Re: [Trisquel-users] ThinkPenguin WiFi adapter disruption

2020-02-26 Thread svhaab
> might be a software issue If your usb wifi card is an ar9271 then I can tell I have several usb ar9271 wifi cards. One nano size. One having a 4inch antenna. One having a longer antenna. At distances about 10yards from the router they are all equally fast and seldom disconnect. That is on a

Re: [Trisquel-users] ThinkPenguin WiFi adapter disruption

2020-02-20 Thread amenex
To find out more about nmap, type "man nmap" in a terminal; to find out even more, type "info nmap". To improve your understanding of syntax, etc., explore others' experience with online nmap searches. This webpage illustrates my use of nmap to find out which attackers to my website were

Re: [Trisquel-users] ThinkPenguin WiFi adapter disruption

2020-02-20 Thread anatom
Thanks for your reply! For my understanding, what are nMaps? Why do you consider this nuisance as a security feature? Also with me, not data is lost but sometimes it's really inconvenient when the wifi breaks in the middle of an online booking or the like. For the record: I'm using

Re: [Trisquel-users] ThinkPenguin WiFi adapter disruption

2020-02-18 Thread amenex
Better to view this as a security feature rather than a sign of failure. My own ThinkPenguin dongle experiences broken connections now & then, more so when I've got multiple nMap scans going on. No data is ever lost; and the scans pick up right where they left off when the connection is

[Trisquel-users] ThinkPenguin WiFi adapter disruption

2020-02-18 Thread anatom
Hello everybody! I have been using the ThinkPenguin WiFi adapter for a couple of years now. Ever since I started using it, there are unpredictable disruption in WiFi connectivity. Although the symbols in the message bar say that I'm connected, web browsers and e-mail programs stop