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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