setting the bit rate
Jones MB
jonesmb at arthem.com
Fri Aug 9 16:37:06 EST 2002
I have changed the driver from 12b to 11b. I still have the same
problem - bit rate stuck at 2Mbps. Any idea why?
thanks
jmb
> > is it recommended practice to manually set the bit rate of a wireless
>> card? in the startup scripts I have specified "auto" for the bit
>> rate. when I run iwconfig on the interface, I see that it connects at
>> 2Mbps. when I run "iwconfig eth3 rate 11M" the rate does not change from
> > 2Mbps.
>>
> > I recently did a kernel upgrade (2.4.7 to 2.4.18). The driver was upgraded
> > from 0.07 to 0.12b. Before the upgrade I was able to change the
> > speed. Does the newer version of the driver/kernel prevent rate changes
> > with iwconfig?
> >
> > The Linux system has a Lucent silver card with firmware 7.28. The
> > orinoco_cs driver is 0.12b. The Linux system talks to an iBook with an
>> Airport card. The iBook is running OS X. The two systems communicate in
>> Ad-hoc mode. There is no AP. The PCMCIA stuff is 3.1.22. WEP is off.
>>
>> Everything works (albeit slower than I would like it to) and has been
>> working for years. I am just trying to make it work a little quicker.
>
>Use 0.11b, not 0.12b. The 0.12 versions may be considered a failed
>experiment...
>
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