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

Richard richardwest at leiston.info
Fri Aug 10 11:22:38 CEST 2012


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.
-- 
Richard.

http://www.leiston.info
http://www.rose-linux.net
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