Does the second access point have the same ESSID? Then it might be the problem.
Otherwise, I recommend to flash the 1.5.6 firmware on the Teletronics wireless card.
Daniel Loomis wrote:
I have a Soekris net4521 running Wisp-Dist, using a single Teletronics
200mW pcmcia card attached to a 12" pigtail and a 15db planar antenna.
It is operating as a single access point. I am using a standard 12v
power supply (purchased with the board from Soekris) which feeds through
the power input jack (not POE).
Access is via a Toshiba laptop also running a Teletronics 200mW pcmcia
card with one of the little pigtail whip antennas. The laptop can boot
WinXP/Fedora Core 1/FreeBSD 4.9.
I get strong reception in many parts of the building and everything seems to work well . . . except that the signal drops out every so often without warning. Sometimes it is able to reconnect on its own, while atothers I have to manually reconnect. It happens when I am at the outer limits of the access point's range but also when close by (i.e., in the same room).
The /etc/network/wireless.conf is as follows:
# Wireless configuration parameters # netcs0_MODE="MASTER" netcs0_ENCMODE="ON" netcs0_RATE="11M" netcs0_ESSID="fpcwireless" netcs0_KEY="##:##:##:##:##" <== not actual netcs0_CHANNEL="11" netcs0_MACFILTER_POLICY="0" netcs0_NICK="fpcwireless1" netcs0_TXPOWER="200mW" netcs0_RTS=""
With no wireless clients connected, iwconfig displays the following:
netcs0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"fpcwireless" Nickname:"fpcwireless1" Mode:Master Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: 00:02:6F:05:59:2F Bit Rate=2Mb/s Tx-Power=24 dBm Sensitivity=1/3 Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:####-####-## Encryption mode:restricted Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:90 Invalid misc:269 Missed beacon:0
I have not configured RTS/CTS as I am not sure what those settings ought to be.
I do not know if my problem is due to hardware/software/local interference or something else. I do have another lower powered (30mW SMC) AP in another part of the building running on channel 6 with a 6db antenna, but that does not seem to be a problem.
I am concerned that the problem is related to the hardware, but have not the expertise to diagnose it. Any suggestions where I should begin?
Daniel Loomis
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