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January 11th, 2009, 01:08 AM
1 ) Machine Brand and Model (PC/Laptop):
Dell Inspriron 2650
2 ) Wireless Brand, Model and Wireless Chipset:
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8180L 802.11b MAC (rev 20)
Back of card
VcTnet AirXpress PC11br 11MBPS
3 ) check interface:
warning@warning:~$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"Kyles"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:14:6C:25:21:A4
Bit Rate=5.5 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality=31/100 Signal level:-130 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
4 ) Check for modules:
warning@warning:~$ lsmod | grep "wlan_module_name"
warning@warning:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ndiswrapper 196380 0
af_packet 25728 4
binfmt_misc 16904 1
ipv6 263972 12
bridge 56980 0
stp 10628 1 bridge
bnep 20480 2
rfcomm 44432 0
sco 18308 2
l2cap 30464 6 bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth 61924 6 bnep,rfcomm,sco,l2cap
ppdev 15620 0
speedstep_ich 11920 0
speedstep_lib 12676 1 speedstep_ich
cpufreq_stats 13188 0
cpufreq_ondemand 14988 1
cpufreq_powersave 9856 0
freq_table 12672 3 speedstep_ich,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_userspace 11396 0
cpufreq_conservative 14600 0
pci_slot 12552 0
wmi 14504 0
sbs 19464 0
sbshc 13440 1 sbs
iptable_filter 10752 0
ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 22916 1 ip_tables
lp 17156 0
arc4 9984 2
ecb 10880 2
crypto_blkcipher 25476 1 ecb
rtl8180 36352 0
mac80211 216820 1 rtl8180
eeprom_93cx6 10240 1 rtl8180
cfg80211 32392 2 rtl8180,mac80211
joydev 18368 0
pcmcia 43052 0
dcdbas 15008 0
parport_pc 39204 1
parport 42604 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
snd_intel8x0 37532 3
snd_ac97_codec 111652 1 snd_intel8x0
evdev 17696 10
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46848 0
snd_mixer_oss 22784 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83204 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
battery 18436 0
container 11520 0
snd_seq_dummy 10884 0
ac 12292 0
video 25104 0
output 11008 1 video
serio_raw 13444 0
psmouse 45200 0
yenta_socket 31756 2
rsrc_nonstatic 19072 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 43412 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
snd_seq_oss 38528 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15232 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
button 14224 0
snd_seq 57776 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 29960 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 15116 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 63268 16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
pcspkr 10624 0
intel_agp 33724 1
soundcore 15328 1 snd
agpgart 42184 1 intel_agp
shpchp 37908 0
pci_hotplug 35236 1 shpchp
snd_page_alloc 16136 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
iTCO_wdt 18596 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
ext3 133256 1
jbd 55444 1 ext3
mbcache 16004 1 ext3
sr_mod 22212 0
cdrom 43168 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 42264 3
crc_t10dif 9984 1 sd_mod
sg 39732 0
pata_acpi 12160 0
ata_piix 24580 2
ata_generic 12932 0
libata 177312 3 pata_acpi,ata_piix,ata_generic
scsi_mod 155212 4 sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata
dock 16656 1 libata
3c59x 48936 0
mii 13440 1 3c59x
uhci_hcd 30736 0
usbcore 148848 3 ndiswrapper,uhci_hcd
thermal 23708 0
processor 42156 2 thermal
fan 12548 0
fbcon 47648 0
tileblit 10880 1 fbcon
font 16512 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
fuse 60828 3
warning@warning:~$
Ubuntu: 8.10
Okay heres the thing... The wireless card I'm using , VcTnet works but has very low signal strength. I don't know why... I have two of them and they work in windows very well. But neither of them work in Ubuntu or Puppy. They are PCMCIA or w/e it is.
What are they doing?
Well they connect to the network but after they connect they have 0-1 bar of signal strength while less then 5 feet from the router. I don't know what is casing this because this is the only brand/device that has done this. I boot in to windows and i try it- it gets full service... Why? how do i fix this, is it possbile?
Thanks,
Kyle
By the way. I tried loading the driver i use within windows in to the tool called windows wireless drivers and it doesn't take it... And it is a .inf file.
Dell Inspriron 2650
2 ) Wireless Brand, Model and Wireless Chipset:
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8180L 802.11b MAC (rev 20)
Back of card
VcTnet AirXpress PC11br 11MBPS
3 ) check interface:
warning@warning:~$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"Kyles"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:14:6C:25:21:A4
Bit Rate=5.5 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality=31/100 Signal level:-130 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
4 ) Check for modules:
warning@warning:~$ lsmod | grep "wlan_module_name"
warning@warning:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ndiswrapper 196380 0
af_packet 25728 4
binfmt_misc 16904 1
ipv6 263972 12
bridge 56980 0
stp 10628 1 bridge
bnep 20480 2
rfcomm 44432 0
sco 18308 2
l2cap 30464 6 bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth 61924 6 bnep,rfcomm,sco,l2cap
ppdev 15620 0
speedstep_ich 11920 0
speedstep_lib 12676 1 speedstep_ich
cpufreq_stats 13188 0
cpufreq_ondemand 14988 1
cpufreq_powersave 9856 0
freq_table 12672 3 speedstep_ich,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_userspace 11396 0
cpufreq_conservative 14600 0
pci_slot 12552 0
wmi 14504 0
sbs 19464 0
sbshc 13440 1 sbs
iptable_filter 10752 0
ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 22916 1 ip_tables
lp 17156 0
arc4 9984 2
ecb 10880 2
crypto_blkcipher 25476 1 ecb
rtl8180 36352 0
mac80211 216820 1 rtl8180
eeprom_93cx6 10240 1 rtl8180
cfg80211 32392 2 rtl8180,mac80211
joydev 18368 0
pcmcia 43052 0
dcdbas 15008 0
parport_pc 39204 1
parport 42604 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
snd_intel8x0 37532 3
snd_ac97_codec 111652 1 snd_intel8x0
evdev 17696 10
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46848 0
snd_mixer_oss 22784 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83204 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
battery 18436 0
container 11520 0
snd_seq_dummy 10884 0
ac 12292 0
video 25104 0
output 11008 1 video
serio_raw 13444 0
psmouse 45200 0
yenta_socket 31756 2
rsrc_nonstatic 19072 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 43412 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
snd_seq_oss 38528 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15232 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
button 14224 0
snd_seq 57776 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 29960 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 15116 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 63268 16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
pcspkr 10624 0
intel_agp 33724 1
soundcore 15328 1 snd
agpgart 42184 1 intel_agp
shpchp 37908 0
pci_hotplug 35236 1 shpchp
snd_page_alloc 16136 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
iTCO_wdt 18596 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
ext3 133256 1
jbd 55444 1 ext3
mbcache 16004 1 ext3
sr_mod 22212 0
cdrom 43168 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 42264 3
crc_t10dif 9984 1 sd_mod
sg 39732 0
pata_acpi 12160 0
ata_piix 24580 2
ata_generic 12932 0
libata 177312 3 pata_acpi,ata_piix,ata_generic
scsi_mod 155212 4 sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata
dock 16656 1 libata
3c59x 48936 0
mii 13440 1 3c59x
uhci_hcd 30736 0
usbcore 148848 3 ndiswrapper,uhci_hcd
thermal 23708 0
processor 42156 2 thermal
fan 12548 0
fbcon 47648 0
tileblit 10880 1 fbcon
font 16512 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
fuse 60828 3
warning@warning:~$
Ubuntu: 8.10
Okay heres the thing... The wireless card I'm using , VcTnet works but has very low signal strength. I don't know why... I have two of them and they work in windows very well. But neither of them work in Ubuntu or Puppy. They are PCMCIA or w/e it is.
What are they doing?
Well they connect to the network but after they connect they have 0-1 bar of signal strength while less then 5 feet from the router. I don't know what is casing this because this is the only brand/device that has done this. I boot in to windows and i try it- it gets full service... Why? how do i fix this, is it possbile?
Thanks,
Kyle
By the way. I tried loading the driver i use within windows in to the tool called windows wireless drivers and it doesn't take it... And it is a .inf file.