2010/4/3 Rogerio Luz Coelho <rogluz.news@xxxxxxxxx>: > 2010/4/3 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> On 04/03/2010 11:49 AM, Rogerio Luz Coelho wrote: >>> >>> I have a MS-Win7 instalation on this Laptop and it works 100% even at >>> longer distances than you report,even with walls in between. >>> >>> Will do the tcpperf test as soon as I get home. There are other with >>> the same problem with my exact chip here in Brasil , that is because >>> one of our leading Laptop vendors uses this config. >> >> What is the exact make and model of the device? It might be difficult >> for me to get one in the US, but one of the rtl8187 developers lives in >> Brazil. He should be able to find one. >> > > It´s a POSITIVO R430L - Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM > > >>> Does it matter that the USB port used in this setting is a connected >>> to a USB HUB and then to the mother board? >> >> Is the hub passive, or is it powered? If the hub is good and not >> underpowered, it should be OK. >> >>> More details and tests will come your way in a day or two ... will >>> reinstall Mandriva 2010 and do some tests with older kernels. >> >> If you can download an openSUSE 11.2 Live CD and burn it, you would not >> even have to do an installation. That one has a 2.6.31 kernel. >> >> Larry Downloaded and installed: OpenSuse 11.2 - LiveCD result: Gnome Network-Manager tells me there is connection but no ping resposes, Firefox complains about conections errors. Mandriva 2010.0 (kernel 2.6.31-12) result: concection comes and goes ... generally the first boot of the day connects, but it lasts less than 5min. The error code is the "deauthentication by local reason (reason=3) again. MS-Win7 : connects and is as fast as ever. -- Any other suggestions? Rogerio PS: Will give OpenSuse a HD install atempt and will try to debug the Mandriva for some time, future tries involve Debian Stable (old kernel) and some Fedora (any suggestions?) and the NDISwrapper drive in a Debian Testing (the Distro I need working) -- 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