From: Doyle, P. <WP...@dt...> - 2006-02-16 13:59:27
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Gerkey [mailto:gerkey@AI.SRI.COM] > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 8:46 PM > To: gum...@li... > Subject: [Gumstix-users] which driver for AmbiCom? > > > Since updating to a recent buildroot (as of about a week ago), my > AmbiCom CF WiFi card has become unreliable. Specifically, the > interface comes up and works for a few minutes. Then it craps out. > I've seen a variety of different error messages in the kernel log > that coincide with the drop out. > > I'm trying to track down the problem, but one issue is that I can't > remember which driver I had been using before the buildroot update, > when the system used to work. > > For an AmbiCom, do you recommend hostap_cs or orinoco_cs (or a > different driver)? Also, anybody had trouble with WEP on this card? > > brian. > Not that this helps terribly much, but I just bought (in the last 2-3 weeks) a gumstix, cfstx, and AmbiCom CF WiFi card. I haven't had much time to play with it, but out of 15 or so reboots, I've seen the WiFi card work only twice. I assumed there was something flakey with the stacking connectors and started down a path of "how can I make this more robust, mechanically?", but hearing (reading?) that you've seen it work in the past and stop working now, makes me think its SW related. So, you're not alone. Hopefully, one of us can figure out the problem in time to help the other. --wpd |
From: Martin B. <bry...@da...> - 2006-02-18 22:07:26
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Hi Brian and Patrick, We have similar problems with our four AmbiCom WL1100C-CF. I hope that compiling the linux-wlan-ng driver will do the trick, and I will let you know of any success or failure. -Martin On 16/02/2006, at 15.06, Doyle, Patrick wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Brian Gerkey [mailto:gerkey@AI.SRI.COM] >> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 8:46 PM >> To: gum...@li... >> Subject: [Gumstix-users] which driver for AmbiCom? >> >> >> Since updating to a recent buildroot (as of about a week ago), my >> AmbiCom CF WiFi card has become unreliable. Specifically, the >> interface comes up and works for a few minutes. Then it craps out. >> I've seen a variety of different error messages in the kernel log >> that coincide with the drop out. >> >> I'm trying to track down the problem, but one issue is that I can't >> remember which driver I had been using before the buildroot update, >> when the system used to work. >> >> For an AmbiCom, do you recommend hostap_cs or orinoco_cs (or a >> different driver)? Also, anybody had trouble with WEP on this card? >> >> brian. >> > Not that this helps terribly much, but I just bought (in the last > 2-3 weeks) > a gumstix, cfstx, and AmbiCom CF WiFi card. I haven't had much > time to play > with it, but out of 15 or so reboots, I've seen the WiFi card work > only > twice. I assumed there was something flakey with the stacking > connectors > and started down a path of "how can I make this more robust, > mechanically?", > but hearing (reading?) that you've seen it work in the past and > stop working > now, makes me think its SW related. > > So, you're not alone. Hopefully, one of us can figure out the > problem in > time to help the other. > > --wpd |
From: Brian G. <gerkey@AI.SRI.COM> - 2006-02-21 18:35:22
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On Feb 18, 2006, at 2:07 PM, Martin Brynskov wrote: > > We have similar problems with our four AmbiCom WL1100C-CF. I hope > that compiling the linux-wlan-ng driver will do the trick, and I > will let you know of any success or failure. > hi Martin, That would be great. We're still looking for a solution, and any info/advice you can provide would be most appreciated. brian. > On 16/02/2006, at 15.06, Doyle, Patrick wrote: > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Brian Gerkey [mailto:gerkey@AI.SRI.COM] >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 8:46 PM >>> To: gum...@li... >>> Subject: [Gumstix-users] which driver for AmbiCom? >>> >>> >>> Since updating to a recent buildroot (as of about a week ago), my >>> AmbiCom CF WiFi card has become unreliable. Specifically, the >>> interface comes up and works for a few minutes. Then it craps out. >>> I've seen a variety of different error messages in the kernel log >>> that coincide with the drop out. >>> >>> I'm trying to track down the problem, but one issue is that I can't >>> remember which driver I had been using before the buildroot update, >>> when the system used to work. >>> >>> For an AmbiCom, do you recommend hostap_cs or orinoco_cs (or a >>> different driver)? Also, anybody had trouble with WEP on this card? >>> >>> brian. >>> >> Not that this helps terribly much, but I just bought (in the last >> 2-3 weeks) >> a gumstix, cfstx, and AmbiCom CF WiFi card. I haven't had much >> time to play >> with it, but out of 15 or so reboots, I've seen the WiFi card work >> only >> twice. I assumed there was something flakey with the stacking >> connectors >> and started down a path of "how can I make this more robust, >> mechanically?", >> but hearing (reading?) that you've seen it work in the past and >> stop working >> now, makes me think its SW related. >> >> So, you're not alone. Hopefully, one of us can figure out the >> problem in >> time to help the other. >> >> --wpd > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through > log files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD > SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? > cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users -- Brian P. Gerkey ge...@ai... SRI AI Center http://www.ai.sri.com/~gerkey |