From: vix <ne...@ka...> - 2002-09-06 14:20:06
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> I was one of users that, once I figured out how to apply the patch, have = been > up and running with 10.2 and the beta4 driver without a problem. In fact = my > connection is considerably stronger and even more stable=8Band it was very = good > before. How much of the improvement is due to Jaguar I=B9m not sure, but no= thing > else has changed. >=20 > For what it=B9s worth, a pristine install of Jaguar rather than an upgrade = seems > like a very good idea. Not all third party applications, haxies, etc. for > 10.1.x play nicely with 10.2 in general and it=B9s amazing how many of them= can > accumulate. I=B9ve kept 10.1.5 and 10.2 on separate partitions, and now tha= t I=B9m > sure I=B9m not going to boot up in 10.1.5 any more I plan to nuke the old s= ystem > entirely. >=20 > Speaking of routers, I have a Linksys BEFW11S4 router with firmware versi= on > 1.37.9b dated June 21 2001... like the beta4 driver that=B9s working so wel= l for > me, I=B9m not inclined to update this unless there=B9s a need. I do remember = that > the previous Linksys firmware version that came with the router was disas= trous > and didn=B9t allow my Macs to connect at all, so there=B9s yet another variab= le in > the mix. =20 >=20 > Vix >=20 > ----------------- > All of this to let you know, either some of us may have routers, gateways= , etc > that are improperly configured or just not compatible at this point with > internet connection. I don=B9t know the reasons and have not tried to chan= ge > the Linksys router configuration to test my theory but is interesting to = note > I did nothing with the Netgear and it works just fine. Interesting, is t= hat I > have a Win XP laptop used for work that had no problem connecting to the > Linksys router with the same wireless card. |