On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 04:23:01AM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: > On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 19:43, David wrote: > > Is it good list etiquette to post the final solution to old inquiries? If > > so.. here goes... > > Any chance of version number here? > > I have Netgear - a WG311v2 PCI card in a Windows box talking to a WG602 > AP.
Version of final solution? or version of firmware ;-) There is no final solution.. your problems will never end! OTOH, firmware v.4.2.4 for WGT624 > > > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 04:55:01AM +1100, Ben de Luca wrote: > > > > > > On 23/02/2005, at 11:31 PM, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > > > > >On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 11:16:44PM +1100, David wrote: > > > >>I'm running a netgear wg511t pcmcia card on Ubuntu Warty and a netgear > > > >>wireless router (recently purchased, can't recall model number). > > > >> > > > >>It's worked perfectly for about 4/5 weeks, until suddenly it became > > > >>intermittent, then died completely. At first I thought it was a config > > > >>problem, given I know very little about wireless, but I hadn't changed > > > >>anything so that didn't seem likely. ifconfig output looks perfectly > > > >>normal with ath0 configured at the correct ip etc. > > > >> > > > >>I powercycled the router (twice), but that made no difference. I'd > > > >>just > > > >>about given up when I took my laptop home and discovered it was > > > >>picking up > > > >>a signal from somebodies elses router! From this I assume that the > > > >>problem > > > >>is my router. > > > >> > > > >>How can i tell? What simple tests can i perform to convince the nice > > > >>man > > > >>at the shop that it's not Linux causing the problem but his ugly > > > >>router? > > > > > > > >Before you tell the man his router is stuffed, try changing the > > > >channel on > > > >your AP. It could be that the bloke next door has an AP on the same > > > >channel > > > >and it's swamping yours (although you'll be pleased to know that you're > > > >probably stuffing him up as well). > > > > > > > >Once that's done and no improvement has been found, take the AP back > > > >and > > > >tell them that it's stuffed. If they're *really* picky about it, take > > > >your > > > >lapdog and accouterements to the store and show that the lapdog works > > > >fine > > > >on another AP, then get your money back and cross that store off your > > > >christmas card list. > > > > > > > > > I phoned the nice man at the computer shop who gave me the phone number > > for Netgear support, who in turn failed to tell me that the old firmware > > was UFFS [1], but did suggest that I upgrade to the latest version. > > Although he gave me completely inaccurate upgrade directions, I knew > > enough to ignore what he told me, after which the new firmware completely > > solved the problem. The problem had nothing to do with Linux. > > > > [1] Un-Fit For Sale > -- > Howard. > LANNet Computing Associates; > Your Linux people <http://www.lannetlinux.com> > ------------------------------------------ > "When you just want a system that works, you choose Linux; > when you want a system that just works, you choose Microsoft." > ------------------------------------------ > "Flatter government, not fatter government; > Get rid of the Australian states." > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
