Lin Wang wrote: > 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.
ok, thx, I'll try that. Michael -- Michael Schuster http://blogs.sun.com/recursion Recursion, n.: see 'Recursion'
