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On Saturday 28 August 2010 03:31:58 Grant wrote: |
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> I just got a new TP-Link TL-WR1043ND wireless router but I can't seem |
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> connect to it. I've tried the Gentoo initscript as well as wicd. |
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> With the initscript, I get: |
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> wlan3: carrier lost |
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> wlan3: timed out |
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> I see a lot of this in dmesg: |
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> b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed |
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> I can connect to other wireless routers just fine, and I can connect |
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> to this one via ethernet. I've tried configuring it in various ways, |
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> security is disabled, and I've tried specifying static IPs with no |
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> luck. Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong? |
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Check that you're using the latest kernel and the latest firmware. I used to |
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get this error with a particular cisco access point and it went away when I |
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updated to 2.6.34 kernel series and also updated the firmware. Have a good |
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look in here to find the latest suitable firmware for your NIC: |
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http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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