X-Account-Key: account1 X-UIDL: 103389 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 5.1.3 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: List-Archive: Precedence: list Message-ID: Reply-To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Sender: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" X-Original-Message-ID: <467ADC32.7060100@2rosenthals.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:14:42 -0400 From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] WiFi dropouts (was TP Hibernation On 06/20/07 05:36 pm, Carl Gehr thus wrote : > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:31:31 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > > >> On 06/20/07 03:53 pm, Julian Thomas thus wrote : >> >>> In , on 06/20/07 >>> at 09:27 AM, "Lewis G Rosenthal" >>> typed: >Back on-topic, and probably should be split off into a separate >>> thread: >I'm interested to hear from both of you as to any Wi-Fi >>> dropouts you may >experience with the 2915 or the 3945 cards. I find the >>> later Intel >drivers to be less susceptible to this condition, but still, >>> they >happen. I have a client where we just deployed two T60's (running >>> XP), >patched to the latest levels (the latest Intel driver for the 3945 >>> did >*not* work properly with Access Connections, so I had to roll back >>> to >the latest offered by Lenovo), and I have seen a couple dropouts >>> already >(and not related to the use of WPA2; these were complete loss of >>> >connectivity from the card, requiring a reboot to reactivate). >>> >>> I have, for another week, a T43 with the 2915 abg nic. I exercised the >>> wireless and once I got it to work, didn't notice any dropouts. I'll >>> exercise it a bit more during the next few days. I did use the latest >>> driver, and didn't have any trouble with Axis Connections, which I >>> subsequently disabled, setting it up just to use XP to manage the >>> connection. >>> >>> >>> >> Thanks, Julian. Interesting that the latest 2915 driver seems to work >> fine with AC, yet the 3945 doesn't seem to want to do that (tried on two >> separate T60's). >> > > Actually, on my T60 with the 3945ABG [8086:4227], and the latest > 'experimental' drivers from GenMac, both the WiFi and the PRO/1000 > [8086:109A] are working flawlessly! > > This is surely excellent news, Carl, and well deserved after your patience and perseverance. > As a specific example, I have not rebooted the T60 since Sunday [about > 4 days]. Since that reboot, I have moved the system from the docking > station that has the Wired connection to the living room [WiFi > connection] at least two round trips. It has switched from one adapter > to the other without failing or locking up. And, this obviously means > going from plug to battery and back. > > How are you able to undock the system, Carl? I've requested hot undocking for some time... > That said, the only problem I have noticed is, every time I go back to > the Dock and want to print to my Lexmark Optra laser printer, the > system cannot see the printer. It insists it is 'off line' in the > nastygram that is popped up. I believe this to be an ACPI problem. I > am going to have to reboot shortly because I want to print some files. > Otherwise, there would be no need. > > I take it the printer is connected via either USB or parallel, not over the network. > And, the other ACPI that has been rather widely reported: Rebooting > without actually powering the system off is not possible. No matter > which option is selected from the eCenter for ShutDown [Power off, > Reboot, Shutdown], the result is a locked up system. MANUAL power off > is required. In the case of the 'Power Off' selection, you also suffer > the 'Dirty Drive' situation that means one or more CHKDSKs before the > boot will complete. > > Yes, this is surely ACPI-related, and I had some trouble with this on the T43, as well. Still, it's neat to have two CPUs show up on a dual core machine (does the ACPI driver support the new quad core chips yet?). -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . 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