[ale] IPW2200 poor reception

[Dow_Hurst]

Just additional food for thought:  Any Dell Precision system can be purchased with RHEL 3 or 4 and not with Windows.  It is a nice option to make sure that you will have Linux compatible hardware.
Dow

-----Original Message-----
From: "C. Lee Davis" <lists at geographic.net>
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Sep 11, 2005 11:30 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] IPW2200 poor reception

Dow_Hurst wrote:
> I have that same type wifi in my compal efl30 (finally learned what to call this laptop).  I think you should
> check your powersaving settings for the wifi.  You might be turning down your transmit power quite
> a bit in battery mode.  Do you have such settings available for changing under proc?  Are you
> running the RHEL3 or 4 that came on the laptop?

Not running Red Hat at all; the laptop came with Windows, and I've loaded
Gentoo on it.  I'll look in to the power options; thanks for the lead.

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