Netstumbler .40 closes card -

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

In article <pAFjc.14$O11.6@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com>,
pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com says...
> We have a Dell laptop WinXP with the 1300 wireless mini-pci card
> which uses the Broadcom chipset...
> Netstumbler has been a problem on this chipset,
> as sometimes it would work - and sometimes not -
> The latest version (0.40) seems to be rock solid.
> BUT - something has changed,
> in that Netstumbler seems to close or break
> the connection between the card and the protocol stack.
> After closing NS, the wireless physical connection can
> still be seen, but the TCP/IP functionality is gone...
> This did not happen with the previous version.
> It comes back after a few minutes, but not sure how or why ?
>
>
>
>
This also happens on my Linksys WPC11 2.5 card on a Compaq Presario 2700
laptop.

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Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com (Phil Schuman) wrote in
newsAFjc.14$O11.6@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com:

> We have a Dell laptop WinXP with the 1300 wireless mini-pci card
> which uses the Broadcom chipset...
> Netstumbler has been a problem on this chipset,
> as sometimes it would work - and sometimes not -
> The latest version (0.40) seems to be rock solid.
> BUT - something has changed,
> in that Netstumbler seems to close or break
> the connection between the card and the protocol stack.
> After closing NS, the wireless physical connection can
> still be seen, but the TCP/IP functionality is gone...
> This did not happen with the previous version.
> It comes back after a few minutes, but not sure how or why ?

The "README" file for the new version says this:

"When NetStumbler is in "auto reconfigure" mode (the default), it
will occasionally disconnect you from your network. This enables it
to perform its scans accurately, and is not a bug. "

http://stumbler.net/readme/readme_0_4_0.html

Would that explain what you're seeing?

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