Low wifi reception in Ubuntu

[Karl F. Larsen]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> A new Ubuntu user is suffering from low wifi reception of his own home
> router in Ubuntu. In Windows XP Pro SP2 Cracked Edition he sees a
> perfect wifi signal all over the house and patio. In Ubuntu 9.04 he
> has terrible wifi reception, and cannot use it at all outside the
> living room where even there he is lucky to get a connection. This is
> a desktop computer, not a laptop by the way, and we moved it around
> for testing purposes only (it's location in the house makes wired
> access unreasonable). The wifi card is a Level One WNC-0301.
>
> Any ideas what this could be about, and how to solve it? My first
> guess is that Linux is running the card on a different protocol from
> Windows (the card supports 801.11g) but I do not know how to check
> which protocol either OS is using.
>
> Thanks for any ideas!
>
>   
    This is a VERY common problem. The Windows XP has a driver added 
that turns on the wifi receiver. Really! So when you try Linux it can't 
turn it on and it is bad. On my laptop Windows has that driver and I 
have to take my laptop where there is no WiFi, and turn it on with 
windows, and then turn off the computer.


Karl


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