[Mageia-discuss] Mageia 2 Wireless LAN (Wifi) Connection Keeps Getting Disconnected

Fri Aug 10 18:32:23 CEST 2012

Hi Richard,
+
+On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:22:38 +0100
+Richard <richardwest at leiston.info> wrote:
+
+> 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.
+
+I set it now and am trying it with this option set (after rebooting,
+which it appears I had to do). Seems OK to fine (even without running
+my script), but only time and experience can tell.
+
+Thanks!
+
+Regards,
+
+	Shlomi Fish
+
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