On 12/18/06, Francis Bolduc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > 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? >
Open the bug on Network-Manager (Check to make sure their isn't one now) that the Madwifi drivers report signal strength differently than other cards and therefore Network-Manager sees the connection as having a weaker signal than it truly does. Robert Love posted a workaround here: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2006-January/msg00141.html The second patch is what I use. To be clear, this is not a NetworkManager problem and the Madwifi people would claim that it isn't a problem with them either. The Madwifi team elected to use a method of measuring signal strength that is different than most (all?) others. The patch Robert posted works around this. > > > 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. > Yes, edit /etc/network/interfaces and change the lines for your wireless card to be just auto. If you search ubuntuforums.org there is a lot of details on the settings for this file. This is a debian/Ubuntu specific configuration only and not a Network Manager item so it is a bit out of scope for this list. > > > 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? Yes, edit /etc/network/interfaces so the interface is set to dhcp (auto). If you search ubuntuforums.org there is a lot of details on the settings for this file. This is a debian/Ubuntu specific configuration only and not a Network Manager item so it is a bit out of scope for this list. It would be something like this: auto ath0 iface ath0 inet dhcp But verify that with the ubuntu documentation or the people on the Ubuntu Forums. _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
