>> I'm on the road connecting to various wireless access points and >> sometimes I'm unable to connect and I get the (try 1) (try 2) (try 3) >> (timed out) messages in dmesg which makes sense. Other times I get a >> different series of messages in dmesg when I'm unable to connect which >> don't make sense to me. The interface connects, then disconnects, >> then connects, then disconnects, over and over until it finally >> decides to fail permanently. > > Have you tried disabling power saving mode? Something like: > > iwconfig wlan0 power off
I love this list. I don't want to speak too soon, but Paul, it looks like you fixed it. I've been struggling with this for a very long time. The problem would manifest with 2 different rt73 USB wireless adapters. - Grant