Re: Intel 2200bg dropping connection ( was Re: wireless laptop card advice)
Discovered a workaround: sudo modprobe -r ipw2200 sudo modprobe ipw2200 usually works. On 15/09/05, Carl Cerecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've recently acquired an acer laptop, with built-in intel 2200BG. It works fine when it works, but after 30-60minutes the connection will just disappear. No combination of arcane incantations seem to bring it back up. A reboot will, though. I've googled without much success. Using Ubuntu hoary. On 15/09/05, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, was a dwl-g520 card. Also, my acer lappie works fine with an intel wireless 2200BG minipci card installed. There's a project on sf to support that as well.
Re: Intel 2200bg dropping connection ( was Re: wireless laptop card advice)
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:47:48 +1200 Carl Cerecke wrote: Discovered a workaround: sudo modprobe -r ipw2200 sudo modprobe ipw2200 usually works. Those are the standard lines for removing and inserting a module, but it still doesn't explain why your connection is dropping. Some modules have debugging options that can be turned on when the module is inserted. You can list them with: modinfo ipw2200 and apply them with: modprobe ipw2200 debug=1 [thats just an example, i don't know if that particular module has such an option, and I don't have an example card to test it on] dmesg or your kernel syslog should then have some more info. On 15/09/05, Carl Cerecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've recently acquired an acer laptop, with built-in intel 2200BG. It works fine when it works, but after 30-60minutes the connection will just disappear. No combination of arcane incantations seem to bring it back up. A reboot will, though. I've googled without much success. Using Ubuntu hoary. On 15/09/05, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, was a dwl-g520 card. Also, my acer lappie works fine with an intel wireless 2200BG minipci card installed. There's a project on sf to support that as well. -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Intel 2200bg dropping connection ( was Re: wireless laptop card advice)
I set this up a while ago, but it's working and solid. I'm using ipw-firmware version 2.3, software version ipw2200-1.0.4, and wireless tools version 28. Config in /etc/network/interfaces: # Wireless netork auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp pre-up iwconfig eth1 essid * pre-up iwconfig eth1 mode managed pre-up iwconfig eth1 channel 6 pre-up iwconfig eth1 key open ** And that's about it! Installed on debian, so the config files shouldn't be too different. Sounds like your hardware might be suspect? Cheers, Steve On Thu, September 15, 2005 9:40 am, Carl Cerecke wrote: I've recently acquired an acer laptop, with built-in intel 2200BG. It works fine when it works, but after 30-60minutes the connection will just disappear. No combination of arcane incantations seem to bring it back up. A reboot will, though. I've googled without much success. Using Ubuntu hoary. On 15/09/05, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, was a dwl-g520 card. Also, my acer lappie works fine with an intel wireless 2200BG minipci card installed. There's a project on sf to support that as well. -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what?
RE: Intel 2200bg dropping connection ( was Re: wireless laptop card advice)
What encryption are you using? If WPA (which you should be) then how do you start wpa_supplicant ? I've had issues with wpa_supplicant where it doesn't hand off from one access point to another for minutes, or doesn't change from work to home or back reliably. And the stupid MS DHCP server at work that only allows one lease value for all reservations :-\ -Original Message- From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 15 September 2005 10:09 a.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Intel 2200bg dropping connection ( was Re: wireless laptop card advice) I set this up a while ago, but it's working and solid. I'm using ipw-firmware version 2.3, software version ipw2200-1.0.4, and wireless tools version 28. Config in /etc/network/interfaces: # Wireless netork auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp pre-up iwconfig eth1 essid * pre-up iwconfig eth1 mode managed pre-up iwconfig eth1 channel 6 pre-up iwconfig eth1 key open ** And that's about it! Installed on debian, so the config files shouldn't be too different. Sounds like your hardware might be suspect? Cheers, Steve On Thu, September 15, 2005 9:40 am, Carl Cerecke wrote: I've recently acquired an acer laptop, with built-in intel 2200BG. It works fine when it works, but after 30-60minutes the connection will just disappear. No combination of arcane incantations seem to bring it back up. A reboot will, though. I've googled without much success. Using Ubuntu hoary. On 15/09/05, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, was a dwl-g520 card. Also, my acer lappie works fine with an intel wireless 2200BG minipci card installed. There's a project on sf to support that as well. -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what?
Re: Intel 2200bg dropping connection ( was Re: wireless laptop card advice)
Ah. None. Hangs head in shame Haven't got encryption to work yet. Although I do restrict connections by MAC address (better than nothing, I guess). Cheers, Carl. On 15/09/05, Craig FALCONER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What encryption are you using? If WPA (which you should be) then how do you start wpa_supplicant ? I've had issues with wpa_supplicant where it doesn't hand off from one access point to another for minutes, or doesn't change from work to home or back reliably. And the stupid MS DHCP server at work that only allows one lease value for all reservations :-\ -Original Message- From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 15 September 2005 10:09 a.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Intel 2200bg dropping connection ( was Re: wireless laptop card advice) I set this up a while ago, but it's working and solid. I'm using ipw-firmware version 2.3, software version ipw2200-1.0.4, and wireless tools version 28. Config in /etc/network/interfaces: # Wireless netork auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp pre-up iwconfig eth1 essid * pre-up iwconfig eth1 mode managed pre-up iwconfig eth1 channel 6 pre-up iwconfig eth1 key open ** And that's about it! Installed on debian, so the config files shouldn't be too different. Sounds like your hardware might be suspect? Cheers, Steve On Thu, September 15, 2005 9:40 am, Carl Cerecke wrote: I've recently acquired an acer laptop, with built-in intel 2200BG. It works fine when it works, but after 30-60minutes the connection will just disappear. No combination of arcane incantations seem to bring it back up. A reboot will, though. I've googled without much success. Using Ubuntu hoary. On 15/09/05, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, was a dwl-g520 card. Also, my acer lappie works fine with an intel wireless 2200BG minipci card installed. There's a project on sf to support that as well. -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what?