Linux on the ASUS N10 N10J

ALLurGroceries · 11-30-2008, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by james-

Has anyone had any luck with the wireless? even with the 100HZ patch it seems to be choppyer than in windews

I haven't had any problems since I changed the value.

What do you mean by choppy... is it disconnecting entirely, so that you lose association with the AP? Or is it just laggy?

Changing the value to 100Hz is only intended to fix the problem with repeated disassociation. If it's still dropping your connection like that you can up it, all the way to 1000Hz. If your signal is weak tho, that isn't going to help.

james- · 11-30-2008, 06:18 PM

yeah sometimes it just drops or stays @ 56% wireless where as the router is right next to my n10(10 feet away) and its kinda weird... When im browsing in firefox I have about 50% chance of getting to the website.

So yeah you could say that the internet drops from time to time, I am going to try compiling rc6 with 1000Hz(p.s. is 1000Hz the max?)

ALLurGroceries · 11-30-2008, 06:25 PM

I think 1000Hz is the highest I've tried. I haven't tried it that high on my N10J though, I stopped when it worked at 100. I'm not sure what the absolute limit is. Do you have any other wireless networks interfering with yours? I know you said it was right next to you but the wireless stack in windows is much more robust than ath9k at the moment, by a long shot.

james- · 11-30-2008, 09:19 PM

There's 1 other network but its so weak I cant connect to it.

I'm trying to install the new NVIDIA 180.08 beta drivers, do you know if the patch can still be applied? or do I have to try to find a patch for the laptop?

Supposedly its a lot better for video(specially for 720p+)

ALLurGroceries · 11-30-2008, 09:36 PM

The 180.06 drivers (which is what I think you mean?) work without the patch... I have updated the howto

BTW on the wireless I was asking if there are other nets around because they could be interfering with yours, so switching channels away from the other would help in that case, if your wireless network is less than 3 channels away from the other right now. But if you're right next to your AP, changing the polling interval to be higher in the c source file will probably take care of it and is worth a try.

james- · 11-30-2008, 10:09 PM

Still compiling the kernel....5 hours later...
Anyways I meant 180.08
nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122606

p.s. if you meant that if I had more than one network on my router(I only have 1) the other one is my neighbour's

ALLurGroceries · 11-30-2008, 10:28 PM

I just installed 180.08 with no problem, didn't even know it was out!! thx will update the howto once again!

No I do mean any wireless net around you not more than one on your router. Changing your channel away from the other is what I mean.. for instance if your neighbor is on channel 11 go to channel 6 or 1, if he is on 1 go to 6 or 11, if they are on 6 go to channel 1 or 11... you see what I mean? There is overlap between channels on 802.11b/g

james- · 11-30-2008, 10:37 PM

Yeah I know what you mean

the other person is channel 8 and I'm #1(lol.. yes im #1) although I'm on N where as he only has G just finished compiling kernel.... time to install and test out the 1000Hz

ALLurGroceries · 11-30-2008, 10:40 PM

Dang... if it's N there is NO excuse for bad signal!! It's gotta be the driver in that case, I was just trying to rule out the usual stuff

ALLurGroceries · 11-30-2008, 10:50 PM

The massive compile time really is dreadful, I think I am going to strip down my kernel next go around and I'll post my config... it wastes so much time compiling all those modules on the Atom arrrghh