[Prism54-users] Revisit: CVS - WEP = Crashes FIXED

Félix Llorente Pastora kleynjans@zaragozawireless.org
Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:30:35 +0100


Is your card de v2 version ?

El Domingo, 29 de Febrero de 2004 07:42, J Yunke escribió:
> Hi Everyone --
>
>   In a previous e-mail I wrote to users, I admitted having a problem with
> a Pentium II-233 with an SMC2802W PCI card with the version of CVS at the
> time.  Someone wrote in and said I didn't have enough CPU, another
> person wrote that this was likely not the case, and a third person
> suggested that the level of PCI standard my machine was using could be
> causing issues.
>
>   I compiled a fresh 2.4.25 kernel with today's CVS, and it's been working
> like a charm.  I have 128-bit WEP enabled, explicit MACs configured, and
> am able to communicate between the firewall (56Mbps), my Windows 2000
> desktop (11Mbps), and my Windows XP laptop (56Mbps) with no issues, for
> over 15 minutes.
>
>   Before, my connection would drop within seconds if I turned on WEP, and
> if I had WEP off, a simple steady-but-large file transfer would cause a
> kernel panic on the firewall.  So, I have been crippled until today --
> being careful not to transfer any large files without dropping to a wired
> connection.  I dreaded switching cards out and going back to the stable
> Hostap project and losing the speed.
>
>   To the developers on this project -- GOOD WORK!  I see steady progress,
> and that is fantastic for such a relatively young project.
>
> -- Justin
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