Re: Tekram AirMate U300C and SuSE 9.2

Florian Boelstler <[email protected]> Tue, 08 Feb 2005 21:06:21 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.drivers.at76c503a.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Martin,

Martin Lohner wrote:
> The access point doesn't broadcast its essid and WEP encryption is used.

I guess the problem is not broadcasting the ESSID.
AFAIK, the firmware requires that the AP does not hide its ESSID.

See also [1] for known limitations.
My "at76c503-rfmd"-based device (D-Link DWL-120) immediately disconnects 
when I try to disable broadcasting.

Good luck,

   Florian

[1] http://at76c503a.berlios.de/chipsets.html


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