[dundee] ipw2200, unlucky for some, i would say

[Robert Ladyman]

Channel 13 is not legal in some countries: check the country the driver thinks 
it is in.

On Thursday 09 October 2008 12:35:29 Arron Finnon wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Just encountered a pretty random bug/issue not too sure if it is a
> elonex webbook issue or if it is with the ipw2200 wireless card.  Its
> one of those bugs which was pretty hard to get to the bottom of (when
> i say that what i mean get my laptop connected to my home wireless)
>
> NetworkManager and iwlist both could see my wireless network and i had
> no prevoius problems connecting to my wireless network, i changed some
> network configurations, and i also altered some wireless network
> configurations nothing major though.  Just essid, and IP address
> pools.  Banged up the AP, and every single one of my devices connected
> fine without issue a part from one.  It could see it but it would not
> do the hand shake, it was like it would not associate.
>
> At this point i was about to jump of the deep end, as you can imagine
> it worked fine, then it stopped.  I was left scratching my head, i
> started to think their was a bug in NetworkManager (wouldn't be the
> first time).
>
> Then i noticed that whatever i did, iwconfig would always indicate
> that it was on channel 0 (there was a numerous wifi spots in the area,
> and 13 hadn't been taken, so being clever i went for the one no one
> was using and a about 5 channels away from anyone else, also could i
> really be that unlucky).
>
> I tired to set it manually, and then it dawned on me.  It woulnd't set
> to channel 13.  Changed the AP to channel 10, seconds later i was
> connected.
>
> So i thought i would post it to you guys, there isn't much of an
> issue, but i thought it was an interesting bug, and maybe newer users
> may have had this issue, and put it down to "oh linux wireless is
> naff"
>
> So if anyone is running 8.04, and has ipw2200 card, might be worth
> changing your channel to 13 and seeing if you get the same issue or
> not, just curious i suppose.
>
> Anyways catch you all tonight
>
> Finux
>
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