I tried running iwpriv to see if I could figure out how to force it to
run in B mode, but it wasn't obvious to me and the man page wasn't
much help. Any pointers on where I could get some more info on this?
--- In Joe Bouchard <> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 06:23:28PM -0000, gamehoser wrote:
> > I have a ZyXEL ZyAIR G-220 and have successfully built the zd1211b.o
> > module from the source and it loads fine. I can configure the
> > wireless with ifconfig and iwconfig and the device works properly.
>
> Here is another idea... The ZyXEL ZyAIR G-220 is a wireless B/G
device, but
> your USB port is relatively slow, and if the wireless communication
is faster
> than what you driver can manage it won't work well. So it will work
OK with
> wireless-B at 11Mbps, but not any faster than that. Trying to push
it harder
> will lead to "flakeyness", at least that's been my experience. It
could be that
> the device is trying to auto-negotiate to G speed, when the driver/usb
> connection can't really keep up.
>
> You can try "iwconfig wlan0 rate 11M", but I think you are better
off using
> iwpriv to set a parameter to tell it to use B, rather than G, or auto.
>
> Good luck,
> Joe
>
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