Buffalo PCMCIA Card WLI-PCM-L11 Special Driver?

beauvoir · 05-30-2004

Hi,

I have a Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11 PCMCIA Card and am running NetStumbler 4 on WinXP. I am experiencing lots of drop offs on my home network, when i am sitting right next to the access point. Do i need a special driver to make my card work more efficiently?

Thanks

King_Ice_Flash · 05-30-2004

Netstumbler is not designed to be used while you are connected to an AP. It is designed to disconnect you, so you don't illegally connect to an AP that isn't yours.

The Others · 05-30-2004

You're experiancing "drop offs" because you are running netstumbler when connected to your home network. Why are you doing this anyway? Read the readme file, it states how netstumbler should be used.

As for sitting right next to your access point, don't do that either; you'll ruin the radios in the access point and your card by being too close.

-edit- King_ice_flash beat me to it

I hope it feels good

King_Ice_Flash · 05-30-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Others

-edit- King_ice_flash beat me to it

I hope it feels good

WHOOO! finally!

beauvoir · 05-30-2004

Even when i am diconnected from my home network, i am still experiencing drop offs.

fordem · 05-30-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by beauvoir

Even when i am diconnected from my home network, i am still experiencing drop offs.

Maybe you should tell us what you define as a "drop off" because I think most of us here would consider a "drop off " to be the same as a momentary disconnection from the network - in which case you can't have drop offs when you're already disconnected.

beauvoir · 05-30-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by fordem

Maybe you should tell us what you define as a "drop off" because I think most of us here would consider a "drop off " to be the same as a momentary disconnection from the network - in which case you can't have drop offs when you're already disconnected.

I think of a drop off as a lack of signal. I have momentry drop offs in netstumbler

The Others · 05-30-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by King_Ice_Flash

WHOOO! finally!

You made it count when you needed to. Well done.

But, as for the problem in hand...

wrzwaldo · 05-30-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by beauvoir

I think of a drop off as a lack of signal. I have momentry drop offs in netstumbler

Are you still sitting right next to your AP? If I get within about 10' of my AP I get drops as well. And has already been stated that is bad for your AP/Card. Of course if I was going to be that close to my AP for any length of time I would just pull the wifi card and plug in the cable.

beauvoir · 05-30-2004

i'm not normally sitting right next to it. Normally 10m or so away! Wherever i am, i still get the drop offs. I have tried several cards, all the same type, and get the same drop offs

King_Ice_Flash · 05-30-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Others

You made it count when you needed to. Well done.
But, as for the problem in hand...

My Orinoco does the same thing, I think it is because NS is checking for new networks, so it drops the one it is monitoring, but I wouldn't know, because I didn't write the software.

Barry · 05-31-2004

Does netstumbler channel hop like kismet? Can't remember, it's been too long since I've used it.

05-30-2004	#1 (permalink)
beauvoir Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 24	Buffalo PCMCIA Card WLI-PCM-L11 Special Driver? Hi, I have a Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11 PCMCIA Card and am running NetStumbler 4 on WinXP. I am experiencing lots of drop offs on my home network, when i am sitting right next to the access point. Do i need a special driver to make my card work more efficiently? Thanks

05-30-2004	#2 (permalink)
King_Ice_Flash Alien Paranoid Stumbler Join Date: May 2003 Location: WI Posts: 2,688	Netstumbler is not designed to be used while you are connected to an AP. It is designed to disconnect you, so you don't illegally connect to an AP that isn't yours. __________________ "Yeah," said a voice from under the table, "you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel."

05-30-2004	#3 (permalink)
The Others PeaceDriver Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Dos Palabras, Mandoras Posts: 2,920	You're experiancing "drop offs" because you are running netstumbler when connected to your home network. Why are you doing this anyway? Read the readme file, it states how netstumbler should be used. As for sitting right next to your access point, don't do that either; you'll ruin the radios in the access point and your card by being too close. -edit- King_ice_flash beat me to it I hope it feels good __________________ all good ends all ?u=273

05-31-2004	#12 (permalink)
Barry Managing the iTards. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 5,875	Does netstumbler channel hop like kismet? Can't remember, it's been too long since I've used it. __________________ Never do anything you don't want to explain to the paramedics.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

05-30-2004	#5 (permalink)
beauvoir Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 24	Even when i am diconnected from my home network, i am still experiencing drop offs.

05-30-2004	#10 (permalink)
beauvoir Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 24	i'm not normally sitting right next to it. Normally 10m or so away! Wherever i am, i still get the drop offs. I have tried several cards, all the same type, and get the same drop offs