Could it be a problem with interference from other wireless devices such as cordless phones, baby monitors or other wireless access points. If so you should try using another wifi channel.
Cheers l1th10n On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 05:41 pm, Simon Bowden wrote: > Hi, > > I'm just going to chirp in with my bad experience with this card. > > While I could get it working, I think with the acx100 drivers: > http://acx100.sourceforge.net/ > > I found that under both linux and windows (especially the latter), I > could not get a very consistent connection. I've mainly fiddled with > windows driver (ahem, games, etc), but having tried any I could find > (10-ish), I had the same problem with them all - the connection would > effectively drop every 15-20 seconds or so. If you use a continuous > ping, you'd get a 1.6ms ping for 14, then a 1000+ms ping for the > 15th. This is really bad for gaming and any large transfer - which > means I'm lucky to get 1Mbps out of it with a strong wireless signal. > > The main netgear drivers were probably the worst. I had the most > issues getting them going, and probably the better results (still > frequent dropouts) with these drivers: > > http://www.trendnet.com/asp/download_manager/list_subcategory.asp?SUB >TYPE_ID=691 > > Not everyone seems to have complained about my problem though. Some > comments suggest that it only happens on AMD-based systems (or some > asus m/b or some odd hardware config). Oh well, getting a new system > and gigabyte card soon. > > Good Luck :) > > Cheers, > > - Simon > > On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Howard Lowndes wrote: > > I'm trying to get a Netgear WG311v2 working under ndiswrapper. > > > > The system is FC4 with KDE and the latest kernel. > > > > I have everything set up fine, and have the Windows XP drivers > > installed in /etc/ndiswrapper/wg311v2, including all the .bin etc. > > > > I have a /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 config file > > created using the network configuration wizard in KDE. > > > > If I run "iwlist scan" then I can see my access point and another > > one in the locality in the listing. > > > > When I try "ifup wlan0" to bring up the connection it comes back > > with an error message "Determining IP information for wlan0... > > failed; no link present. Check cable?" At this stage I have open > > access to my WAP so it is not being blocked by MAC address, WEP or > > WPA. > > > > Thoughts, guidance, clue... Should I try the other Windows > > drivers? > > > > -- > > Howard. > > LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people > > <http://lannetlinux.com> When you want a computer system that > > works, just choose Linux; When you want a computer system that > > works, just, choose Microsoft. -- > > Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian > > states. > > > > > > -- > > Howard. > > LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people > > <http://lannetlinux.com> When you want a computer system that > > works, just choose Linux; When you want a computer system that > > works, just, choose Microsoft. -- > > Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish 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
