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On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> I'm on the road connecting to various wireless access points and |
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>>> sometimes I'm unable to connect and I get the (try 1) (try 2) (try 3) |
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>>> (timed out) messages in dmesg which makes sense. Other times I get a |
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>>> different series of messages in dmesg when I'm unable to connect which |
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>>> don't make sense to me. The interface connects, then disconnects, |
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>>> then connects, then disconnects, over and over until it finally |
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>>> decides to fail permanently. |
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>> Have you tried disabling power saving mode? Something like: |
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>> iwconfig wlan0 power off |
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> I love this list. I don't want to speak too soon, but Paul, it looks |
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> like you fixed it. |
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I hope so! |
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> I've been struggling with this for a very long |
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> time. The problem would manifest with 2 different rt73 USB wireless |
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> adapters. |
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I had unstable connections and poor speeds on my laptop, and power |
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saving turned out to be the reason why. Some cards have intermediate |
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power-saving levels, too, which might give you a good compromise |
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between performance and battery life, if battery life is even a |
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concern. |