Hi Matt,
Don't know if this is your answer but it sure sounds similar to a problem I
just resolved. I just finished working with a user with a linksys card (their
'g' version, model WPC54G) in a Dell (I believe) with XP Pro. Who claimed it
worked fine in some areas on campus but failed in others. Turns out it worked
fine with Cisco 350s but not with Cisco 1100s. In his case.....his laptop
restarted completely after about 5 minutes!! Of course, I didn't believe it
but.....he proved it to me. Turns out that this particular linksys card has a
problem with a particular cardbus controller (Texas Inst. I think) for some
PCMCIA slots in some laptops (lots of 'somes'). I found an explanation somewhere
on www.linksys.com (can't seem to find it now and can't remember the exact
details). Anyway, as suggested, I had him upgrade his card to the
latest-greatest firmware and the problem went away. I'm not even going to try
to explain why it would behave differently between different type of access
points.......but....don't really care now! ;+)
........hope this helps.......thx..........Jamie
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Matt Ashfield (UNB) wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've had some problems diagnosing a wireless problem, and thought I'd try
> this list. We offer wireless access in our libraries. We have 3 libraries on
> campus. I have a user who is complaining that her laptop (Dell with Linksys
> card) is dropping it's ip connection about every 5 minutes when using
> wireless in one of the libraries. The Access Points there are Orinocco
> AP-100's. When she takes the same laptop to another library, which is
> equipped with Orinocco AP-500's, she has no such problem. No other users are
> experiencing such problems, so my question is, has anyone seen connectivity
> problems between linksys cards and Ornicco AP's?
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt
>
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