for that matter, try changing the channel on the dd-wrt wireless from Auto to Channel 1, 6 or 11 - I have found 6 and 11 work best in my household. also, on the dd-wrt Status-->Wireless, are you seeing any error packets on transmit or receive?
--On Sunday, September 28, 2008 2:37 PM -0700 Wayne Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good point about the interference -- is your microwave on?? ;-) > > Wayne > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 2:26 PM, ware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> sounds like hardware failure or massive interference >> >> make sure theres no 2.4ghz phones around >> >> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Mark J Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> just to compare and contrast with regards to eliminating a >>> driver-related factor, have you tried your wireless using NDIS Wrapper >>> (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NdisWrapper>)? >>> >>> --On Sunday, September 28, 2008 3:21 PM -0500 Vikram Chhatre >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> This weekend I delved in the world of wireless finally. My new >>>> Inspiron 1525 notebook arrived and so did the Linksys WRT54GL wireless >>>> router. After several long hours on freenode/slackware/dd-wrt >>>> channels, I managed to flash the firmware on the router to dd-wrt >>>> Version 24 stable standard generic. Also, the intel wireless card >>>> drive on my notebook has a driver built into kernel, so the module >>>> iwl4965 was already probed and running. I am using wicd as the >>>> wireless connection manager. >>>> >>>> The problem is, I am only rarely able to connect to the network, lets >>>> say 1 out of 10 attempts. The client sees the network, network sees >>>> the client card, but simply wont let in. No error messages. I have >>>> already tried doing hard reset on the router a couple of times >>>> (30:30:30 reset). This hasn't helped. I should mention that my wired >>>> LAN is working just fine. Here are more details: >>>> >>>> Client: >>>> --------------- >>>> Intel 4965 Card - driver iwl4965 built into kernel 2.6.24.5 >>>> wicd configuration and connection manager >>>> >>>> >>>> Server: >>>> --------------- >>>> >>>> Linksys WRT54GL v1.1 router >>>> dd-wrt v24-stable-generic-standard Firmware >>>> >>>> Wireless Mode: AP >>>> Wireless network mode: Mixed (both B and G) >>>> Wirless ESSID: crypticlineage >>>> Channel: 7 @ 2.442 GHz >>>> SSID broadcast: Enabled >>>> Sensitivity range: 2000 meters >>>> Network configuration: Bridged >>>> >>>> Security mode: WPA Personal level 1 >>>> Altorithms: TKIP+AES >>>> WPA shared key: 63 letter hexadecimal key >>>> Key renewal interval 3600 seconds >>>> Authentication type: Auto >>>> >>>> Here is the log from /var/log/wicd/wicd.log : >>>> http://www.pastebin.ca/1213025 >>>> The tail part of the log obviously refers to the connection success. >>>> >>>> Here is the router log for IP connections. I could not make much sense >>>> out of it, but perhaps you guys can.: http://www.pastebin.ca/1213030 >>>> >>>> I am at least able to login, though inconsistently, from my slack12.1 >>>> laptop, but my roommate cannot even get the encryption key dialogue >>>> box. He sees the network, but can't go any further than that. Also, >>>> the signal for him is much weaker than it is for me. I typically get >>>> 92-100% signal. His is much much weaker. He gets excellent signal >>>> for other networks in our building. His laptop is winxp. >>>> >>>> I am pretty sure the problem is with some dd-wrt setting, but cannot >>>> pinpoint it seeing how inexperienced I am with the software. Later >>>> today, I will test my wireless card at Starbucks and at the University, >>>> but I dont think I will have any problem there. >>>> >>>> Thank you so much for taking time to read through all this and for any >>>> input you may have. >>>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> Vikram >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________________ >>> Mark J. Bailey Jobsoft Design & Development, Inc. >>> 104 Arlington Place, Suite 100 Franklin, TN 37064 >>> EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.jobsoft.com/ >>> VOICE:(615)904-9559 FAX:(615)904-9576 CELL:(615)308-9099 >>> >>> >>> > >>> >> >> > >> > > > ________________________________________________________ Mark J. Bailey Jobsoft Design & Development, Inc. 104 Arlington Place, Suite 100 Franklin, TN 37064 EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.jobsoft.com/ VOICE:(615)904-9559 FAX:(615)904-9576 CELL:(615)308-9099 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
