On Sat, November 10, 2007 12:39 am, DJA wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: >> The machine is a Great Quality NX L-515. I believe the correct wireless >> driver is rt2500. >> >> Here are the symptoms. Wireless works, but only short distances w/ no >> walls in between. All other wireless in the house works fine, so it's >> not >> the router. >> >> I want to >> >> 1. install the driver and establish wireless >> >> 2. diagnose if possible whether the card is substandard >> >> The machine is under service contract, so if I find the card is bad, I >> can >> get it replaced. But if the problem is something else, I can save myself >> a >> lot of trouble by not struggling to get Fry's to honor their contract. >> >> It is presently running FC6 > > Some Wifi chipsets+some_laptop_brands_+Linux = Too low default power > setting. Try playing with iwlist. > >
Thanks for the tip. FWIW, we had the same problem under the default Vista <gag> installation. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
