> On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 10:02 -0500, Dan Williams wrote: >> On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Amitabha Roy wrote: >> > How is it possible that iwconfig and NM applet show conflicting >> information ? In this case at least a 30% signal strength means that >> NM applet information is actually incorrect. >> >> Orinoco cards have problems. My orinoco card (and I've had the same >> report from 2 other people) will refuse to associate with an AP when >> its strength is low. However, it will report being connected to an >> AP when it clearly cannot be. For example: >> > > hmmmm. I have a Symbol wireless card which uses orinoco_cs. At this > point (after having several problems with said driver/card and > NetworkManager, and reading comments like Dan's...), I'm thinking I need > to use a better driver. Are there better alternatives to orinoco_cs? > Would NdisWrapper be a better choice? wget http://ozlabs.org/people/dgibson/dldwd/orinoco-0.15rc2.tar.gz tar -zxvf orinoco-0.15rc2.tar.gz cd orinoco-0.15rc2 make KERNEL_SRC=/lib/modules/2.6.9-1.667/build all make KERNEL_SRC=/lib/modules/2.6.9-1.667/build install init 6 Then you'll be set. Works for my Intersil Corporation Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset. [bpm]$ sudo iwlist eth1 scan eth1 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:02:2D:31:39:60 ESSID:"RunAway" Mode:Master Frequency:2.437GHz (Channel 6) Signal level:57/153 Noise level:14/153 Encryption key:on Bit Rate:1Mb/s Bit Rate:2Mb/s Bit Rate:5.5Mb/s Bit Rate:11Mb/s Cell 02 - Address: 00:06:25:64:E7:36 ESSID:"linksys" Mode:Master Frequency:2.437GHz (Channel 6) Signal level:17/153 Noise level:13/153 Encryption key:off Bit Rate:1Mb/s Bit Rate:2Mb/s Bit Rate:5.5Mb/s Bit Rate:11Mb/s Cell 03 - Address: 00:0D:72:08:39:79 ESSID:"2WIRE477" Mode:Master Frequency:2.457GHz (Channel 10) Signal level:18/153 Noise level:15/153 Encryption key:off Bit Rate:1Mb/s Bit Rate:2Mb/s Bit Rate:5.5Mb/s Bit Rate:11Mb/s Bit Rate:22Mb/s Cell 04 - Address: 00:0F:3D:4A:06:8A ESSID:"Ronnie's House" Mode:Master Frequency:2.427GHz (Channel 4) Signal level:16/153 Noise level:14/153 Encryption key:off Bit Rate:1Mb/s Bit Rate:2Mb/s Bit Rate:5.5Mb/s Bit Rate:11Mb/s -- Brian Millett Enterprise Consulting Group "Shifts in paradigms (314) 205-9030 often cause nose bleeds." bpmATec-groupDOTcom Greg Glenn