Package: at76c503a-source Version: 0.14~beta1-3 Severity: normal I'm retrying to send this report with a different email adress since I didn't get an acknowledgement yesterday - sorry, if the other report does show up again. In the mean time I have done some more tests and found out that "only" the connecting to the hidden ESSID is broken. If the debian system with the Netgear Wifi is running and I configure the AP to show the ESSID from another computer, the debian station instantly connects. Also in this case the signal strength shows different results. It doesn't disappear like before but jumps between 20-30/100 and 2/100. The link is good again.
So, this is the original report: I can't connect to my AP any more since I upgraded the driver from 0.13.0+2.6.17-8_amd64. I also tried with kernel 2.6.18-3-amd64 with the same results. My AP hides its ESSID and uses 128 bit WEP. With the older driver "iwlist wlan0 scan" gives the following output, when connected to my AP, "Wurstmann": wlan0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:03:C9:A3:04:3E ESSID:"Wurstmann" Mode:Master Channel:1 Encryption key:on Quality:0/0 Signal level:10/255 Noise level:0/0 Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Cell 02 - Address: 00:14:6C:A1:77:CA ESSID:"wild warthe" Mode:Master Channel:11 Encryption key:on Quality:0/0 Signal level:1/255 Noise level:0/0 Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s "wild warthe" is not always visible though, due to low signal. With the new driver "wild warthe" is always visible at signal level 2/100 and "Wurstmann" is only rarely visible, but when it's there it has about 30/100 signal level. Although the signal level seems low with the old driver I never experienced any problems with the link. My AP is about 7 Meters away with a wall and an open door between AP and station. I have a Netgear MA101 and it has a slightly damaged antenna. lsusb gives this: Bus 005 Device 002: ID 07cc:0320 Carry Computer Eng., Co., Ltd Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 007: ID 0864:4102 NetGear, Inc. MA101 802.11b Adapter Bus 004 Device 004: ID 046d:c505 Logitech, Inc. Cordless Mouse+Keyboard Receiver Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-amd64 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages at76c503a-source depends on: ii atmel-firmware 1.3-2 Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wirele ii debhelper 5.0.42 helper programs for debian/rules at76c503a-source recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]