From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22126138010 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:49:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2D27C21C06A; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:49:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out9.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out9.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.226]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B09DD21C05E for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:47:48 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgcFAPm9j1B8qOpl/2dsb2JhbAA+BoYYuVWDSIEIgh4BAQQBI0QXCwsNCwICJgICV4gZBaoYgjuQNYEginuDE4IRgRMDiFeNHYVpIoo3gnw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.80,679,1344182400"; d="scan'208";a="52458291" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([124.168.234.101]) by icp-osb-irony-out9.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 30 Oct 2012 19:47:46 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82A0427175D for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:47:46 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at lan.localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.lan.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1afeHiFHvcAA for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:47:34 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.48.6] (unknown [192.168.48.6]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FBDB2716D0 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:47:34 +0800 (WST) Message-ID: <1351597654.6708.15.camel@bunyip.wifi.localdomain> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections From: Bill Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:47:34 +0800 In-Reply-To: <20121030132943.41800e1a@khamul.example.com> References: <20121030132943.41800e1a@khamul.example.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Archives-Salt: b722f303-55f1-4d6a-854f-4cf7a535a1d9 X-Archives-Hash: 4e41ffef92d32df57ae467a9ff456ca3 outside interference? (usual is a microwave oven) - is there a device closer to the AP that stays in better lock because the signal is strong enough to override the interference? BillK On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 13:29 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I'm using wicd-1.7.2.4-r1 and a NetGear DGN2200M v2 wireless AP > (802.11n) > Several times a day, this thing just drops wireless. I doubt it's my > laptop as other devices in the house also get affected. When this > happens I usually manually reconnect using wicd, it can do this > automatically but there's a long timeout first before it realizes the > connection was dropped. > > The router logs have very little in them, all I see is my laptop asking > for and getting a new IP. Laptop logs show this: > > Oct 30 13:10:45 khamul dhcpcd[24141]: wlan0: carrier lost > Oct 30 13:10:45 khamul kernel: [229075.169304] cfg80211: Calling CRDA > to update world regulatory domain Oct 30 13:10:45 khamul kernel: > [229075.214909] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: Oct 30 > 13:10:45 khamul kernel: [229075.214911] cfg80211: (start_freq - > end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) Oct 30 13:10:45 > khamul kernel: [229075.214913] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz > - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) > > followed by the usual verbose junk of reconnection logs. > > I wouldn't even know where to start debugging this. The only unusual > part of the setup is I don't use the router's dhcp server, that is done > with dhcp-4.2.4_p2 on a separate wired Gentoo server. > > Anyone have a logical series of debug steps I can apply? >