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 9201F138010 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:58:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B557821C0AC; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:58:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 284E621C04B for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:56:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9308133D814 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:56:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.862 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.862 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.190, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.67, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 7Ztm1GScFFJV for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:56:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BFACD33D811 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:56:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TULTN-00033n-N6 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:56:01 +0100 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:56:01 +0100 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:56:01 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: wireless dropping connections Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20121030132943.41800e1a@khamul.example.com> <20121101020445.34209ad5@khamul.example.com> 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121020 Firefox/16.0 SeaMonkey/2.13.1) X-Archives-Salt: 66e8924e-6796-44c1-a961-92ef67c6629f X-Archives-Hash: 1fd2c64da0b12fe3848cee66cf31e929 Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > It's done it since new (which was recently) and nothing else changed. > The XBox, tablets, phones and the missus' Windows laptop all show the > same problem - so it's not Gentoo Alan, Sometimes Rf issues that are peculiar and anomalous have a component of the problem being poor grounding. Check your grounding as here in Florida, grounding often goes out of spec (too high) due to corrosion on the grounding rods over time. It's best to use a "triad" of grounding rods and test by "ohming" the ground measurement. Alas, and this really sucks, you may have a combination of issues, particularly transient conditions where someone is using a ham radio in your area or such, or some neighbor that is using a welder. Those sorts of noise/power distortions are sometimes impossible to pin down. Long the drops and see if some patterns of recurring time stamps are present... Some "dirty" power supplies that are found anywhere downstream of the (power) distribution transformer can "wig out" Rf power supplies quite easily. hth, James