On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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 hope so! > I've been struggling with this for a very long > time. The problem would manifest with 2 different rt73 USB wireless > adapters. I had unstable connections and poor speeds on my laptop, and power saving turned out to be the reason why. Some cards have intermediate power-saving levels, too, which might give you a good compromise between performance and battery life, if battery life is even a concern.
