Re: [Debconf-team] Roaming VoIP was not possible
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 01:10:38AM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
>
> On 11484 March 1977, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:28:05AM +0200, Amaya wrote:
> >> Faidon Liambotis wrote:
> >> > Oh and FWIW, I wasn't using DebConf's VoIP but my own, but this
> >> > wouldn't make a difference, it was one big single network.
> >> FWIIW, I could roam during long scp sessions, even in the elevator and
> >> between floors, without loosing connectivity.
>
> > This and other comments make me wonder which cards/drivers worked so
> > well. (as my laptop's internal card sucked, but my pcmcia card was much
> > more well behaved).
>
> The free intel chipset driver for 3945g models, iwl3945, is crap
> there. it just doesnt roam at all. (Kernel 2.6.25.8). The binary only
> driver you need to use for older kernels worked fine, the free one just
> doesnt, needing a "ifdown wlan ; iwconfig wlan ap "any" ; ifup wlan"
> every time you need to use a different AP. And then sometimes even that
> didnt work and needed a modprobe -r iwl3945.
Thanks, Ganneff. My laptop's card is a iwl3945 and I had such issues and
worse with it. The atheros pcmcia card using madwifi worked fine.
-Eric Rz.
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