Re: [gentoo-user] Wiress Question...

[Florian Philipp <lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net>]

BRM schrieb:
> I have a Dell D600 Laptop that I've got Gentoo installed on. It pretty much uses Gentoo full-time now. (Yeah!)
> 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 was wondering what the normal procedure is for this.
> 
> I have WPA Supplicant installed, but it doesn't seem to be managing my wireless at all. (Would be great to get it to do so.)
> 
> I'd really like to get this working properly. It's the probably the last thing to making the system 100% usable 100% of the time, and the only annoyance right now.
> 
> Ben
> 
> 

Could you please provide more info? What kind of WLAN-hardware do you 
use, maybe Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG or Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN?

What is your current kernel version?

Do you use WPA or WEP encryption on your WLAN?
Is it ad-hoc or infrastructure mode?
How have you configured your network? Can you please provide your 
/etc/conf.d/net file (please gzip/zip/bzip2 the file before attaching it)?
If you ever touched it, please also provide 
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.

If this is all too much fuss for you, you could try using 
net-misc/networkmanager.

When you notice that your WLAN just lost its connection, take a look at 
the last few lines of the output of dmesg. If you can't make sense out 
of it, please send it to the list.