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sondheim

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5600 WiFi signal level low
« on: October 22, 2004, 10:52:27 pm »
I recently upgraded to a 5600 and have a Sandisk Wireless card. Whenever I use it, within 5-35 seconds, I get a message "The signal level is low" and the unit basically stops functioning. Wireless stops altogether and the rest runs so slow as to need a reboot. I noticed on some forums this was noted as a flaw, possibly in the hardware or kernel. Does anyone know any workarounds for this? I've tried everything (with my limited knowledge of linux) including updating the /etc/wlan-ng.conf file etc. The Sandisk is the CF card without the additional memory; it's 802.11b.

I did call Sharp and they said they had never heard of the problem, and for a routine exam it would cost $60 including shipping. I have very little $$ and am trying to avoid this.

The 5600 has the usual 1.5.4 Qtopia,kernel 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix and ROM 1.32.
Embedix is 20. There 128 meg additional SD.

Thanks for any help. - this has been driving me crazy.

Alan Sondheim, sondheimAATTpanix.com
www.asondheim.org

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5600 WiFi signal level low
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2004, 06:31:22 am »
This has been dealt with before. It's a bug in Qtopia/Sharp and there's not much you can do about it.
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2004, 04:47:26 pm »
Hi and thanks.  I did do a general search but came up with nothing. Is the problem only with Sandisk or CF cards? Is there any way around it? I can't believe people aren't using the 5600 for WiFii - it seriously weakens the product.

Thanks again, Alan