At 04:15 AM 06/27/02 -0700, Alexander Yukhimets wrote: >On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:25:06PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: >> But the *big* problem now is speed.
>> laptop:/var/log# iwconfig >> eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"WLAN" Nickname:"Prism I" > >Sorry I missed your previous messages but what version of orinoco driver >that you use? From kernel tree or pcmcia-cs tree? It seems that the driver >did not recognized your card as Prism II (but only as Prism I). >Only the latest driver 0.11b (available in the lates pcmcia-cs and >2.4.19-pre kernels) works reasonably well with your card. >But again, linux-wlan-ng gives consistently better performance anyway. Ah, I see: orinoco_cs.c 0.09b (David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others) I used the ISO from http://people.debian.org/~blade/XFS-Install/ (2.4.18-bf2.4-xfs). I just installed the base system from that ISO, dist-upgrade to woody and did a tasksel laptop (which is apmd, pcmcia-cs, anacron). Do you know if I can simply use the pcmcia-cs package from sid? I'll bet I need to follow Peter Hicks' suggestions, although I was trying to avoid rebuilding the kernel for now (time and confusion issues on my part). I get confused by the mixing of The Debian Way and building from source. I have not been that happy with my wireless setup. The range stinks. The signal drops way off just walking into the next room -- and even placing the access point and laptop outside I can only walk about twenty steps before signal drops way off. I've swapped out both the access point and the card a few times, tried different locations and tried both SMC and linksys hardware. http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS says about my card: [orinoco_cs driver] [x86,axp,ppc,smp] ... [ PrismII based cards: limited functionality ] SMC2632W I wonder if it would be better in the long run to buy a new card (and perhaps access point?). If so, any suggestions on which wireless card? Buying a new card might be faster than trying to learn about all the patches and components needed to build a new kernel. ;) Thanks, -- Bill Moseley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
