Hi, after having upgraded to the latest initscript package I suddenly couldn't connect with my wireless card (Linksys) which has worked fine since I installed Mandrake 9.0. I went into Mandrake Control Center and reconfigured it, and the connection was up again. However. when I clicked "Apply" in Mandrake Control Center the connection went down again, and wouldn't come up no matter what I did. In the system log it said "No Link". Finally I got the old initscript package off the CD and copied all the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/* from the package, and my connection came back up and have worked fine again.
Does anyone know what may be wrong with the new scripts, because if it's something "easily editable" I would rather have the updated scripts installd than a mix of two versions of initscripts. My other problem: During high network loads (downloads over DSL etc.) the wireless connection often goes down and I have to restart the network service or pull the card and re-insert it to get back on-line. I have tried with two different drivers: orinoco_cd and wvlan_cs which both work with my card. Same problem. This makes me suspect pcmcia_cs or even the kernel itself, but I have not been able to find a solution. One clue is that when the connection goes down ksoftirqd hogs 95% CPU until the card is pulled or the network services are restarted. This does not happen when I connect using a cable, or if I boot into Win2K and connect using the same card. It happens with several different base stations as well. If someone knows anything about this please point me in the right direction. TIA for help. I am running Mandrake 9.0 with stock 2.4.19 kernel (LT winmodem drivers added). TIA for help. -- //Christian -- This is now. Later is later. --
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