On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 14:25 -0500, Manuel J Contreras Maya wrote: > Hello Dan, > > Thanks for answering. The pc it does have an Atheros Card: > > 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg > Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) > > and I've got many of these in /var/log/messages > > Jul 13 13:16:39 localhost kernel: ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout > (2427MHz) > Jul 13 13:16:39 localhost kernel: ath5k phy0: ath5k_chan_set: unable to reset > channel (2427 Mhz) > Jul 13 13:16:41 localhost kernel: ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout > (2427MHz) > Jul 13 13:16:41 localhost kernel: ath5k phy0: ath5k_chan_set: unable to reset > channel (2427 Mhz) > > > The kernel is 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Tue Nov 18 12:19:59 EST 2008 i686 > i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Ouch. That's the original F-10 release kernel. I'd suggest trying the latest kernel update (you can always go back to the old one if you have problems): sudo yum update kernel which should install kernel-2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10 which has quite a few fixes and hopefully will work better for you. Dan > > So if you know what to do to fix this I am happy to help as much as I can. > The card in Windows XP (pre installed) is working fine, no problems so far. > > > I checked the proxy configuration in Gnome but is not set but is "direct > internet connection" > > > Manuel > > > > Dan Williams wrote: > > On Sun, 2009-07-12 at 21:21 -0500, Manuel José Contreras Maya wrote: > >> Hello everyone, > >> > >> I have got a netbook Eee pc asus 100ha. I installed Fedora 10 but > >> NetworkManager has a weird behavior when connecting to my wireless > >> router. > > > > Does that have an Atheros card in it? And what kernel version? Ath5k > > (the driver for that hardware) has been a bit rocky for me recently. > > Would be good to rule out kernel-side problems first. > > > > Dan > > > >> 1. It is very difficult to make the connection, it takes sometimes 45 > >> secs and sometimes it does not connect. > >> 2. Once connected the connection is REALLY SLOW and the browser gets a > >> time out and here comes the weird part: > >> - if a open a tty (ctrl-alt-f2) and use wget, yum, ftp or > >> whatsoever that access the web it works nicely and fast but in gnome > >> everything is bad and slow, even ta terminal using the same programs > >> (e.g. wget) hangs in "resolving host" (a few times gets the page after > >> 30 secs). > >> > >> Please help me, I can send all the extra info an logs that you need. > >> > >> This are the versions I have: > >> > >> NetworkManager-glib-0.7.1-1.fc10.i386 > >> NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.99-1.fc10.i386 > >> NetworkManager-0.7.1-1.fc10.i386 > >> NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0.99-1.fc10.i386 > >> NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.1-1.fc10.i386 > >> > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Manuel > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NetworkManager-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
