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Old 05-03-2007, 01:35 PM   #1
whammack
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Wireless starting to fail - update driver?


For two yrs now I've been using my wireless card (kernel 2.4.26, Libranet, orinoco_cs) and it has worked fine. Just recently it has stopped being able to find some public networks. It works fine in hotels and in Panara, but I've never got t-mobile at American Admirals Clubs to work, or AT&T Wireless at Barnes & Noble - in addition it fails at the occassionally coffee house. Is it possible that newer wireless routers are making my wireless card obsolete? Do I need to update the ornioco driver? Anyone else have these problems? (I'm in a coffee house right now using my wife's WindowsXP, which sees the network fine, but my Linux laptop doesn't show it at all. Everything is working fine on the laptop - I just went home and logged onto my wireless network at home.)
 
Old 05-03-2007, 03:16 PM   #2
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well, how old is your wireless card vs your wife's?
it is entirely possible that some networks are broadcasting in 802.11g only, as I think (might be wrong) it yields some small performance improvements
also, is your card compatible with 802.11g, or only 802.11b?
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Old 05-03-2007, 03:26 PM   #3
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A very good point. My laptop is an Thinkpad T30 - not the newest thing on the block. (Circa 2002? - I bought it used) The card is a Prism 2.5, which I'm pretty sure doesn't do 802.11g. I will check to see what protocol t-mobile is using in admiral's clubs. My wife's laptop is < 1 year old, and so likely does b and g.
 
Old 05-03-2007, 05:15 PM   #4
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Prism 2.5 will not handle 802.11G - that much I can confirm. Last I knew, the Admirals Club used B and my Slackware/orinoco_cs setup worked fine, although I haven't been in a few months.
 
Old 05-03-2007, 05:32 PM   #5
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I called t-mobile, whose does wireless for admirials clubs -- they support both b and g there -- they also told me they support linux!
 
  


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