[SLE] wireless channel selection

From: Bob Stanfield (stanassc_at_eclipse.net)
Date: 08/27/05

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    Folks,

    I have been having a problem with my wireless network on my laptop.

    The card work under $soft and indicates it is using channel 6 (24.437GHz)
    connecting with Starbucks <tmobile.com> just fine. Responds to my base station
    just fine on channel 6.

    Under SuSE 9.2 everything seems to set up OK, but insists it want to settle in
    on channel 5 (24.327GHz) or some other channel. And I get nothing.

    ??????

    Many thanks.

    Bob Stanfield
    29 Ledge Ln
    Pipersville, PA 18947
    V 610-294-9884
    F 610-294-8119

    <ifconfig>
    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
              inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
              inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
              UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
              RX packets:2602 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:2602 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
              RX bytes:1172158 (1.1 Mb) TX bytes:1172158 (1.1 Mb)

    wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-09-5B-25-43-87-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
              UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:45 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:4224 (4.1 Kb)
              Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100

    wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:09:5B:25:43:87
              inet addr:192.168.2.4 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::209:5bff:fe25:4387/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:4764 (4.6 Kb)
              Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100

    <iwconfig>
    wifi0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"stan-net" Nickname:"stanwlap"
              Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
              Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity=1/3
              Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
              Encryption key:A28D-088D-1BAC-A265-B4A3-2FA1-F5 Security mode:open
              Power Management:off
              Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-73 dBm Noise level=-73 dBm
              Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
              Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:53 Missed beacon:0

    wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"stan-net" Nickname:"stanwlap"
              Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
              Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity=1/3
              Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
              Encryption key:A28D-088D-1BAC-A265-B4A3-2FA1-F5 Security mode:open
              Power Management:off
              Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-73 dBm Noise level=-73 dBm
              Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
              Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:53 Missed beacon:0

    <ping stanassc>
    PING stanassc.stan-net (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
    From stanwlap.stan-net (192.168.2.4): icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
    From stanwlap.stan-net (192.168.2.4) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
    From stanwlap.stan-net (192.168.2.4) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
    From stanwlap.stan-net (192.168.2.4) icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable

    --- stanassc.stan-net ping statistics ---
    5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3999ms
    , pipe 3

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