On July 29, 2005 05:15 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Friday 29 July 2005 06:14 pm, John Wilson wrote: > > On July 29, 2005 12:27 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > John Wilson wrote: > > > > Grrrrrrrrr, > > > > > > > > Now I can't seem to get the wireless card in my laptop to change the > > > > darned channel it's listening on. I'll try to change the router and > > > > see what happens. > > > > > > > > What might be causing this? The channel is properly set and the > > > > network is restarted but the card is being very stubborn about this. > > > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > ttfn > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > When you are using a wireless router, it is the router, and not the > > > wireless card that controlls the chanel used. If you could manage to > > > change the chanel on the card, it would no longer be able to talk to > > > the router. The only time you can change the chanel on the wireless > > > card is when you are using the ad-hoc mode and talking to another > > > wireless card. In that case, you need both cards to use the same > > > chanel. > > > > > > Mikkel > > > > So what you're saying is that the statement in the Linksys leaflet that > > passes for docs that "all devices in your wireless network must broadcast > > on the same channel in order to function properly" can be ignored when > > setting the channel on the modem? > > > > If that's the case why the heck don't they just say that! :-) > > > > ttfn > > > > John > > I don't know for sure what allowed me to make a connection with my linksys > dual band router but I know that we did not talk to each other until I told > the nic card (wlan0) that it should look at channel=11. Then the whole > shoot'n match started working. I also had to use the ndiswrapper tar > package on sourceforge cause the Mandriva RPM ndiswrapper would not find > the driver for my HP laptop. Are you using the sourceforge ndiswrapper tar > package John?
Funny, I couldn't use the mdk package either because it complained of a kernel mismatch so I'm using Thac's and that works. At least the interface is up because I can see it now on Firestarter. Still no joy to the router so I'll fiddle some more with the settings there. This hasn't been my last couple of days. This and Virgin Mobile has taken 22 hours and counting to activate my new cell. I think this isn't my week for technology. :-) ttfn john -- This communication is sent to you from a Microsoft free computer running Mandriva Linux 2005 LE. There are no virii, worms, spyware or other nasties in this email.
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