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On Oct 11, 2012 10:25 AM, "Chris Stankevitz" <chrisstankevitz@×××××.com> |
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> Hello, |
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> I never really understood wireless in linux, it has always "just |
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> worked". I use wicd although I don't really even know what that |
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> means. I have no clue what is a wpa supplicant, ndis, etc. |
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> I now have a problem. Please point me toward the tools I should use |
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> to diagnose and fix the problem. I tried to fix this problem by |
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> running wicd-client from the command line hoping to see some stderr |
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> messages to help diagnose, but no luck. Also dmesg is not helpful. |
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> Problem: |
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> I used a linksys router for years. It appeared as a single SSID that |
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> I connected to. Configured with wicd-client. Everything worked great |
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> under gentoo. |
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> I throw away the linksys and purchase a new "apple airport express". |
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> This router works fine with my apple machines. On gentoo, wicd-client |
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> shows two SSIDs with identical names for this one router! One is on |
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> "channel 11" and one is on "channel 157". Not sure this matters. I |
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> specify my password for both of them and specify one of them to |
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> "connect automatically". The connection with one (or both?) of the |
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> SSIDs stays live for 5-10 minutes, then disconnects. I can get it to |
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> reconnect by simply opening wicd-client, highlighting one of the two |
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> SSIDs, and clicking connect. Repeat every 5-10 minutes. |
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> Question: What tools or logs can I use to understand why my wireless |
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> connection disconnects every 5-10 minutes? |
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> FYI this is what dmesg says during one of these disconnect/reconnect |
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cycles: |
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...snip |
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Personally, I stay away from any h/w that has the name apple on it. Why not |
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another linksys? Just my .02. |
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