Bug#582381: linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.3-amd64: No probe response from AP XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX after 500ms, disconnecting. - iwl3945

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

severity 582381 wishlist
retitle 582381 wireless: copes much worse with interference than Windows
found 582381 linux-2.6/2.6.32-35
found 582381 linux-2.6/2.6.39-3~bpo60+1
tags 582381 + upstream
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Hi,

Victor Pablos Ceruelo wrote:

> I found it was caused by my router, smc-7908/arcadyan ARV7518PW-A-LF-LT.
> It seems to be that when signal is not good enough its implementation
> only allows clients running windows os to connect.
> I have a cordless phone base and when I place it near the router no
> machine running linux is capable of connecting,
> although some times they connect for 2-3 minutes and disconnect
> showing the same error.
> I've two laptops (with dual boot, windows and linux) and a computer
> with a pci card (running linux).
> When running windows it takes them a little bit longer to connect, but
> once connected wireless works perfectly.

Very interesting.  If you have time to pursue this, I'd recommend
contacting the linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org list to see if they have
any ideas or tests to run to figure out what Windows is doing
differently and whether Linux could learn from it.