Wireless issues, but oddly the opposite of what you normally hear....

[Albert Charron]

Steve Flynn wrote:
>
>>> US...
>>>       
>
> I should also point out that I mention the Ch 13 info as I knew it was
> illegal in certain areas but to my knowledge it was ok in the UK. I'm
> now wondering whether Vista has a bug in that it own't see a Ch 13
> router despite being configured up to be in "London".  I'm also
> wondering whether there is a similar subtle bug in the linux wireless
> drivers for my hardware in seeing the AP but not being able to
> authenticate.
>
> Then again, maybe it's the router being a funny bugger and not playing
> fair on Ch 13.
>
>   
Vista might or might not be the culprit for not seeing the AP on channel 
13. The driver of your wireless adapter, or the hardware itself might be 
the problem. Maybe the adapter has a problem with channels higher than 
11 and the OEM just disabled those problematic channels in the driver...

This is just a theory tho. I'm in North America, so I can't test the 
theory, but I think it's plausible...

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