Re: Can't set channel 13

Paolo wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 11:59:54PM +0200, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
>   
>> I had the same problem and finally patched the EEPROM of my card.
>> See http://saftware.de/#ipw2200 for a patch which allows to write to the
>>     
>
> thanks, that's a permanent fix I was hoping for someone less lazy than me
> to find and post here ;) - I'm used to patch the driver with a line with 
> my country code. That should (hopely) fix chans list in M$-XP as well (?).
>
> Yes, Acer sucks - they throw in FCC-only cards reagardless of country they
> distribute in.
>
> Oh, Packard Bell sucks too - same disservice.
> Both know the problem and aren't willing to correct. Either be content with
> 11 chans, or go add another wlan card (!).
>
> For those who don't have hd(1) handy (ascii->hex) mentioned in URL above:
>
> /*---[/tmp/hd.c - compile as: cc  -Wall /tmp/hd.c -o /tmp/hd]------*/
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
>
> int main (int argc, char** argv) {
>   char c;
>   while ((c=fgetc(stdin))!=EOF) printf("%x",c);
>   puts("");
>   exit(0);
> }
> /*-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
>
> e.g.: 
>
> $ echo -n ZZD | /tmp/hd
> 5a5a44
>
>
>   
od is included in most distributions:

echo -n ZZD | od -t x1
0000000 5a 5a 44
0000003



Regards,
Pedro Ramalhais

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