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On Monday 19 April 2010 18:26:14 Stroller wrote: |
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> On 18 Apr 2010, at 23:35, Mick wrote: |
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> > ... |
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> > OK, I found what the problem was ... the AP is currently transmitting |
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> > on channel 13, which it seems is outside the capabilities of the b43 |
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> > driver. I am blaming the driver here because the Windows 7 OS has no |
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> > problem using channel 13, while iwlist wlan0 in Gentoo shows only up |
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> > to channel 11. :-( |
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> There might be an option to change the region of your wifi NIC. |
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> Channels 12 & 13 are legal in Europe, IIRC, but not in the USA. |
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> You should be able to change the channel of the AP - typically they |
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> have a drop-down which will choose either "auto" or a specific |
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> channel. Likewise I have seen some APs ask what region you're in when |
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> they're first setup. |
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I've set it up for UK so it has 13 channels. On the other hand your hint |
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pointed me to wpa_supplicant.conf on my laptop, in which I had the country |
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parameter commented out. I set that up to UK, but it still seems to show 11 |
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channels. :-( |
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I'll reboot later to see if it makes any odds. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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