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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