On Tuesday 29 May 2007 19:45:54 Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: > Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I found an <$10 wire antenna with a few feet of cable and magnetic > mount that works well enough. I taped a piece of L-shaped sheet metal > to the top center of the display and stick the antenna to that. The > extra cable is wrapped in a loop and taped to the back of the display. > I love that clear mylar packaging tape for "temporary" hacks like > this. > I got mine this morning - pretty much the same specification as the one in the link, except that it's only 1m. length - barely enough to get to the desktop. > http://sharperconcepts.zoovy.com/product/YSC-RE05U > Unfortunately, it hasn't helped at all. Here's what is happening at bootup: ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.3.1) ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3.1) ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 sd 2:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 sd 2:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 sd 2:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3.1) ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-01:1023] GUID[00023c002105a814] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xea000000, irq=18 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 20 It looks OK to me. Any ideas of what else I could check? Thanks Anne
