Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-28 Thread jr
On 28 February 2011 20:56, Peter Merchant wrote: > What other test can I do? try using it on a Windoze box?? (takes cover at the cries of "heresy" ;-)) -- regards, jr. time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Wednesday 2011-03-02 20:00 Meets, Mai

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-28 Thread Peter Merchant
On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 13:48 +, John Cooper wrote: > On 20/02/11 11:55, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > > > Hi Peter, > > > > I'm taking the liberty of copying this back to the list because the > > answer may interest some there too. > > > >> I tried this on my laptop and got this result :- > >> > >>

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-28 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter (Merchant), > > > On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 11:55 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > > > Hi Peter, > > > > > > > > I'm taking the liberty of copying this back to the list because > > > > the answer may interest some there too. > > > > > > Not quite sure what happened here: I was asking about

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-28 Thread Peter Merchant
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 12:18 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Peter (Merchant), > > > On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 11:55 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > > Hi Peter, > > > > > > I'm taking the liberty of copying this back to the list because the > > > answer may interest some there too. > > > > Not quit

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-28 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter (Merchant), > On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 11:55 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > > > I'm taking the liberty of copying this back to the list because the > > answer may interest some there too. > > Not quite sure what happened here: I was asking about 802.11n with > respect to B

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-28 Thread Peter Merchant
On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 11:55 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Peter, > > I'm taking the liberty of copying this back to the list because the > answer may interest some there too. > > > I tried this on my laptop and got this result :- > > > > $ lspci -n | grep 14e4 > > 00:0a.0 0280: 14e4:4320 (re

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-26 Thread Peter Washington
Hi Ralph, On 26 February 2011 01:21, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > >> $ lspci -vmmnn | awk 'BEGIN {RS = ""} >> /Vendor:[^[]+*\[14e4\]/ {print $0, "\n"}' >> Slot: 00:0a.0 >> Class:        Network controller [0280] >> Vendor:       Broadcom Corporation [14e4] >> Device:       BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless L

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-25 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, > $ lspci -vmmnn | awk 'BEGIN {RS = ""} > /Vendor:[^[]+*\[14e4\]/ {print $0, "\n"}' > Slot: 00:0a.0 > Class:Network controller [0280] > Vendor: Broadcom Corporation [14e4] > Device: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [4320] > SVendor: Wistron NeWeb Corp.

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-21 Thread Peter Merchant
On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 17:42 +, Tim Allen wrote: > Hi Peter > > On 19/02/11 18:09, Peter Merchant wrote: > > My ZYxel wireless USB stick has been working at 16% signal strength, and > > my neighbour suggested that I try a Belkin one as he had a good signal > > (albeit on W7). > > > > I borrowed

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-21 Thread Tim Allen
Hi Peter On 19/02/11 18:09, Peter Merchant wrote: My ZYxel wireless USB stick has been working at 16% signal strength, and my neighbour suggested that I try a Belkin one as he had a good signal (albeit on W7). I borrowed a Belkin F5D7050 which is quite an old one and I get a marvelous 42% stren

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-20 Thread Peter Washington
Hi John, et al, On 20 February 2011 13:48, John Cooper wrote: > On 20/02/11 11:55, Ralph Corderoy wrote: >> >> Hi Peter, >> >> I'm taking the liberty of copying this back to the list because the >> answer may interest some there too. >> >>> I tried this on my laptop and got this result :- >>> >>>

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-20 Thread Peter Washington
Hi Folks, ... and Ralph, On 20 February 2011 11:55, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > I'm taking the liberty of copying this back to the list because the > answer may interest some there too. OK, no problem, I don't mind showing off my woeful ignorance to the rest of DLUG :-( All in the

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-20 Thread John Cooper
On 20/02/11 11:55, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, I'm taking the liberty of copying this back to the list because the answer may interest some there too. I tried this on my laptop and got this result :- $ lspci -n | grep 14e4 00:0a.0 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 03) 00:0c.0 0200: 14e4:169c (rev 03)

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-20 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, I'm taking the liberty of copying this back to the list because the answer may interest some there too. > I tried this on my laptop and got this result :- > > $ lspci -n | grep 14e4 > 00:0a.0 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 03) > 00:0c.0 0200: 14e4:169c (rev 03) > $ > > Could explain what this

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-19 Thread John Cooper
On 19/02/11 18:09, Peter Merchant wrote: My ZYxel wireless USB stick has been working at 16% signal strength, and my neighbour suggested that I try a Belkin one as he had a good signal (albeit on W7). I borrowed a Belkin F5D7050 which is quite an old one and I get a marvelous 42% strength. It dr

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-19 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke
On 19/02/11 18:09, Peter Merchant wrote: My ZYxel wireless USB stick has been working at 16% signal strength, and my neighbour suggested that I try a Belkin one as he had a good signal (albeit on W7). I borrowed a Belkin F5D7050 which is quite an old one and I get a marvelous 42% strength. It dr

[Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-19 Thread Peter Merchant
My ZYxel wireless USB stick has been working at 16% signal strength, and my neighbour suggested that I try a Belkin one as he had a good signal (albeit on W7). I borrowed a Belkin F5D7050 which is quite an old one and I get a marvelous 42% strength. It dropped right in without any reconfiguration.