On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Rogerio Luz Coelho <rogluz.news@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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愀 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) Hi, Please also test Realtek's official r8187b driver. If possible, please do an mmiotrace on that driver. -- 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
