poor wireless sensitivity after installation of fc5 on an ibm x40 laptop

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, David Perkinson wrote:

> Hi Ronald,
>
> Thanks for your suggestion.  The version I had installed was 3.0.2.  Just to 
> make sure, I removed it and used the rpm you suggested.  After installation, 
> my /lib/firmware looked like this:
>
> ipw2200-2.4-LICENSE  ipw2200-sniffer.fw       ipw-2.4-ibss.fw 
> ipw2200-3.0-LICENSE  ipw-2.4-boot.fw            ipw-2.4-ibss_ucode.fw
> ipw2200-bss.fw               ipw-2.4-bss.fw              ipw-2.4-sniffer.fw
> ipw2200-ibss.fw              ipw-2.4-bss_ucode.fw  ipw-2.4-sniffer_ucode.fw
>
> After rmmod ipw2200 and modprobe ipw2200, there was no increase in 
> sensitivity (e.g., I  cannot communicate with wireless in the room adjacent 
> to  the router, whereas previously I was able to communicate not only in 
> adjacent rooms but from much further distances).
>
> So I have reverted to 3.0.2 and the problem remains.

Latest kernel?  The driver is tied to the firmware, so if you are still 
using a driver version that requires firmware 2.4, having 3.0 won't help.

Also, there are later releases of the driver now than are in any FC 
kernel.  See http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml for 
instructions on updating the driver in place.

>
> David
>
> Ronald Warsow wrote:
>> hi David
>> 
>> firware has changed to V. 3x
>> 
>> livna:
>> 
>> ipw2200-firmware-3.0-1.lvn5.noarch.rpm
>> 
>> ronald
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>
>

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