[ale] wireless b/g card talk to a b card

[Geoffrey]

Stephan Uphoff wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>So, I've got a b/g card and a b card.  The b card can ping the b/g card, 
>>but the b/g card can not ping the b card.
> 
> 
> This is strange
> If b can ping b/g then the two can talk to each other.
> ( arp and icmp exchanges)
> 
> Can you ping b from b/g while you are pinging b/g from b ?
> Is your broadcast address / netmask  wrong on b/g ?

Good suggestion.  I think, what's happening is the b/g card tries to 
talk too high a rate when it initiates the connection.  If I ping the 
b/g card from the b card, then try to ping the b from the b/g it works.

I then ifconfig down/ifconfig up both.  Tried to ping the b from the 
b/g, no go.  I then ping the b/g from the b and it works.  If I try to 
ping the b from the b/g now I can.

It's like the b/g steps down to talk to the b when the b pings it, but 
it doesn't do it when it tries to initiate the connect.

I'd really like to get the b card talking a higher rate too.  It's at 
5.5 and doesn't respond to rate changes via iwconfig.  Sneaker net's 
almost faster then that. :(


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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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