Lan Barnes wrote:
On Fri, November 23, 2007 12:31 pm, Lan Barnes wrote:
After some creative googling, I have found several references that
recommend just replacing the mini-pci wireless card. Apparently it's a
point of failure.
Anyone want to steer me toward or away from any particular chipset?
BTW, I opened the bottom and checked the card's seating and the antenna
connection, both of which appeared fine.
I ran Jim's series of diagnostics and found no indication of any
connection, and scan results, any ability to ping ... and this in the same
room as the router, so I lost ground going to F8.
If any of you gurus want me to toss it in the car and drive over to your
place for some hands-on, I'm game. Otherwise, I'm inclined to buy a new
mini-pci wireless card as soon as one is recommended.
Did you ever check the TX settings with "iwlist <interface> txpower?
Maybe the current driver or its settings have decreased that value.
What laptop and chipset is it again?
Any indication from dmesg or the logs that the card was recognized at F8
boot up? Does the computer have a wireless on/off (enable/disable)
switch or key? It's possible the radio is turned off.
Remember that if the card requires firmware, Fedora does not include
that as it's proprietary, so you'll have to fetch it from a third party
site, the mfr website, or any CD's you have for that particular laptop
or card. For instance, this is required for BCM43xxx and IPW2200
chipsets. Or you need Ndiswrapper installed and configured for cards
that don't have a Linux-native driver.
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~DJA.
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