On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 03:32:10PM +0100, Jean-Baptiste Note wrote: > Dear list, > > I recently tried to set up a wireless lan at home. > I bought a linksys WAP11 accesspoint, a linksys PCMCIA card for my dad's > laptop, > and an airport card for me. All would be well, if i could set my airport > card to work [:)]
I'm working just fine with this setup. ibook2 + airport to a WAP11 accesspoint. I've even gotten it working with encryption. the kernel I'm using has version 0.09b of the driver, which does have issues with frequent "TX timeout" messages (and a mention of fixing them in the TODO list). I have noticed that the WAP11 needs to be powercycled every few days (sometimes daily) because things will just mysteriously quit working (with no error messages). I haven't looked into firmware upgrades for it. Erik > So, here's my problem, > kernel 2.4.17 benh-patched (thank you !) > (but the same happened with a previous 2.4.16) > after a modprobe aiport and an ifconfig eth1 up : > dmesg : > > airport.c 0.06f (Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > eth1: Station identity 001f:0001:0004:0010 > eth1: Looks like a Lucent/Agere firmware version 4.16 > eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported > eth1: MAC address 00:30:65:02:19:C1 > eth1: Station name "HERMES I" > eth1: ready > airport: card registered for interface eth1 > > so far so good. > > iwconfig eth1 : > eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"" Nickname:"HERMES I" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 > Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3 > Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality:0/92 Signal level:134/153 Noise level:134/153 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > I can change the essid OK, iwlist eth1 channel reports channel > 10,11,12,13 ok > (i live in France), my basestation is on channel 11 = 2.462GHz.... > > But, wherever i go in and outside my home, link quality = 0, > signal level = noise level = 134. > I thought of a hardware problem, so i made sure the card was properly > inserted > and connected to the integrated antenna... > > Has anyone encountered the problem ? Could this be a hardware problem ? How > could I make sure that my hardware and the antenna is OK ? > > I'd really appreciate any help on the matter, > thanks for reading, > > Jean-Baptiste Note. > >
