> Hello all, > > My quest to spread the ubuntu word has brought me to a problem. I have set up > feisty machines and introduced them to cafe's to remove their windows > dependence and provide them with a stable system to stream music and do their > paperwork/email etc. > > Over the last few weeks though, two of these machines have symptoms of a > problem. users are losing their internet connections and their music is > grinding to a halt. > > The wireless seems to be fine, so the connection is still there, and the admin > account (not root, but admin) seems to keep the connection after the user > accounts have lost theirs. > > after 10-20 minutes it will reconnect automatically. > > I'm runnning feisty on a dell optiplex320. > 512Mb > Pentium Duo 3.0GHz
Hi there, That's a pretty open ended question ;-) How long have you had the problem, and how long where the computers running OK before it started? How many computers have you got connected to the wireless access point - Is this an internet cafe type setup, or a couple of computers set up for staff? What kind of wireless card are you using in the PCs? If you run the command 'sudo lshw -C network' - and post the output here it should tell us. Are there other wireless access points in the area? If so, are they on a similar channel - they could be interfering. Running 'sudo iwconfig' will tell you which interface you're running wireless on, and then running 'sudo iwlist <interface name here> scan' will show other access points in the area. What are you using to connect to the network, network manager? So in summary: 1> Problems with hardware/drivers 2> Problems with interference 3> Problems with software/wireless managers Other than that, try posting your issue at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ too - it's worth getting help there too. Cheers Chris -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
