[MLB-WIRELESS] Centrino to D-link520+ probs

[Nick Sibbing]

Gday Ryan
Actually I do worry that that it is an a to b issue. How do I (can I)
force the D-Link to use b ? How can I check that thats what it is doing?

Is updating the drivers/firmware for the DWL-520+ a "good thing"?

Regards Nick

Ryan Abbenhuys wrote:
> 
> Ha! Dlink....problems....why that's just proposterous!!
> 
> you're not trying to connect 802.11a to 802.11b are you? :-\
> 
> >Gday All
> >I'm tring to get a simple ad-hoc connection happening between
> >
> >Ibm R40 thinkpad with intel 2100 3b mini PCI wireless adapter (centrino
> >badged)
> >Driver 1.2.1.11 (latest from ibm site)
> >to
> >PC with D-Link DWL-520+ pci adapter
> >Firmware 1.9 Utility 3.02
> >
> >both systems running XP and talk to each other fine over ethernet
> >
> >I've spent a bit of time fiddling in XP settings and the radios seems to
> >see each other but not answer each other (much) In the connection status
> >panel both list as connected and having sent data but neither recieves
> >any data or if they do very little eg 83kb. Reception issues are not a
> >problem. as they are only a metre apart at the moment. My mac can see
> >the network and ssid ok in kismac and it shows lots of packets floating
> >about.
> >
> >D-Link card is 802.11a so I wondered if it wasn't talking to the 802.11b
> >centrino laptop? I tried setting the transmission type to auto and
> >manually setting it to 802.11b speeds.
> >
> >After updating the laptop wireless driver it shows 20 or more spurious
> >network connections available all described in gibberish characters and
> >all listed as  802.11a which makes me wonder if the D-Link is still
> >broadcasting itself as an a type system
> >
> >I get an impression from all you clever people on the list that D-Link
> >stuff can be problematic and I'm wondering if my next step is to upgrade
> >to the latest driver for the D-Link. Are there any firmware or drivers
> >to be avoided for DWL-520+ stuff?
> >
> >My other assumption is that XP is generally pretty good for wireless
> >stuff so is it a good plan to stick with the option to let windows
> >handle the wireless setup?
> >
> >I think I got a small improvement when I disabled the xp option relating
> >to QoS packet control this is when the status panels for the connections
> >showed a small amount of recieved data
> >
> >If anyone can suggest areas for further testing or research that would
> >be a great help. I did try to get a connection to the mac to see if I
> >could isolate which radio was the problem but I wasn't able to get a
> >definitive result.
> >
> >Regards
> >Nick Sibbing
> >
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