[driverloader] 802.11B/G problem

Todd Lyons TLyons at SequentUSA.com
Mon Dec 29 11:04:51 EST 2003


> Buffalo wli-cb-g54a (802.11b/g)
> Gentoo (kernel 2.6.0)
> Netgear 802.11b AP
> I've installed the driver which seems to work.  However I 
> cannot connect
> to my 802.11b AP because I cannot find how to make the card 
> do 802.11b.
> chaos driverloader-1.53 # iwconfig eth1 rate auto essid trap
> eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"trap"  Nickname:"unknown"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437GHz  Bit Rate=11Mb/s  

It says that it's doing 11Mb/s so it's at 802.11b already.  But it
hasn't associated with an AP yet, so you have something set not quite
right.  Post the result of 'iwlist eth1 scan' and maybe the gurus on the
list can spot it.

Regards...			Todd


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