[Bug 137963] Re: [Gusty] ipw3945abg does not work with 802.11b-only WLANs

[Ketil Malde]

This is probably (at least some of) what is reported in bug #103210.
(See my comment at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ipw3945/+bug/103210/comments/6).

The symptoms I see are:

* works perfectly on some access points, but problems with others (yes, as far as I remember 802.11b ones .)
* WEP or unencrypted does not appear to make a difference.
* dhclient always fails to see the first DHCPACK, but after switching to a bogus essid and back, it will work(!)
* iwconfig reports tons of "Invalid misc" packets, and ifconfig reports a similar number of "Rx dropped".
* transfer rates are low - bordering on unusable

We've had this problem for ages now, and nothing keeps happening.  Quite
embarrassing for the "open source drivers" crowd.  Especially since the
card works flawlessly  against the same AP with Windows XP (perhaps we
could use an NDIS driver?).

-k

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[Gusty] ipw3945abg does not work with 802.11b-only WLANs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137963
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