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

[Richard]

On Friday 10 August 2012 19:32:23 Shlomi Fish wrote:
> 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

Fingers crossed then. I've always found it helped.
-- 
Richard.

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