Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where's my wireless AP?

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Monday 19 April 2010 18:26:14 Stroller wrote:
> On 18 Apr 2010, at 23:35, Mick wrote:
> > ...
> > OK, I found what the problem was ... the AP is currently transmitting
> > on channel 13, which it seems is outside the capabilities of the b43
> > driver.  I am blaming the driver here because the Windows 7 OS has no
> > problem using channel 13, while iwlist wlan0 in Gentoo shows only up
> > to channel 11.  :-(
> 
> There might be an option to change the region of your wifi NIC.
> Channels 12 & 13 are legal in Europe, IIRC, but not in the USA.
> 
> You should be able to change the channel of the AP - typically they
> have a drop-down which will choose either "auto" or a specific
> channel. Likewise I have seen some APs ask what region you're in when
> they're first setup.

I've set it up for UK so it has 13 channels.  On the other hand your hint 
pointed me to wpa_supplicant.conf on my laptop, in which I had the country 
parameter commented out.  I set that up to UK, but it still seems to show 11 
channels.  :-(

I'll reboot later to see if it makes any odds.
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Regards,
Mick

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