[CLUE-Tech] wireless problem

[Eric Jorgensen]

How would I be able to test this?  


--- "Tony M." <skitzot33 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Maybe someone in your neighborhood got themselves a
> cheap 2.4ghz cordless phone.
> 
> 
> --- Eric Jorgensen <jorgy at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am new to the list, and hope that I can get some
> > help here.  If this is not an appropriate
> question,
> > I'd appreciate a pointer to a more suitable forum.
> > 
> > I have a Dell Latitude C810 running RH9. I have
> > added
> > a Truemobile 1150 pcmcia 802.11b card running the
> > orinoco driver, connecting to a Netgear WG602
> access
> > point. I have had this combination for about a
> year,
> > and thought that even though I do everything over
> > ssh,
> > I should
> > tie things down a bit. I changed the default essid
> > and
> > gave the Netgear a static IP address, and I
> upgraded
> > the firmware to 1.5.67. Everything worked fine for
> > several days after these changes, but since
> > a week ago, I've been seeing very poor performance
> > (lag while typing, etc.) as well as the following
> in
> > /var/adm/messages:
> > 
> > Feb 11 10:56:20 martin kernel: eth1: New link
> > status:
> > Disconnected (0002)
> > Feb 11 10:56:22 martin kernel: eth1: New link
> > status:
> > Connected (0001)
> > Feb 11 10:58:25 martin kernel: eth1: New link
> > status:
> > Disconnected (0002)
> > Feb 11 10:58:26 martin kernel: eth1: New link
> > status:
> > Connected (0001)
> > Feb 11 10:59:16 martin kernel: eth1: New link
> > status:
> > Disconnected (0002)
> > Feb 11 10:59:17 martin kernel: eth1: New link
> > status:
> > Connected (0001)
> > Feb 11 10:59:39 martin kernel: eth1: New link
> > status:
> > Disconnected (0002)
> > Feb 11 10:59:40 martin kernel: eth1: New link
> > status:
> > Connected (0001)
> > 
> > 
> > I swapped in another 1150 card, and the same thing
> > happened. Is this the result of the changes on the
> > access point? Or is there something else going on
> > here? I'm not doing anything different in terms of
> > the
> > physical relationship of the access point to the
> > wireless card.
> > 
> > Running kismet shows another couple of stations in
> > my
> > neighborhood, one even running on channel 11.  I
> > moved
> > to channel 7, but the problem remains.
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated, as well as pointers
> > to
> > other resources (mailing lists, etc.) that could
> > also
> > be helpful.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Eric
> > 
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