Dr. David Kirkby ??: > I've got a Sony VGN-SZ4XWN/C laptop and use the wpi wireless driver, but I > often find it less relieable than I would like. I'm using build 97 or 98 > (cant recall which) of Solaris Express Community Edition, so it is possible > the driver has been updated and I'm not using the latest. If that is so, I > will try upgrading. (I was holding off upgrading until zfs-crypto is supported > Hi David,
You can use command `uname -a` to get your current Solaris version. > Specific issues I have with wpi are: > > 1) If I do not broadcast the SSID on my home (WPA encrypted) network, I can > rarely if ever connect (I've long since enabled the SSID again). On Vista > this worked ok, as long as I supplied the SSID when connecting. I can't > recall if I ever got this to work on Solaris, but if I did, it was very > unrelieable. > It seems that this problem is the same as CR6650997 "wpi can not connect to a hidden AP on snv79+", but it has been fixed. I just had a try on snv_101, and my wpi works well. I will have a try on snv_97 or 98 later. <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6650997> > 2) I often find the laptop will not connect to certain wireless access > points. The other week I was at Liverpool St Station in London and wanted to > connect. Being a big station, there are plenty of different companies > offering wireless access there. But I could not connect to the 'BT Openzone' > I wanted to use, despite excellent signal strength. > You can use the dtrace script in the attachment when you wifi can not connect to some AP. And feedback your output. We may find some clues about the failure cause. ------ Thanks, Felix > In the end I gave up and booted the laptop to Vista (it is configured as dual > boot). Other times, the BT Openzones work fine. Despite the fact that the > wireless worked immediately I installed Solaris Express, I generally find it > has been more trouble to connect on Solaris than on Vista. > > Has anyone else had a similar experience? > > Dave > > Any thoughts on what might be up > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: connect.zip Type: application/zip Size: 1122 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/laptop-discuss/attachments/20090314/367c4fa9/attachment.bin>
