poor wireless sensitivity after installation of fc5 on an ibm x40 laptop
Ronald Warsow
rwarsow at gmx.de
Sat Aug 26 23:33:46 UTC 2006
hi David
fw was my first a thought, as i saw 2.4 !
just now i fired up my hp nx6110 lappy:
ipw2200BG rev 05 (pciid: 8086:4220;sub: 103c:12f6)
livna firmware,
kernel 2174
without connected to my AP (it's off), i can scan my neighbors AP by a quality: 73/100, signal level: -55dBm in manged mode.
and the building is maid with strong concrete. difficult to drill holes in.
btw. i maid the experience that i get the best connection to *MY* AP, if i choose the same channel like my neighbor.
(same AP manufacturers)
maybe it's useful to check:
- *only* the last firmware in the directory and modprobe -r /-sv ipw2200
(i got some strange experiences with fw-download with another card;
means i'm not sure if modprobe -r unloads and -sv loads the firmware;
should do, but since yesterday i'm really not sure !)
- udevmonitor
- iwevent
- your AP: no "turbo's" aka nitro,...,
- wep/wpa
that's what i would do, but ...
good luck !
ronald
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