[Madwifi-users] Problems connecting to a 802.11b accesspoint

[Dag S. <ma...@st...>]

Hi, I just bought a D-Link AirPlus (DWL-G650) and have successfully
connected it to my AP at home, an D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G (DI-624).

The connection works "ok". I only get 1Mb/sec in transfer even tho
signal is 100% and speed is 54mbit and a lot of packet loss. Problems
one would expect from such an alpha driver, really. :-)

But I've been unable to connect to the AP at work, an SonicWall SOHO
TZW. It's a 802.11b AP, and I've set it up to accept any client and not
use WEP.

I get the ESSID from it, and I seem to be able to get a stable link. But
no IP packets ever reach it. :-/

>From ifconfig:

          RX packets:165 errors:291282 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:2085
          TX packets:450 errors:11 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:199 

And from iwconfig:

ath0      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"eunet"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point:
00:06:B1:41:03:83  
          Bit Rate=11Mb/s   Tx-Power:off   Sensitivity=0/3  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0/92  Signal level:9/154  Noise level:0/154
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Hopefully someone has some tips. :-)

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Dag Stenstad <ma...@st...>