one other thing to try it disable security on the dd-wrt and on your laptop and see if you connect with no encryption. if you connect fine with no encryption, then you are likely not having a radio/packet issue.
I still suspect the driver on the laptop side. mark --On Sunday, September 28, 2008 4:49 PM -0500 Mark J Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > dd-wrt should soar on the WRT54GL. I have used dd-wrt for years and 2.4 > SP1 is fairly robust for me so far. the WRT54GL was specifically set out > to be friendly to the 3rd party WRT firmwares (as opposed to the more > common, off-the-shelf varieties). > > --On Sunday, September 28, 2008 4:45 PM -0500 Vikram Chhatre > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> No cordless phones in the house. Yes, the microwave is on, but its at >> least 30 feet away and blocked by 4 walls. >> >> I am reverting back to Linksys firmware to see if that gives me a >> connection everytime. >> >> Thanks guys >> >> Vikram >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 4:37 PM, 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. 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