[Novalug] Speaking of wireless NICs

Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhunter@gmail.com
Sun Dec 18 17:01:02 EST 2011


Sorry, wish I could help you. Not very familiar with 802.11n much. My
home wi-fi is still g.

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 13:11, Jon LaBadie <novalugml@jgcomp.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 10:48:44PM -0500, The Doctor wrote:
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>> On 12/16/2011 10:43 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote:
>> > You may want to look into cheap (ebay is a great place to find
>> > these) mini-PCI wireless cards that are well compatible with Linux
>> > as a last resort.
>>
> ...
>>
>> > One that I can recommend if your current card doesn't work out is
>> > an Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG.
>>
>> I'll second that.  I've also had a lot of success with the Intel 3945
>> chipset.
>>
> In my Dell Vostro 1500 I replaced my Intel 3945 with an Intel 5300
> in order to add the N wifi protocol.  The Intel 4965 was an option
> (with N) when I purchased the laptop, even had the necessary 3rd
> antenna lead installed, but I didn't have any other N-capable devices
> at the time.
>
> The 5300 is working fine using N in the 2.4GHz band.  But both my
> router and this card are capable of working in the 5GHz band, the
> router can do both simultaneously.  I'd like to force the use of
> the 5GHz band as another laptop in the house, running Windows, is
> also capable of working either band and gets a stronger signal and
> higher speed using 5GHz.
>
> I've found a few "iw..." commands and some seem like they should
> be able to force the used channel or frequency.  When I try them
> I get a "success" exit status, but nothing seems to happen.
>
> How does one specify the frequency/channel/band to use?
>
> Jon
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