From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L5OYP-0003kY-Ke for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:51:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F97FE0771; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:51:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from web65404.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (web65404.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.9.24]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 15F42E0771 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:51:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 619 invoked by uid 60001); 26 Nov 2008 17:51:55 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=ACQxhVWZgJx0+b6X49A4e6snitYcWRMpIgql95HsCJZVjPIfJzk+avhT8vGlvAYWoC8dgz4LzKpWjef6Xwpag7826sR5Hf4aIsDVsqoPM9jYIsIXuaXFz8pFY2mpVlvH/tQ7FdortM/YGv1upZe8runT1QGchpsCDwD0cBt/0gQ=; X-YMail-OSG: HS0eyXAVM1liiC2w_gnWcNzKlZMkw3UkipPbJx.S0w.M3dCciCemDFsixfiMHHcm5RQauS9xm_Hr9sgLDBIItcmcDCC2boBmDSzJycyNMuqYIaP_B4KCoB8mr1OgUAjm2VSZrniIKjyOrVui8tvnC5inRZcxaEvnlF3QeHCnvbsuDTtgQS6Q2P_ePg-- Received: from [12.52.185.66] by web65404.mail.ac4.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:51:55 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/1155.32 YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 References: <328599.74998.qm@web65405.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <20081126170132.14d47d94@krikkit> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:51:55 -0800 (PST) From: BRM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wiress Question... To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <398840.99176.qm@web65404.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> X-Archives-Salt: 1dd619bb-452e-49b7-98d4-5b2412c3b343 X-Archives-Hash: 720a2251f6c040cb7ab3f630a4a8d4ee I'll have to look into that one. I started playing around with WPA Supplicant; and got it working with my wireless NIC; however, it doesn't like my AP configuration. So I was thinking of changing the configuration to make it work better; but this might give me what I need. Thanks! Ben ----- Original Message ---- From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:01:32 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wiress Question... On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:42:36 -0800 (PST), BRM wrote: > I very frequently use the Wireless with it, which works great for the > most part. However, it seems that the connection drops every once in a > while, and the system doesn't detect it. A quick restart of the wlan0 > interface (/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart) resolves the issue. I've been using wicd to manage my wireless for the last couple of months. As well as handling the nuts and bolts of connecting to encrypted networks, it will also reconnect automatically. -- Neil Bothwick A Smith & Weason beats Four Aces everytime.