On Monday 19 April 2010 20:24:18 you wrote: > On Monday 19 April 2010 18:26:14 Stroller wrote: > > On 18 Apr 2010, at 23:35, Mick wrote: > > > ... > > > OK, I found what the problem was ... the AP is currently transmitting > > > on channel 13, which it seems is outside the capabilities of the b43 > > > driver. I am blaming the driver here because the Windows 7 OS has no > > > problem using channel 13, while iwlist wlan0 in Gentoo shows only up > > > to channel 11. :-( > > > > There might be an option to change the region of your wifi NIC. > > Channels 12 & 13 are legal in Europe, IIRC, but not in the USA. > > > > You should be able to change the channel of the AP - typically they > > have a drop-down which will choose either "auto" or a specific > > channel. Likewise I have seen some APs ask what region you're in when > > they're first setup. > > I've set it up for UK so it has 13 channels. On the other hand your hint > pointed me to wpa_supplicant.conf on my laptop, in which I had the country > parameter commented out. I set that up to UK, but it still seems to show > 11 channels. :-( > > I'll reboot later to see if it makes any odds.
No change :-(
# iwlist wlan0 channel
wlan0 11 channels in total; available frequencies :
Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
Current Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Short of hacking the firmware (which even if I knew how to, I am not allowed)
or waiting for the linux driver to mature, I am not sure if there's anything I
can do.
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Regards,
Mick
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