It seems to be working fine when assigned to a particular AP. Good
call. I'm going to experiment a bit and see if different adapters
don't have this problem, but for now at least I can maintain a connection.
Thanks,
Brian
--- In Joe Bouchard <> wrote:
>
>
> I'm no expert, but it appears you have 13 access points in your
area, all with
> the same ESSID but different channels and different MACs. Perhaps
your adapter
> is hopping from one to another trying to find the "best one" and
getting lost on
> the middle somewhere. I wonder if you tell it
> "iwconfig wlan0 ap 00:0F:23:06:6E:80" if it will stick to that one?
>
> Comment: I've never seen that "unstoppable scanning" message before.
Google
> doesn't seem to have much, either.
>
> I guess I'm out of ideas. Good luck.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 08:42:42PM -0000, gunghoiguana wrote:
> > Joe,
> >
> > I'm using a ts-7260 and the IOGear USB 2.0 WiFI Adapter that
> > technologic shipped me. My kernel is 2.4.26-ts11. Here's what
> > iwconfig says:
> >
> > iwconfig Wireless-Tools version 27
> > Compatible with Wireless Extension v11 to v17.
> >
> > Kernel Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v16.
> >
> > wlan0 Recommend Wireless Extension v13 or later,
> > Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v16.
> > -----------------
> >
> > When I run iwlist, I see lots of cells regardless of whether the
> > connection is working or not. Here's some of the output (there were
> > 13 cells):
> >
> > :shucker# iwlist wlan0 scanning
> > UnStoppable Scanning
> > UnStoppable Scanning
> > UnStoppable Scanning
> > UnStoppable Scanning
> > UnStoppable Scanning
> > UnStoppable Scanning
> > UnStoppable Scanning
> > UnStoppable Scanning
> > UnStoppable Scanning
> > UnStoppable Scanning
> > wlan0 Scan completed :
> > Cell 01 - Address: 00:0F:23:06:6E:80
> > ESSID:"ITS237"
> > Mode:Master
> > Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
> > Extra:SignalStrength=47%,LinkQuality:32%
> > Encryption key:off
> > Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
> > Extra:bcn_int=100
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > Cell 13 - Address: 00:11:20:45:C1:00
> > ESSID:"ITS237"
> > Mode:Master
> > Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
> > Extra:SignalStrength=30%,LinkQuality:100%
> > Encryption key:off
> > Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
> > Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
> > Extra:bcn_int=100
> > -----------------------
> >
> > In case it's useful, here's the info on the zd module from when it
loads:
> >
> > :shucker# modprobe zd
> > zd1211 - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ - r83
> > Based on www.zydas.com.tw driver version 2.5.0.0
> > usb.c: registered new driver zd1211
> > Release Ver = 4802
> > EEPORM Ver = 4330
> > PA type: 0
> > AiroHa AL2230RF
> > AllowedChannel = 000107ff
> > Region:16
> > ------------------------
> >
> > I haven't tried compiling my own module; where do you get the sources?
> > If you think it's just a quirky hardware thing, I'm perfectly happy
> > to just go buy an adapter that people have had good luck with. The
> > cost is small next to the time it might take to wrestle with this one
> > <grin>.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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