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TigTex

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2008-06-19

Posts: 301

Any ALFA AWUS036H user here? Conectivity issues

Hi all and happy new year!

I'm a "almost" proud owner of this little and powerful piece of hardware but I'm probably having some malfunction with this device. I need someone who also has one of this wireless usb adapters to answear this questions, please

When I connect to any acess point I have to manualy set iwconfig wlan0 rate (1 to 5mbps) because it selects 48 or 54mbps and is unable to keep conectivity to ANY AP at ANY DISTANCE (no ping response, but conection is active (0 packets)).
Also I noticed that there are no wireless AP's with less than -78db. They just disapear at -78dB instead of the usual -95 to -100db.
On windows (biuck) rate is not an issue, it selects rates as low as 1M in a -65dB connection, it's slow, but works. Just like on linux, on windows there are no networks with less than "3 sticks" of strengh. It completly looses conectivity if I lower the signal. Usualy I'm able to connect to AP's with "1 stick" (-90dB, SNR 1 or 2) with other wifi adapters. (xp, vista, seven)

Question 1: Does this happens to you?
Question 2: Maybe rma is a good ideia no?

Any information is a good help to me. I still have 4 more months of warranty

edit: updated info

Last edited by TigTex (2010-01-25 23:21:03)

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TigTex

Member

From: Portugal

Registered: 2008-06-19

Posts: 301

Re: Any ALFA AWUS036H user here? Conectivity issues

bump, after 25 days?

1 less month of warranty

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