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On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 19:59 -0500, fire-eyes wrote: |
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> William Kenworthy wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 11:11 -0500, fire-eyes wrote: |
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> >> 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: |
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> >> I don't have a physical switch, but perhaps there is a software switch. |
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> >> This laptop has never run windows, so I can't say that is a factor. |
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> > Using the ipw220 (sony vaio), it generates a message |
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> > in /var/log/messages and dmesg saying the killwitch must be off for |
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> > wireless to work. If the killswitch is off (wireless working), there is |
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> > no message in either. |
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> > This is with the in-kernel drivers. |
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> > BillK |
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> Ahh okay, I use the external drivers. |
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> I do have chances to test it now, as I got my wireless working again |
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> back home. Linksys wrt54g v5 bricked (avoid those!), or so I thought it |
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> did... stuck dd-wrt 23 SP 2 on it, and it's working VERY nicely... |
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> Hopefully I won't keep having these issues, we'll see... but history |
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> says I will. |
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I think the drivers are the same - just the kernel lags the sourceforge |
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project. I originally used the ext ones as in-kernel didnt work for me, |
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but the latest kernels seem fine (though the data transfer rates seem |
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quite a lot slower and less sensitive?) |
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BillK |
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