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On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:47:34 +0800 |
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Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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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 |
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> strong enough to override the interference? |
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There is a long range Siemens cordless phone that hides behind the |
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extra monitor :-) |
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It's hidden because |
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a. the power cable is short |
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b. I hate phones and usually pretend to myself they don't exist |
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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 |
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> > the connection was dropped. |
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> > The router logs have very little in them, all I see is my laptop |
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> > asking 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 |
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> > CRDA to update world regulatory domain Oct 30 13:10:45 khamul |
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> > kernel: [229075.214909] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: |
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> > Oct 30 13:10:45 khamul kernel: [229075.214911] cfg80211: |
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> > (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) |
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> > Oct 30 13:10:45 khamul kernel: [229075.214913] cfg80211: (2402000 |
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> > 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 |
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> > done 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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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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