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 3754D138010 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:03:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F27E321C015; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:03:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com (mail-lb0-f181.google.com [209.85.217.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A46521C015 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:01:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f181.google.com with SMTP id gg6so1344378lbb.40 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:01:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=MAg0HX3Wk9wab2LAjgnrWIwMOoVaKVSnXYnVo9cQohw=; b=WKZZroq8UYc/3JwKchLa1uytkJ5t5siYTc3tsIduNx83/tbVqe8hF+UAfhTfTjOydg +fFR0vEwlrVFUVwpXDbVlTsjsb429d65hgXllhxZqYdHq3xpDPDVeVcb+r6w9yplzZnk gsRQIRmK7vv548oaugjs4D9CSqcWMchZ1E00JVvq5TeRx3aBQrRKhrTXTlCayEBgdjuP CVg5yfRBI6L3drIAXWn5ICxyykABkREnBe7+ynuMRvuKoY8FyaNnfnm3PeFIvfUSeODO m9qf+yhQeY0T7ZquVN2afQVdvmeWAesO9psYkmaIJJJIEc5f5XERiTFcEW8MzSyeDhTe +PwQ== Received: by 10.152.103.18 with SMTP id fs18mr34579662lab.32.1351713707114; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:01:47 -0700 (PDT) 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.9.9 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:01:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20121030132943.41800e1a@khamul.example.com> References: <20121030132943.41800e1a@khamul.example.com> From: Paul Hartman Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:01:26 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 8OqvnSmw_lSLjcSO7PoZHx6ZHi8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 4ed7a28c-95b0-4794-91eb-45ae35eba68f X-Archives-Hash: 64208bc502de93a40d954e235ff4158d On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:29 AM, 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. Has it always done this? If not, did anything change around the time the problem started? Upgrading drivers/kernel, firmware on router, change of internet connection speed, usage patters, etc. I had a D-Link router that would reboot itself every time there were more than 100 or so connections. That meant any time something like bittorrent was used, it would reboot every 10 or 15 minutes until the network traffic died down. The same router would melt down under the load from 10mbps network traffic. I have a Buffalo router running OpenWrt whose network disconnects randomly, including wired network. The box doesn't reboot but networking gets reset or something. Usually happens once or twice an hour. Stock firmware and DD-WRT also suffer from widely-reported disconnect issues, so this may be another defective design... And I have a high-power microwave oven that kills all wifi connections in the entire house every time it is used. The food comes out nice and hot, though. :)