[MLB-WIRELESS] Dropouts with Enterasys cards

Matt matthew.c.boyd at uts.edu.au
Mon Sep 30 12:44:46 EST 2002


The guy on the other end of my link had sort of similar problems. But we 
are running two enterasys cards in ad-hoc so it might not be relevant. 
Switched the cards to promiscuous mode (which is probably a lot easier to 
do in linux/BSD) and it seems to have fixed that bit.

Matt




At 12:05 PM 30/09/2002 +1000, Matt Pearce wrote:
>Yup, I get the same thing, although I have no idea why.  I have my win xp
>box connected to my FreeBSD box.  Both are running enterasys cards and ricoh
>cradles.  I did notice that it didnt use to do it before I put of win xp
>sp1.  So there might be something in there that is the problem.
>
>Matt.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ian Donaldson" <ian at myinternet.com.au>
>To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
>Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 11:37 AM
>Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Dropouts with Enterasys cards
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is anyone experiencing random dropouts with the Enterasys Roamabout cards?
> >
> > System is:
> >
> > Toshiba Tecra 8000
> > WinXP SP1
> > D-Link DWL-900AP+ access point.
> >
> > I'll be just sitting in my living room using the net and the connection
> > will drop out with with a "Wireless Connection Unavailable" message from
> > WinXP. A few seconds later, it'll come up with a "Connected to: blah,
> > Signal Strength: excellent" message and off we'll go again. This continues
> > to happen at intervals between 5 and 30 minutes. Sometimes, the system
> > actually freezes up while the connection drops out, although this could
> > have something to do with whether or not XP was handing a packet at the
> > time the connection dropped out.
> >
> > I've tried both the stock XP drivers and the latest Enterasys ones, but no
> > difference. I'm reluctant to do anything to the firmware because firstly
> > its Kevin's card, not mine, and secondly it looks like something's already
> > been done to it. :) (Running a later firmware than whats on Enterasys'
>site)
> >
> > Maybe it just doesn't like the TI-equipped D-Link ...
> >
> > Ian
> > --
> > Ian Donaldson, SA @ MI                       -- ian at myinternet.com.au
> >
> >
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