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On Monday 19 April 2010 20:24:18 you wrote: |
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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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> > |
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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 |
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> 11 channels. :-( |
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> |
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> I'll reboot later to see if it makes any odds. |
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No change :-( |
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# iwlist wlan0 channel |
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wlan0 11 channels in total; available frequencies : |
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Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz |
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Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz |
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Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz |
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Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz |
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Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz |
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Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz |
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Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz |
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Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz |
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Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz |
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Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz |
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Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz |
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Current Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1) |
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Short of hacking the firmware (which even if I knew how to, I am not allowed) |
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or waiting for the linux driver to mature, I am not sure if there's anything I |
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can do. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |