DI-624 wireless and Mandriva

Has anyone out there had any luck setting up a D-Link wireless router with
their Linux systems?

While on a recent trip I was forced to get my ndiswrapper-based wireless up
and running on my laptop as the hotel I was in only used T-Mobile wireless
for their high speed Internet access. (this reference was very usefull for
those who are fighting a similar battle -
http://www.linuxfordummies.org/index.php?topic=96.msg121).

After working through the steps outlined in that entry, I had the wireless
working with no problems for three days. However, now that I am home, I am
having no luck getting a connection on my home network.

I know that my wireless is working still, as I can see my network and several
others in the area around me when I do a "iwlist scanning" (see below).
However, each of those networks' quality is "0/100".

When I boot into my Windows XP partition though, I can connect to my wireless
network without any difficulty and I can access the Internet with no apparent
quality problems.

I have tried using various settings - no security, WEP 64 bit, WEP 128 bit,
WPA, WPA2, WPA2-Auto, different ciphers, etc. etc. etc. I have enabled and
disabled superG features, and I have typed and retyped my encryption key -
all to no avail.

Since I could connect to the hotel's 802.11g wireless network in both Linux
and Windows, my Windows partition can connect to my home network, my Linux
partition can see my home network, and I have confirmed all of the other
settings, I am beginning to wonder if there is an issue with Linux (or
Mandriva) and D-Link routers.

Has anyone out there had any problems working with these before? Any other
suggestions would also be welcomed.

Thanks
--
Jason Hayes

[root@aspire1804 jth]# iwlist scanning
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:16:B6:2F:7F:61
                    ESSID:"linksys"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:0/100  Signal level:-71 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:11:95:XX:XX:XX
                    ESSID:"bigjimmcbob"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:0/100  Signal level:-56 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    Extra:rsn_ie=30140100000fac020100000fac020100000fac020100

Extra:wpa_ie=dd160050f20101000050f20201000050f20201000050f202
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:12:17:D8:B8:7E
                    ESSID:"BigNate"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:0/100  Signal level:-73 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0

Extra:wpa_ie=dd180050f20101000050f20201000050f20201000050f2020000
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:06:25:B4:F8:01
                    ESSID:"homenetwork"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:0/100  Signal level:-71 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0

sit0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

vmnet8    Interface doesn't support scanning.

vmnet1    Interface doesn't support scanning.

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