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Linux Issues / SL-6000 NO Wireless :angry:

« on: October 25, 2004, 04:34:19 pm »

By the way - I want to add that the wireless started working after Sharp replaced my SL-6000 aparently it was bad hardware.

Babak

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Linux Issues / SL-6000 NO Wireless :angry:

« on: October 24, 2004, 08:53:46 pm »

Thanks for the response all.

I finally got it working and am off to my next challenge of getting gcc installed.  Any advice on finding gcc for the SL-6000.

Thanks again.

Babak

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Security and Networking / Network range in SL6000

« on: October 23, 2004, 08:52:59 am »

I just got my SL-6000 and I am having the same problem.  Extremely unimpressive range. Plus it 802.11 only works with non-wep APs.

My first unit refused to even do that and the Sharp folks were gracious enough to FedEx me another.

In NYC at any point my notebook can see 8-10 APs.  Verizon has also wired NYC so that all the phone booths are Wireless APs as well.   With the SL-6000 I have to be literally 10 feet away before it sees the AP.

Pretty Pathetic!  Has anyone got suggestions for modifying the Antenna or code that increases power to the card?

Thanks

Babak

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / SL-6000 Wireless Woes

« on: October 20, 2004, 03:37:50 pm »

I have just purchased a Sharp SL-6000L.

I for the life of me cannot get it to link to a non-WEP or WEP access point.  I am positive my configuration is correct.  Does anyone have any insight?

Also When I ssh into the unit, I see that the wireless interface is using wlan-ng drivers which only go active when the unit is trying to make a sireless connection.  Otherwise it is unavailable.  lsmod shows that the modules are loaded so I cant even manually configure it via iwconfig.

Any help is appreciated.

Babak

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Linux Issues / SL-6000 NO Wireless :angry:

« on: October 20, 2004, 12:57:12 am »

Hello All,

I just purchased a brand new SL-6000 pda and to my great disappointment I have not been able to get the wireless working.

Once or twice it connected but managed to diconnect quickly after that.  At home I run WEP and it pretty much laughs at me.  It gives me a message to check my wep or ip address.

Can someone tell me what I could be doing wrong in getting the siplest of all functions to work?

I managed to connect my linux desktop to the unit via usbnet and SSHed into the unit and saw that they are using wlan-ng drivers.  Can someone tell me how to manually start the wireless on the SL-6000.

ANY help is appreciated.

Thanks

Babak