ipw2200 only connecting as 11b ;(

SalsaDoom · Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 4:49 am Post subject: ipw2200 only connecting as 11b ;(

Hey guys

I finally bought myself a wireless router (D-Link DI-524) and so far its been ok. I've got connectivity, but I cannot get WEP working right now, it just doesn't associate with anything... but I'm not really worried too much about that right now. I'm mostly annoyed that I'm only connecting at 11b (11Mbs) instead of 11g (54Mbs).

I'm using uberlords baselayout (1.11.0) to set things up. Anyone have any idea how to work with this stuff? I'm sadly pretty clueless as to how wireless works at the moment.

--CK

UberLord · Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:42 am Post subject:

AFAIK the ipw drivers don't support 54mbs yet

For WEP, ensure that keys are the same, key 1 is active/default on the AP and you're using open (shared) encryption at both ends.
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SalsaDoom · Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 3:29 pm Post subject:

Hmm, I'm using 0.8 and according to the documentation on ipw2200.sf.net it has supported g data rates since 0.6... I'll keep hunting around then, but you think it should automatically connect as 11g unless there was a driver problem? There isn't a switch or command I can set?

I don't think WEP will be too big a problem, I just need to play around with my router mostly I suspect. These wireless routers all seem buggy ;(

Thanks
--SD

pkrzykowski · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 31 Aug 2003 Posts: 97

hello!
i use ipw2200 and linksys wag54g which suports 11g. When i am close (about 6 meters and one wall

) to AP it's working at 54MBit. I only assiosiate with AP and its working at maximum speed by default.
If you have questions send me private message about these posts.

Pawel
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sidkdbl07 · Apprentice Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 184

I also have a DI-524 router and I'm using ipw2200 for my Intel Pro 2200 wireless.
EDIT: I also have ieee80211_crypt_wep loaded

I can connect to the router no problem when there is no encryption and it's all nice and smokey fast but I'm having trouble getting WEP enabled

I set my router to...
WEP enabled
Open System
WEP encryption: 64 bit
Key type: HEX
KEY1: XXXXXXXX

and then I set up my card with the following commands:

planet-admin · Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:51 pm Post subject: