On 12/15/06, Darren Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/15/06, Francis Bolduc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Network-Manager wizards, > > > > I'm running on Ubuntu Dapper and I installed the network-manager package > > that's on the Ubuntu Dapper repository. It worked fine the first time, but > > three problems arose recently. > > > > Problem #1: When playing a FPS game, the connection drop dead once in > > while. I also see the Gnome widget doing the "refresh" animation at roughly > > the same interval. What's going on? > > You probably have a signal problem, what type of card is it? If it > is a Atheros Chipset (Madwifi) there is an issue with the way the > driver reports signal strength and the way every other card does it to > cause Network-Manager to think the signal strength is lower than it > really is. If this is the case you should file a bug. If you post > the # here I can confirm it and add more details.
The card is indeed an Atheros AR5002X with an AR5212 chipset. Here's the URL with the specs: http://www.atheros.com/pt/AR5002XBulletin.htm Could you give me an advice on what to write in the bug report? > > Problem #2: After I removed the network-manager package, there were no > > longer any automatic DHCP request for my network connections. I must do it > > manually. How can I fix this? > > You would need to enable the device in the Network Tool under > system->administration after you remove network manager. Is there a way to do it from the terminal? Any configuration file to check? I'm really interested in the internals. > > Problem #3: Finally, I reinstalled the network-manager package. Now it > > does not see my Wireless adapters, or so I guess because the Gnome widget > > does not list WAP anymore. What did I do wrong? > > Verify that you have the device set as not configured in the Ubuntu > Network Tools. The Ubuntu package was modified to not manage any > interface configured there. Again, is there a way to do it from the terminal? _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
