[lug] Wireless problem

David L. Anselmi anselmi at anselmi.us
Thu Sep 2 18:18:23 MDT 2010


Chris Riddoch wrote:
> eth2      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"Auraria Campus"
>            Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Invalid
>            Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/65535
>            Retry limit:16   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>            Encryption key:off
>            Power Management:off
>            Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=-114 dBm  Noise level=-114 dBm
>            Rx invalid nwid:562  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>            Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:5812   Missed beacon:0
>
> This happens with two different wireless cards, a Cisco Aironet 350,
> and an Orinoco Silver.  Both of which are truly ancient.

Could it be a G only network and you're using a B card?  Got a G network you can test with to check 
the symptoms?

Dave



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