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BRM schrieb: |
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> I have a Dell D600 Laptop that I've got Gentoo installed on. It pretty much uses Gentoo full-time now. (Yeah!) |
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> I very frequently use the Wireless with it, which works great for the most part. However, it seems that the connection drops every once in a while, and the system doesn't detect it. |
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> A quick restart of the wlan0 interface (/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart) resolves the issue. |
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> I was wondering what the normal procedure is for this. |
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> I have WPA Supplicant installed, but it doesn't seem to be managing my wireless at all. (Would be great to get it to do so.) |
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> I'd really like to get this working properly. It's the probably the last thing to making the system 100% usable 100% of the time, and the only annoyance right now. |
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> Ben |
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Could you please provide more info? What kind of WLAN-hardware do you |
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use, maybe Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG or Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN? |
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What is your current kernel version? |
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Do you use WPA or WEP encryption on your WLAN? |
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Is it ad-hoc or infrastructure mode? |
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How have you configured your network? Can you please provide your |
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/etc/conf.d/net file (please gzip/zip/bzip2 the file before attaching it)? |
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If you ever touched it, please also provide |
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/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. |
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If this is all too much fuss for you, you could try using |
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net-misc/networkmanager. |
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When you notice that your WLAN just lost its connection, take a look at |
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the last few lines of the output of dmesg. If you can't make sense out |
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of it, please send it to the list. |
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