Re: Linksys WPC11 Freezing the laptop

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I know this is going to sound really bizarre.. but, have you tried 
upgrading the firmware on the access point?

yes, its true (at least for linksys access points).. I really didn't want 
to disclose this on shrike-list, but..

it is possible to lock up a client computer with a faulty access point. (I 
can prove it/ reproduce it even :(

tom

On 30 Apr 2003, Jeff Bearer wrote:

> I'm working with a wpc11 version 3 and it freezes my laptop.  it's hard
> to track down, but it happened twice while trying to dowload an 8mb
> file. and in top it looks like ksoftirqd_CPU was using 99% of the cpu
> before it locked up.
> 
> Any Ideas?  I hoped that upgrading the firmware on the card would help,
> but it was already up to date.
> 
> 
> 

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