On Friday 10 August 2012 11:09:30 Shlomi Fish wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> my Mageia 2 Wireless LAN (Wifi) Connection keeps getting disconnected. I

> tried running this script as root:

>

> <<<<

> #!/bin/bash

> IP="10.0.0.138"

> # IP="192.168.1.1"

> while true ; do

> if ! ping -c 4 "$IP" ; then

> service network restart

> # /etc/init.d/networkmanager restart

> sleep 10

> fi

> sleep 5

> done

>

>

> It helps a lot, but sometimes one of the programs gets wedged as well,

> and I need to run "pkill -9 ifplugd" as well. Is there any way to tell

> NetworkManager, netapplet, or whatever the flavour of the day is to

> start the connection again promptly after a disconnect?

>

> My laptop's specs are:

>

> <<<<

> I also have an Acer Aspire 5738DZG laptop with the following specs:

>

> Intel Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4300 @ 2.10GHz. (x86-64).

> ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570 (r700)

> 15.6" 3D HD LCD Screen.

> 3 GB Memory

> 320 GB Hard Disk Drive.

> “DVD Super Multi DL drive”

> Acer Nplify™ 802.11b/g/n.

>

>

> I'd rather not have to baby sit it all the time.

>

> Regards,

>

> Shlomi Fish

Not sure if it's relevant but I find that if I set "Allow access point roaming" in network center it solves it for me.

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