[Madwifi-users] Proxim 8480: 11a works but not 11b/g

[John S. <jsa...@ny...>]

I have a Proxim 8480-WD card (802.11a/b/g combocard gold) that I am able to get 
associated with and working with a DLink DWL-7000AP trimode access point using 
802.11a, but NOT with 802.11b/g.  Connecting w/ 802.11a works w/ and w/o WEP.

With 802.11b/g, I turned off WEP on the DLink AP.  While under WindowsXP I can 
establish an 11b/g connection (w/o WEP), I cannot do the same under Linux.  
When I do 'iwlist ath0 scan', it shows the info for the 11a cell OK, but for 
the 11b/g cell it shows gibberish for the ESSID (all other info appears OK in 
the cell appears OK).  

I am running Redhat 9 w/ the latest kernel (2.4.26), latest pcmcia-cs modules 
and tools, latest MadWIFI drivers, and latest wireless tools (WE-16, version 
26).  Again I want to note that connectivity in both modes works OK under 
Windows XP.

If I can get the connectivity issue w/ 802.11b/g issue resolved I'll be happy 
(but then I need to do Monitoring in both modes).  Thanks!

--john