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On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:01:26 -0500 |
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Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Alan McKinnon |
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> <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> 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. |
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> Has it always done this? If not, did anything change around the time |
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> the problem started? Upgrading drivers/kernel, firmware on router, |
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> change of internet connection speed, usage patters, etc. |
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It's done it since new (which was recently) and nothing else changed. |
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The XBox, tablets, phones and the missus' Windows laptop all show the |
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same problem - so it's not Gentoo :-) |
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Wireless was always stable on all my previous b/g routers, but this one |
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is n and has been doing it out of the box. |
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I switched it from channel 8 to channel 1 yesterday and now find it |
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disconnects more often. Next step I think is to try 6 and 11 in that |
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order whilst making the local hardware store owner weathly by buying |
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trunking and moving the device |
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> I had a D-Link router that would reboot itself every time there were |
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> more than 100 or so connections. That meant any time something like |
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> bittorrent was used, it would reboot every 10 or 15 minutes until the |
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> network traffic died down. The same router would melt down under the |
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> load from 10mbps network traffic. |
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> I have a Buffalo router running OpenWrt whose network disconnects |
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> randomly, including wired network. The box doesn't reboot but |
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> networking gets reset or something. Usually happens once or twice an |
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> hour. Stock firmware and DD-WRT also suffer from widely-reported |
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> disconnect issues, so this may be another defective design... |
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I've seen issues like that many times too. |
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It used to be I could go down to stores at work and book out a nice |
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shiny new Cisco with pro-grade wireless chips and drivers, no question |
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asked. Those things are rock solid and refuse to die, we have 1000s in |
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the field that have never been touched for years. |
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I can still book stuff out, but lately it's a Billion I'd get :-( |
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> And I have a high-power microwave oven that kills all wifi connections |
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> in the entire house every time it is used. The food comes out nice and |
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> hot, though. :) |
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:-) |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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