AleXxiO 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2006 hi, i recently upgraded windows drivers of intel ipw2200 released by intel those drivers can give me more space of wireless working than linux one, i tried to higher sensitivity as man iwconfig says, but i get an "unsupported by device" error... what do you think i can do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AleXxiO 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2006 up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyme 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2006 i'm not sure i understand what you mean by: those drivers can give me more space of wireless working than linux one do you mean you can be further from the access point? admittedly i don't have much experience with wireless. what kind of modifications did you make to attempt to increase strength? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AleXxiO 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2006 yes i mean i can be further from the ap...and windows drivers can read packets even at -82db while linux drivers don't...and i can't change on linux the sensitivity...on windows the drivers do that by default Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zachwor 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2006 Your Windows drivers work better because Intel has alot invested into Microsoft's OS. I doubt they have even looked into writing their own drivers for Linux or the project has little support. The driver you are using under Linux is most likely written by somebody other than Intel, and thus would lacks some of the features that are found under Windows. The only suggestion that I could make is possibly looking into upgrading or changing the current driver you are using under Linux. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianw1974 11 Report post Posted February 19, 2006 You could use ndiswrapper in Linux with the drivers your using in Windows, then the exact link speed/quality should be the same then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taupist 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2006 yes i mean i can be further from the ap...and windows drivers can read packets even at -82db while linux drivers don't...and i can't change on linux the sensitivity...on windows the drivers do that by default I haven't had any problems with signal strength. In fact, sometimes I find myself connected to networks that I didn't even know were in range. When I scan for networks, I often find networks that aren't even visible in Windows. Wish you the best of luck, I have no complaints. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
