Wireless Issues on Dell XPS 1330m

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On 10/12/2008 02:17 PM, Dave Cross wrote:


> 
> So under 2.6.25 things work, just sub-optimally. Under more recent
> kernels, the situation is worse. I've updated the system a couple of
> times and I now also have kernel-PAE-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 and
> kernel-PAE-2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686. Under either of these kernels, my
> network is still not detected and even when I try to force a
> connection, it still doesn't work.

> Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can help to get this fixed?

  Seems that all 2.6.x kernels dont work with WPA/2 - and may even crash
on occasion.

  My advice - make sure you keep 2.6.25 and wait till it eventually gets
fixed. YOu may find it helpful to turn on SSID broadcast if its off -
there is zero loss of security and things will work better.