From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:54753 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756474Ab1HaNpX (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:45:23 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:38:39 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Dennis Nezic Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ipw2200 antenna selection Message-ID: <20110831133838.GA2474@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20110831_154555_342260_C2B1AB72) References: <20110830215135.db381ecf.dennisn@dennisn.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20110830215135.db381ecf.dennisn@dennisn.dyndns.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 09:51:35PM -0400, Dennis Nezic wrote: > My ipw2200 pcie wifi card has 2 antennas... "Main" and "Aux". I think > either the firmware or the kernel/module is overriding my explicit > antenna module setting, after a while. > > I mentioned about it a few days ago, > http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=131448481319374&w=2 > although I'm still seeing the problem (even after physically > disconnecting the Aux antenna/wire. (Even after disconnecting it, I > think it is still able to receive the 30KB/s signal, and I think the > card still switches to it eventually, against my wishes.)) Dennis, I'm sorry you haven't received any replies until now. The truth is that the ipw2200 hardware is a bit old, and has more-or-less been abandoned by the manufacturer and the original driver authors. Worse, no hardware specification is available and even if it were then likely no firmware changes would be possible. You mentioned that one of your antenna lines is cut. Is it possible that you might repair that antenna? Would it be possible for you to try using a much older kernel? If you can find a point where the problem you are seeing does not exist, then we may be able to pinpoint a change that is contributing to the issue you are seeing. Beyond that, I'm not sure what else we might do to help. Thanks, John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.