strange wireless behavior

[Dan]

Matthew Saltzman wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Charles Curley wrote:
>
>> I can't explain it, but I may have a less drastic work-around. I had a
>> similar glitch yesterday. I rmmoded the ipw2200 driver, and modprobed
>> it. It's been fine since.
>>
>> I do have a lot of this:
>>
>> Mar  1 20:25:51 dragon kernel: ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  
>> Restarting.
>> Mar  1 20:25:51 dragon kernel: ipw2200: Sysfs 'error' log already 
>> exists.
>> Mar  1 20:44:22 dragon kernel: ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  
>> Restarting.
>> Mar  1 20:44:22 dragon kernel: ipw2200: Sysfs 'error' log already 
>> exists.
>>
>> I wonder if it's related to suspending to memory a lot.
>
>
> I don't think so.  It appears to be a driver or firmware issue.  As a 
> workaround, try adding
>
>     options ipw2200 hwcrypto=0
>
> to /etc/modprobe.conf.  It seems to drastically reduce the number of 
> these errors.
>
> If you are bold and want to try the latest drivers (which may fix the 
> porblem), see http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml.
>
[quote]

* Wed Mar  1 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.15-1.1833_FC4]
- 2.6.15.5
* Tue Feb 21 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Add boot delay debug patch.
* Mon Feb 20 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Make monitor mode work for ipw2200
- Add another mp3 player to the usb unusual device list. (#176584)
* Sun Feb 19 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Bump minimum requirements for module-init-tools & udev
- Make 16C950 UARTs work.
* Thu Feb 16 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Fix PMTU NAT bug.
* Thu Feb 16 2006 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>
- Set ipw2200 hwcrypto option to 0 to avoid firmware restarts.

[/quote]
Some fixes in the latest stable kernel update for ipw2200 (including the hwcrypto=0). Try it out.