]> http://www.ajaypal.com/taxonomy/term/17/0 WiFi, Wireless Networking en http://www.ajaypal.com/linux_usb_wifi.html <p>A few hours ago received my cheap USB Wifi adapter purchased from shopping.rediff.com, never knew what type of hardware I have paid for, except for that it is a <b >USB WiFi adapter</b>. But thanks to the community efforts I was very much sure I would be able to use it in GNU/Linux (Fedora Core 10) one way or other.</p> <p>The hardware was as per USB Vendor ID (0CDE:0008) a Z-Com Sitecom Wireless Network Adapter 100G+ WL-125 USB WiFi 802.11B/G Adapter. GNU/Linux /var/log/messages identified it to be a GlobespanVirata. Marketed under the brand name EDUP. A ISL3887 2nd Generation Prism54 chipset based device.</p> GNU/ Linux IEEE 802.11 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:42:49 -0700 http://www.ajaypal.com/madwifi_vs_beacon_interval.html <p>This is something that I am writing for record purposes. Will try to provide more detailed analysis later, if time permits.</p> <p>I am using the <a href='http://snapshots.madwifi.org/'>latest version r1416-20060126</a> (ok now not the latest) of <a href="http://www.madwifi.org">MadWiFi New Generation</a> for an Atheros 5212 based PCMCI card on GNU/ Linux (Fedora Core 4), for research purposes.</p> <p>The driver and the NIC work great, but I encountered one small issue. If I change the beacon interval of my AP from say 100ms to something like 500/750/1000ms etc, packet loss jumps from 0% to around 20-35%.</p> <p>Under same conditions the Intel 2200G with IPW2200 does not exhibit this problem. Seems to be some bug (? or a feature) in r1416 of MadWiFi-NG.</p> IEEE 802.11 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:35:24 -0700