Problems setting bit rate (Orinoco driver; Kernel 2.4.19)

[David Gibson]

On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 04:16:09PM +0100, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:
>  || On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:29:08 -0800 (PST)
>  || Jim Carter <jimc at math.ucla.edu> wrote: 
> 
>  >> It seems to run almost fine, but I am also experiencing the bit
>  >> rate problem that some people have apparently reported in the
>  >> past; but so far I haven't seen anyone knowing what the reason is
>  >> or how to fix it.
> 
>  jc> This is an Ad-Hoc network, right?  Not Managed; no access point.
> 
> The card on the firewall is set to managed as I wanted to set the
> firewall up as an access point.

"Managed" means the card is the client of an access point, not an
access point itself.  Currently the orinoco driver doesn't support AP
mode (insufficient documentation).

> But changing the mode between managed and ad-hoc doesn't seem to
> change the situation.
> 
> 
>  jc> Just leave the speed at the default (auto).  
>  jc> ...
> 
> Unfortunately my laptop just emitted some unpleasant smells that seem
> to indicate it is approaching the end of its useful life. I will try
> that once I have another notebook.
> 
> Regards,
> Georg
> 




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