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outside interference? (usual is a microwave oven) - is there a device |
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closer to the AP that stays in better lock because the signal is strong |
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enough to override the interference? |
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BillK |
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On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 13:29 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> I'm using wicd-1.7.2.4-r1 and a NetGear DGN2200M v2 wireless AP |
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> (802.11n) |
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> Several times a day, this thing just drops wireless. I doubt it's my |
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> laptop as other devices in the house also get affected. When this |
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> happens I usually manually reconnect using wicd, it can do this |
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> automatically but there's a long timeout first before it realizes the |
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> connection was dropped. |
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> The router logs have very little in them, all I see is my laptop asking |
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> for and getting a new IP. Laptop logs show this: |
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> Oct 30 13:10:45 khamul dhcpcd[24141]: wlan0: carrier lost |
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> Oct 30 13:10:45 khamul kernel: [229075.169304] cfg80211: Calling CRDA |
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> to update world regulatory domain Oct 30 13:10:45 khamul kernel: |
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> [229075.214909] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: Oct 30 |
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> 13:10:45 khamul kernel: [229075.214911] cfg80211: (start_freq - |
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> end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) Oct 30 13:10:45 |
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> khamul kernel: [229075.214913] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz |
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> - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) |
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> followed by the usual verbose junk of reconnection logs. |
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> I wouldn't even know where to start debugging this. The only unusual |
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> part of the setup is I don't use the router's dhcp server, that is done |
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> with dhcp-4.2.4_p2 on a separate wired Gentoo server. |
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> Anyone have a logical series of debug steps I can apply? |
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