Broadcom 43 & weak signals: F8 vs WinXP

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Sun Feb 3 22:01:36 UTC 2008


MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> Additionally, in F8, if I type specify SSID for the strongest
> signal, it won't connect at all.  In this case, the SSID
> consists of several words.  In another case, where the SSID
> was one word, and the signal was stronger, I could specify it
> successfully. Is this expected?
> 
Did you enclose the multi-work SSID in quotes?

> In the present case, therefore, I do not know to which of
> several nodes I am connected.  Is there a way to find out?
> 
You can try running iwconfig and looking at the SSID, channel, and 
other information.

Mikkel
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