On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Grzegorz Nowakowski <krecik@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 05:19:55PM +0100, Tony Vroon wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:39:58 +0200 >> Grzegorz Nowakowski <krecik@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> > The symptom is that with both NetworkManager and WICD (and "iwlist >> > <if> scanning") I don't see my home network on the list. I see all >> > other neighbouring networks around and I'm even able to connect if >> > any is open. >> >> Please doublecheck your wireless regulatory setting. On the default >> "world" domain, it is unlikely you will be able to see networks on >> channel 13. You may well have chosen that specific channel because it >> was so quiet. > > Gee, that was so stoopid! You have guessed correctly, the channel in > use was indeed thirteenth and 13 was its number. After reconfiguring > the AP to use another one everything seems to be working fine. > > But that leaves me with the question: why Windows XP on Atheros and Linux > on Intel didn't have such trouble? Windows XP auto-configures the regulatory domain based on your regional settings. Intel cards have semi-hardcoded regulatory information in their EEPROMs, which allows Linux to automatically select the right regulatory settings. Atheros cards have no such firmware-level regulatory enforcement. > > Anyway, thanks for suggestion and best regards. > -- > Grzegorz Nowakowski > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
