[ale] wireless b/g card talk to a b card

[ups at tree.com (Stephan Uphoff)]

Geoffrey wrote:
> So, I've got a b/g card and a b card.  The b card can ping the b/g card, 
> but the b/g card can not ping the b card.

This is strange
If b can ping b/g then the two can talk to each other.
( arp and icmp exchanges)

Can you ping b from b/g while you are pinging b/g from b ?
Is your broadcast address / netmask  wrong on b/g ?
 
Can you send your ifconfig and some tcpdumps? 

> Noting that the rate for the b/g card indicates 54Mb/s, I tried
> 
> iwconfig eth1 rate 11M
> 
> But it returns that it's not supported ????
> 
> Now the b card says it's rate is 5.5Mb/s, so I try:
> 
> iwconfig eth1 rate 11M
> 
> No complaints, but iwconfig reveals that it's still set at 5.5Mb/s
> 
> I'd like to get these cards talking, any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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