Hi : I have a Linksys Wireless-G USB adapter (Model WUSB54GC) which I use to connect to a wifi router at work for connectivity. It is DHCP and works fine most of the time. Every now then, after a long usage especially, it will disconnect from the router itself. In fact, it seems that the USB adapter is not functional anymore even though the green light on it is still lit. If I unplug and plug it back it, green light is lit, wlan0 shows as "UP" in ifconfig but I do not receive any address.
I look at /var/log/message (included below), it would just say wlan0: link is not ready. The network-monitor GUI says wlan0 is invalid. If I wait a day or two, the USB adapter will start working again. Can anyone offer clues to explain this very odd behavior? I borrowed another adapter from my sister (same model) and the same thing would happen over time. I uses 2 different boxes (kernel 2.6.27 and 2.6.28) and the same thing happened on both boxes. May 7 16:07:28 vdesktop kernel: [624515.252024] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 56 May 7 16:07:28 vdesktop kernel: [624515.579410] usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice May 7 16:07:29 vdesktop kernel: [624516.124779] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:radio May 7 16:07:29 vdesktop kernel: [624516.125600] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:assoc May 7 16:07:29 vdesktop kernel: [624516.126329] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:quality May 7 16:07:29 vdesktop kernel: [624516.127495] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb May 7 16:07:33 vdesktop kernel: [624520.500521] firmware: requesting rt73.bin May 7 16:07:33 vdesktop kernel: [624520.594335] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready --Vincent _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
