[ltp] wireless stability

[Jiang Qian]

On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 05:51:50PM +0200, Paul RIVIER wrote:
> Hi,
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> I have the same problem with ipw2200, on a T42.
> As far as I know the firmware does not do its job properly, hence the=20
> frequent "Firmware restart" in logs.
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> I do not know how stable it is on windowsXP as I only have linux, but=20
> clearly as soon as the signal is not strong, connection keeps droping=20
> all the time.
Which version of ipw2200 do you have? What does it say:
dmesg|grep ipw2200
what does it say:
cat /sys/module/ipw2200/parameters/hwcrypto
If it says 1, do
turn it to 0 might help. In recent version of ipw it was by default 0,=20
though.
Jiang
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> Paul
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> Jo=E3o Miguel Pais wrote:
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> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a R51, and use wireless out of the box. I use also XP on the=20
> >same  computer, and notice that in ubuntu 5.10 wireless is very=20
> >unstable, and  not unfrequently cuts off. Is there any patching that=20
> >might be done to  increase the quality/stability?
> >
> >This happens everytime, also when I log out XP and immediately=20
> >afterwards  log in ubuntu. And I don't move the computer, so the=20
> >problem isn't on the  sender or on the place, or on the signal itself.
> >
> >
> >Something else that I like in xp and don't like in ubuntu is that it =20
> >doesnt' say how big the traffic flow is (until 52Mb/s). Is there any =20
> >applet/setting which might help out with this? One thing is the=20
> >signal  level, and the other how much this signal can take.
> >
> >Joao
> >
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