Netgear WG111v2 RTL8187

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#21

Versys wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> this has been working more or less ok with the bitrate set to 11.
>
> Is it possible to change a configuration file somewhere so that the
> rate is automatically set to 11 on boot or hotplug?

You can put it in /etc/init.d/boot.local, but you will probably need a delay as
the network may not be started when that file is executed.

I would create a file /root/set_speed with the contents

#!/usr/bin/sh
/bin/sleep 30
/usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 rate 11M

After that file is created, set it to be executable

chmod a+x /root/set_speed

Then add this line to /etc/init.d/boot.local

/root/set_speed &

That will run it in the background. If it is still executed too soon, increase
the number after the sleep.

Larry

#22

Hi Larry,

that’s great.

Thanks for all your help on this.

Regards,

Alex

#23

Im’ using openSuSE 11.1

I set my Netgear WG111v2 RTL8187 at

“sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M fixed”

and it appears to be working fine. The network manager signal bars on the panel below don’t match the actual signal connection strength I think I’m getting. Only one bar is lit. In WindowsXP the Netgear Network Manger icon shows most of the bars lit with a 86% signal strength.

I also noticed that the Netgear WG111v2 is running considerably warmer when I use it in openSuSE. The tx / rx light don’t work on the Netgear dongle when I’m in openSuSE too.

My question is what file do I edit to put the command

"/usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M fixed"

so that this will load my netgear wg111v2 at 54M fixed every time I boot up openSuSE?