[Orinoco-users] Scanning with Orinoco PCMCIA card

[Timothy Murphy]

I'm presently using NetworkManager (NM) with mixed success.
Basically, problems seem to occur because my Orinoco Gold card
often fails to find my access point with "sudo iwlist eth0 scan",
and when this happens NM seems to fail too.

I'm running Lucent firmware version 8.10.

I'm wondering if updating the firmware would be likely to help,
or if NetworkManager does not really work with Orinoco PCMCIA cards?

Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello!

Post by Timothy Murphy
I'm presently using NetworkManager (NM) with mixed success.
Basically, problems seem to occur because my Orinoco Gold card
often fails to find my access point with "sudo iwlist eth0 scan",
and when this happens NM seems to fail too.

The driver relies on the firmware for scanning. But with any hardware
and firmware, there is no guarantee that all access points withing the
range will be found in the given scan. The wireless medium is
inherently unreliable.

Post by Timothy Murphy
I'm running Lucent firmware version 8.10.
I'm wondering if updating the firmware would be likely to help,
or if NetworkManager does not really work with Orinoco PCMCIA cards?
Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.

You didn't describe how NetworkManager fails. Perhaps you should send a
bug report to NetworkManager developers with a detailed description of
the failure. Also describe what you were doing and your goal. Please
don't forget versions of all relevant software (kernel, driver, wireless
tools, NetworkManager).