Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4054 mails)

[Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun January 1 2006 2:17 pm, Stan Glasoe wrote:
> Also the radio frequency range of WiFi is shared with microwave
> ovens, baby monitors, 2.4GHz handheld phones, etc. You may have
> environmental issues that are messing with your WiFi.

I've got 2.4Ghz wireless phones all over the house!!! the base station 
is less than 10 feet from my router.

>
> Don't forget to check firmware versions of the access point and the
> card. Make sure you have them at the most current levels unless you
> find some information online that says an older version is better at
> the moment.

I installed SUSE 10.0 on my Dell laptop and tried to go wireless. It 
took me 3 days to get it to work! Even with the wireless card 
recognized, it still didn't install the IPW-firmware RPM.

And it took a newer card update software ( firmware?) before I could 
get the wireless connection to work in windows XP Media Center. when I 
first tried wireless it would only recognize the card for 1 user. The 
fast-switching 2nd login couldn't setup the card and wouldn't work 
wirelessly. After new firmware updates it now works there too.
I've got an Intel Pro 2915ABG wireless card and a Netgear WGR614 V6 
router.

-- 
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800