Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant confusion

[Mick]

On Friday 06 June 2008, Michal 'vorner' Vaner wrote:
> Hello
>
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 06:15:11PM +0100, Mick wrote:
> > wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"daddy"
> >           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.442 GHz  Access Point:
> > 00:18:4D:AE:55:2C Bit Rate=12 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm
> >           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B
> >           Encryption key:8B7B-9671-89
> >           Link Quality=31/100  Signal level=-56 dBm
>
> I do not know your card, but mine works with link quality above 60/100,
> below that doesn't do much. The ping times are because there are
> link-level retransmits, so it tries many times and it sometimes
> succeeds.
>
> If you get closer to the AP, is it still a problem?

Ahh, just noticed this USB unclaimed message in lshw:

           *-usbhost
                product: UHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.24-gentoo-r8 uhci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
                logical name: usb2
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-1.10
                configuration: maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
              *-usb UNCLAIMED
                   description: Generic USB device
                   product: Belkin 54g USB Network Adapter
                   vendor: Belkin
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1
                   version: 0.01
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: maxpower=300mA speed=12.0MB/s

Should it be so?

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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