What file to set the config bitrate on a Netgear WG111v2

Hi, Im’ using openSuSE 11.1

I’ve been reading other posts concerning other peoples problems with their Netgear WG111v2 so I decided to try this. I set my Netgear WG111v2 with this:

"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?
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itsagas2 wrote:
> so that this will load my netgear wg111v2 at 54M fixed every time I
> boot up openSuSE?

Before I tell you how to set that command, I want to explore why you
want to do that. The standard software in kernel 2.6.27 used by
openSUSE 11.1 will use the so-called “pid” method to set the maximum
rate based on the failure/retransmit rate. If you force a higher rate
than your link will support, then your throughput will actually be
decreased. On the other hand, if your link will support 54 Mbs, then
it will get there anyway.

Now that you have some background, is there anything besides what you
read on the Internet that makes you want to force the rate to 54 Mbs?

Larry

Hi lwfinger, thanks for the post reply.

The story goes…I was using Puppy Linux v4.1 with a Belkin PCMCIA 54G F5D7010 a few months ago. I was experencing slow connection speeds when I upgraded from Puppy 4.0 to 4.1. After reading that setting the bit rate to 54 fixed as a parameter fix the problem went away and the connection speeds were back to normal.

I thoutht I would try it with this new Netgear WG111 USB adapter I just got the other day to see if it would overcome some of what I thought appeared to be connection speed issues again. That is why I put this fixed 54M setting in place. Below is the post on the Belkin 54G F5D7010 issue that showed up when Puppy Linux v4.1, kernal 2.6.24 was introduced.

A number of websites have reported that rt2500 gives slow default connection speeds of 1Mbit/sec when using kernel 2.6.24 or greater. The iwconfig output reports 54Mbit/sec but it’s not actually delivered by default.

This may explain why you had good speeds in puppy 4.0 but no longer in 4.1 (assuming this is the 2.6.25 kernel, not the retro version).

Apparently, forcing the rate in iwconfig is a successful workaround.

Code:
iwconfig ra0 rate 54M fixed

Well i decided to slow down the rate to 24M and it appears there is very little to no difference in speed from 54M fixed to 24M

sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 rate 24M

I still would like to know what file I edit to put this setting in with openSuSE so that I can control it upon boot up.

Thank you.

itsagas2 wrote:
> Well i decided to slow down the rate to 24M and it appears there is very
> little to no difference in speed from 54M fixed to 24M
>
> sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 rate 24M

Could you please do some debugging for me? If so, open one console and
enter the command

ping -s 1200 -i 0.2 <Your AP’s IP address>

In a second terminal, Enter the command

while 1 ] ; do /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep Mb ; sleep 1; done

Both commands will run forever, and need to be stopped with CTRL/C.
After a couple of minutes, what rates has the second window printed?

Thanks,

Larry

Larry, the second command didn’t like the “done” at the end so I just re-entered the command a few times while the ping was going.
Here are the results.

dave@linux-8nx4:~$ ping -s 1200 -i 0.2 10.0.0.2
PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 1200(1228) bytes of data.
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.066 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.052 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.058 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=0.071 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=12 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=13 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=16 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=17 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=18 ttl=64 time=0.062 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=19 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=20 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=21 ttl=64 time=0.052 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=22 ttl=64 time=0.058 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=23 ttl=64 time=0.059 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=24 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=25 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=26 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=27 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=28 ttl=64 time=0.064 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=29 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=30 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=31 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=32 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=33 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=34 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=35 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=36 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=37 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=38 ttl=64 time=0.065 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=39 ttl=64 time=0.069 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=40 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=41 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=42 ttl=64 time=0.059 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=43 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=44 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=45 ttl=64 time=0.062 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=46 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=47 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=48 ttl=64 time=0.067 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=49 ttl=64 time=0.065 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=50 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=51 ttl=64 time=0.054 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=52 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=53 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=54 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=55 ttl=64 time=0.058 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=56 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=57 ttl=64 time=0.058 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=58 ttl=64 time=0.069 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=59 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=60 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=61 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=62 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=63 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=64 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=65 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=66 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=67 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=68 ttl=64 time=0.066 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=69 ttl=64 time=0.068 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=70 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=71 ttl=64 time=0.054 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=72 ttl=64 time=0.062 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=73 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=74 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=75 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=76 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=77 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=78 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=79 ttl=64 time=0.065 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=80 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=81 ttl=64 time=0.053 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=82 ttl=64 time=0.058 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=83 ttl=64 time=0.062 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=84 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=85 ttl=64 time=0.062 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=86 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=87 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=88 ttl=64 time=0.066 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=89 ttl=64 time=0.064 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=90 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=91 ttl=64 time=0.052 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=92 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=93 ttl=64 time=0.059 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=94 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=95 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=96 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=97 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=98 ttl=64 time=0.066 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=99 ttl=64 time=0.071 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=100 ttl=64 time=0.059 ms

dave@linux-8nx4:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep Mb ; sleep 1; done
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `done’
dave@linux-8nx4:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep Mb ; sleep 1;
root’s password:
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm

dave@linux-8nx4:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep Mb ; sleep 1
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
dave@linux-8nx4:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep Mb ; sleep 1
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
dave@linux-8nx4:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep Mb ; sleep 1
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
dave@linux-8nx4:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep Mb ; sleep 2
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
dave@linux-8nx4:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep Mb ; sleep 30
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm

dave@linux-8nx4:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep Mb ; sleep 1 done
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
sleep: invalid time interval `done’

Whoops, didn’t enter the second command fully, so I re-did everything and included the ping results this time at the end of the ping test also.

dave@linux-8nx4:~$ ping -s 1200 -i 0.2 10.0.0.2
PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 1200(1228) bytes of data.
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.065 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.064 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=12 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=13 ttl=64 time=0.051 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=0.059 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=0.064 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=16 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=17 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=18 ttl=64 time=0.054 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=19 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=20 ttl=64 time=0.058 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=21 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=22 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=23 ttl=64 time=0.054 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=24 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=25 ttl=64 time=0.064 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=26 ttl=64 time=0.059 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=27 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=28 ttl=64 time=0.054 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=29 ttl=64 time=0.062 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=30 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=31 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=32 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=33 ttl=64 time=0.059 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=34 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=35 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=36 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=37 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=38 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=39 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=40 ttl=64 time=0.058 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=41 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=42 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=43 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=44 ttl=64 time=0.065 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=45 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=46 ttl=64 time=0.058 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=47 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=48 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=49 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
1208 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=50 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms

– 10.0.0.2 ping statistics —
281 packets transmitted, 281 received, 0% packet loss, time 55999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.051/0.059/0.097/0.005 ms

dave@linux-8nx4:~$ while 1 ] ; do /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep Mb ; sleep 1; done
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm

This is a external ping ip address back to me.

dave@linux-8nx4:~$ ping -s 1200 -i 0.2 76.235.221.159
PING 76.235.221.159 (76.235.221.159) 1200(1228) bytes of data.
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=1 ttl=253 time=2439 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=2 ttl=253 time=2251 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=3 ttl=253 time=2079 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=4 ttl=253 time=1909 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=5 ttl=253 time=1724 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=6 ttl=253 time=105 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=7 ttl=253 time=99.2 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=8 ttl=253 time=98.4 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=9 ttl=253 time=97.0 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=10 ttl=253 time=98.7 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=11 ttl=253 time=98.8 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=12 ttl=253 time=101 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=13 ttl=253 time=96.9 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=14 ttl=253 time=98.7 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=15 ttl=253 time=101 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=16 ttl=253 time=98.6 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=17 ttl=253 time=99.4 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=18 ttl=253 time=98.4 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=19 ttl=253 time=99.2 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=20 ttl=253 time=98.0 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=21 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=22 ttl=253 time=98.4 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=23 ttl=253 time=98.6 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=24 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=25 ttl=253 time=99.4 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=26 ttl=253 time=98.4 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=27 ttl=253 time=97.8 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=28 ttl=253 time=99.6 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=29 ttl=253 time=99.6 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=30 ttl=253 time=98.5 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=31 ttl=253 time=98.7 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=32 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=33 ttl=253 time=99.1 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=34 ttl=253 time=103 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=35 ttl=253 time=99.3 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=36 ttl=253 time=98.5 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=37 ttl=253 time=99.2 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=38 ttl=253 time=101 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=39 ttl=253 time=99.3 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=40 ttl=253 time=98.2 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=41 ttl=253 time=99.7 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=42 ttl=253 time=98.7 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=43 ttl=253 time=98.9 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=44 ttl=253 time=98.6 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=45 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=46 ttl=253 time=98.8 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=47 ttl=253 time=99.0 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=48 ttl=253 time=98.8 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=49 ttl=253 time=101 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=50 ttl=253 time=99.3 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=51 ttl=253 time=97.2 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=52 ttl=253 time=98.2 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=53 ttl=253 time=99.4 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=54 ttl=253 time=98.6 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=55 ttl=253 time=99.0 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=56 ttl=253 time=97.9 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=57 ttl=253 time=99.6 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=58 ttl=253 time=98.8 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=59 ttl=253 time=97.9 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=60 ttl=253 time=97.8 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=61 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=62 ttl=253 time=98.8 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=63 ttl=253 time=101 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=64 ttl=253 time=97.8 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=65 ttl=253 time=99.5 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=66 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=67 ttl=253 time=99.4 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=68 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=69 ttl=253 time=98.2 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=70 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=71 ttl=253 time=98.3 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=72 ttl=253 time=99.1 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=73 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=74 ttl=253 time=101 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=75 ttl=253 time=107 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=76 ttl=253 time=108 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=77 ttl=253 time=107 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=78 ttl=253 time=98.7 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=79 ttl=253 time=98.2 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=80 ttl=253 time=98.4 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=81 ttl=253 time=101 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=82 ttl=253 time=103 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=83 ttl=253 time=110 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=84 ttl=253 time=98.7 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=85 ttl=253 time=99.8 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=86 ttl=253 time=97.9 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=87 ttl=253 time=99.6 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=88 ttl=253 time=99.5 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=89 ttl=253 time=97.7 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=90 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=91 ttl=253 time=97.5 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=92 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=93 ttl=253 time=97.7 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=94 ttl=253 time=98.1 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=95 ttl=253 time=99.7 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=96 ttl=253 time=99.6 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=97 ttl=253 time=97.9 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=98 ttl=253 time=100 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=99 ttl=253 time=103 ms
1208 bytes from 76.235.221.159: icmp_seq=100 ttl=253 time=109 ms

— 76.235.221.159 ping statistics —
211 packets transmitted, 210 received, 0% packet loss, time 44282ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 96.567/146.828/2439.004/304.487 ms, pipe 5

dave@linux-8nx4:~$ while 1 ] ; do /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 | grep Mb ; sleep 1; done
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm

I didn’t make it clear - I certainly didn’t need the detailed ping
results.

Had you issued an ‘iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M’ command? I hope not, as
that would have negated the results. If not, your system is rate
adjusting to 54 Mbs on its own. Forget about any commands, and don’t
believe what you read on the Internet. Older versions of the kernel
did not have rate adjustment built in, which is why some commands were
needed then, but not now.

Larry

Hi. I have the same wireless adapter as you do. Would you mind posting how you got it to work? I’m having trouble with it getting to enable. The blue light isn’t on. Ndiswrapper shows that the driver is installed and that the device is present. Thanks. Happy New Year!

Thanks Larry, sorry for all the extra data, it was over kill but where I work (I’m a Electronic Technician) it is nice to have more then what you need and then throw out what you don’t as opposed not having enough to make a diagnosis.

I agree, this Netgear WG111v2 is working just fine without and modifications, and I didn’t alter the adapter with the ‘iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M’, command? Every thing is straight from a cold boot to the test.

icanfly0307

I used the network manager on the bottom right side of the pannel on the desktop of openSuSE 11.1 to do all the work. I didn’t install and use the Ndiswrapper.

I initially tied to use the Ndiswrapper first, even after I got the network manager configured and the Netgear WG111v2 working with openSuSE 11.1. But the ndisinstaller never completed with the install and I wasn’t able to get the Ndiswrapper working.

When I did tried using the ndisinstall it stopped my wireless wlan0 connection that was working just fine with the network manager I couldn’t get the network manager after this to scan and find my router. I removed the ndisinstaller and the Ndiswrapper but still wasn’t able to get the network manager to scan and find my router so I ended up re-installing openSuSE 11.1. The default network manager is able establish a wireless connection with this USB Adapter.

Long story shot the Netgear WG111v2 should work with openSuSE 11.1 right out of the box with default software installed using the network manager to find your wireless router and configure your wireless connection.

I found this openSuSE web page showing known working Network Adapters for openSuSE;

HCL/Network Adapter (Wireless - openSUSE

Before I was convinced this Netgear WG111v2 was working correctly, I hastily ordered another wireless network card,a re-manufactured Netgear WG511T 802.11g PCMCIA adapter that will work with openSuSE also, infomation below.

Netgear WG511T PCMCIA 802.11g 108mbps wireless network card $10.95 + $6.00 S&H Total $16.95

If any one is interested I got it at;
https://www.thriftycomputer.com/product/netgear-wg511t-80211g-108mbps-wireless-network-card.html

I purchased my USB Netgear WG111v2 on ebay for $16.99, I see there is new one listed for $14.74 on ebay now.

Sealed Netgear WG111 54Mbp Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter - eBay (item 270322474812 end time Jan-02-09 13:15:13 PST)

For any one using Puppy Linux v4.12 like me also with the USB Netgear WG111v2, you have to edit this file;

/etc/network-wizard/wireless/profiles

and change:

WPA_DRV=“ipw” to WPA_DRV=“wext”

You find this parameter setting at the beginning,(top),of the file when editing it.

After this the network wizard will scan, find, configure the Netgear WG111 v2 and connect to your wireless router.