michael schuster ??: > Lin Wang wrote: >> Michael Schuster ??: >>> All, >>> >>> (bcc'd to networking-discuss and nwam-discuss, please re-direct your >>> responses to laptop-discuss. thx) >>> >>> I have a Linksys Wireless-N Gigabit Router at home, and I'm getting >>> less and less reliable connections between it and my laptop (lenovo >>> T60p, see below for scanpci's view of the wireless controller) these >>> past few days; Sunday it got so bad that the best I got was a >>> connection for about half a minute, then it went away again. I was >>> running b.110 when I tried that, but a short test with Windows shows >>> the same behaviour (and I was sitting next to the Linksys box when I >>> did that). >>> >>> I brought it into the office today and got a connection to sunwifi >>> immediately, so I think the laptop part is fine. >>> >>> Before I go out and do the forklift (ok, shopping bag) replacement >>> number, can anyone share any ideas on >>> a) diagnosing what's going on a little better >>> b) suggesting replacement for the wifi component alone - the cable >>> ethernet seems to work fine so far (if a) fails and doesn't provide >>> better alternatives). >>> >>> TIA >>> Michael >>> >>> pci bus 0x0003 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x168c device 0x0024 >>> Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter >> Hi Michael, >> >> I noticed that you are using a 11N AP, since opensolaris can not >> support 11N mode, please check the configuration of your AP >> and make sure choose pure b/g mode which can avoid possible >> compatibility problems with 11N. > > > would that be "B/G mixed" mode in the wireless configuration on the > Linksys box? > > Michael Hi Michael,
AP is your linksys 11N wireless access point. I am not sure the specific mode option in your linksys AP, but i think it should be b/g mixted and the max rate is 54Mbps. Br, Lin
