From: Pedro la Peu (pedroam-gen.org)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2003 - 19:49:34 CDT

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> I'm now accessing the internet via wifi on my 3.3 openbsd laptop.

Cool.

> The main problem that I am having is frequent disconnects.
> This in spite of the fact that I am using the Engenius hipower

High power (+23 dBm in your case) is usually just a waste of battery, and not
the solution to anything. But, Engenius (actually Senao) cards have excellent
(published, at least) receive sensitivity, which is what really matters.

> pcmcia card and I'm close to the access point hardware.

How close? What is between you (walls, windows, etc.).

> I wonder if the 300 MHz clock speed of my laptop is not fast
> enough to maintain the WiFi connection. What other possibilities
> might explain the frequent disconnects?

Not enough information except, 300MHz is plenty, so it's not that. Please post
your card config, i.e. hostname.wi0 and output from wicontrol wi0, ifconfig
wi0 and dmesg.

> I'm using T-mobile and there is no encryption whatsoever.
> Any way to get some privacy using a vpn to an openbsd system?

More ways than most anything else.

-p

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