110 > >>>>there is something wrong with the WEP function. Rob.
111 > >>>>
112 > >>>>--
113 > >>>>gentoo-laptop@g.o mailing list
114 > >>>>
115 > >>>>
116 > >>>
117 > >>>
118 > >>>
119 > >>--
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121 > >>
122 > >>
123 > >
124 > >
125 > >
126 > Thanks to everyone for the advice. I recently found out that indeed I
127 > also have an Intel PRO2100 mini-pci in my notebook, although I can't
128 > get it to work even in Windoze. So there's lots of more work that could
129 > be done.
130 >
131 > Thanks, Rob.
132 >
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