Hi
I've tried to use the rtl8180 driver some time, but as it crashed
longer time ago more than often and I didn't get a successful
connection (only after a reboot) and the connection wasn't very
stable, I switched to the zd1211rw driver, which is much faster.
I notice a total different behaviour between those two drivers : With
the rtl8180 driver, I have a very weak signal level (usually around 20
%) and the bit rate and TX Power seems hard coded to me (I'm a very
basic developer... I've got really no clue what you guys are doing!)
The link quality is not shown too.
If I'm using zd1211rw it's totally different : The signal level is
changing... It has no "usual" level, but on traffic the signal level
gets higher ( What it should be like ... I guess?!) And the bit rate
is changing too (what makes sense in my opinion when signal level is
changing)...
As I am not sure what information you'll need or if this is a "known"
problem I would be happy for an answer, if I could help and if , how
;)
Henning
--> using latest compat-wireless Tarball (2.8-16-gec1eb52) and Linux
2.6.24 on an AMD 64 X2 Windsor CPU....
( Output of iwconfig :
RTL8180 :
wlan1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"BlackIce"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:13:49:B9:25:30
Bit Rate=48 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption
key:------------------------------------------------------------
Link Signal level=13/65
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
ZD1211RW (no traffic)
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"BlackIce"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:13:49:B9:25:30
Bit Rate=5.5 Mb/s Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:
-----------------------------------------------------------
Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=30/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
ZD1211RW (some traffic)
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"BlackIce"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:13:49:B9:25:30
Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption
key:---------------------------------------------------------------
Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=32/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
)
Output of lsusb/ lspci :
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0ace:1215 ZyDAS WLA-54L WiFi
01:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185
IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 20)
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