My AP worked well with .24 kernel. With .28 and .29 it doesn't (I've connected once for about month)
2009/4/5, Paul Fertser <fercer...@gmail.com>: > Cameron Frazier <frazier.came...@gmail.com> writes: >> On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 16:25 +0200, Davide Scaini wrote: >>> ... >>> i use a wep static ip network and a dhcp wpa one, i have some >>> interfaces files that i switch between. >>> ... >> >> I can get a DHCP WEP network to connect fine (work), but at home (DHCP >> WPA) I get nothing. You mention that you have different interface >> files, coul dyou describe the differences between them. > > I've had successful connections with open, WEP and WPA networks. And i've > seen an AP i couldn't connect at all too. It looks like FR's wifi is > incompatible with some APs, no matter if encryption is used or > not. See http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket//1250 for example. > > To sum up: FR's wifi has 2 kinds of known problems: incompatibility > with particular APs and instability of the internal firmware. > > Using an old (pre-.28) kernel is not recommended due to stability > issues. Also i think Werner is still going to finish his daemon to > promptly power-cycle the wifi module on internal firmware crash; that > can improve stability somewhat. > > I wouldn't hope these compatibility issues will ever be fixed, so my > advice is: trade your AP for the one FR can work with. > > -- > Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! > mailto:fercer...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
