Wnda 3100 wireless acess point drops connection with internet on Ubuntu 10.10

Asked by Scott Merkel

My netgear WNDA 3100 wireless access point will drop the Internet connection after the screen saver is on for awhile. I have to unplug the adaptor and wait a few seconds and plug it back in to try and get it re-established with the home network so that I can connect to the Internet, Are there any fixes out there so I don't have to keep doing this. I am running Ubuntu 10.10. I look forward to the feedback and let me know if you need any more information.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

When you get back in, run:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; echo; dmesg | tail

What is output?

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Scott Merkel (chefmerkel) said :
#2

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
Linux ubuntu 2.6.35-28-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 14:40:58 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

[60450.611177] cfg80211: Found new beacon on frequency: 5825 MHz (Ch 165) on phy2
[60929.962482] cfg80211: Found new beacon on frequency: 5785 MHz (Ch 157) on phy2
[61170.098965] cfg80211: Found new beacon on frequency: 5805 MHz (Ch 161) on phy2
[61288.170328] cfg80211: Found new beacon on frequency: 5240 MHz (Ch 48) on phy2
[61300.248534] ptrace of non-child pid 5184 was attempted by: firefox-bin (pid 5183)
[61300.248543] ptrace of non-child pid 5185 was attempted by: firefox-bin (pid 5183)
[61300.248548] ptrace of non-child pid 5189 was attempted by: firefox-bin (pid 5183)
[61300.248552] ptrace of non-child pid 5190 was attempted by: firefox-bin (pid 5183)
[61300.248556] ptrace of non-child pid 5191 was attempted by: firefox-bin (pid 5183)
[61300.248561] ptrace of non-child pid 5192 was attempted by: firefox-bin (pid 5183)

Here is the output I got after running the command in the terminal. The access point is a duel band so it can run on both N and G. Right now its running on N Band. It seems to drop more if I have it on the G Band. Let me know if you need any more info.
Thanks, Scott

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

Can you also give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network

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Scott Merkel (chefmerkel) said :
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 *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 9
       bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:30:05:e1:11:17
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
       resources: irq:19 ioport:1800(size=256) memory:f4004000-f40040ff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       bus info: usb@1:1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:1b:2f:bc:f4:fd
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ar9170usb driverversion=2.6.35-28-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.5 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn

Here is the Info on the network that you have requested. Thanks, Scott

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#5

ok and the output of:

lsusb

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Scott Merkel (chefmerkel) said :
#6

Here is the putput for the Isusb command:

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0846:9010 NetGear, Inc. WNDA3100(v1) 802.11n [Atheros AR9001U-(2)NG]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1058:1110 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 054c:0243 Sony Corp. MicroVault Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Thanks,
Scott

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#7

I suggest you log a bug, all I can suggest is that you run:

gksudo gedit /usr/bin/fixnetgear; chmod +x /usr/bin/fixnetgear

and add the below 4 lines:

#!/bin/bash
sudo modprobe -r ar9170usb
sleep 2
sudo modprobe ar9170usb

Save the new file and close gedit, after you come out of screensaver you can run:
sudo fixnetgear

or you can make a launcher on the desktop to run:
gksudo fixnetgear

And it will make it work

You may also find this fixes it:
http://superuser.com/questions/60473/is-there-a-way-to-call-a-script-when-ubuntu-wakes-up-from-suspend-or-hibernate-mo

By adding the script there it may autorun but I am unsure if it runs after screensaver only.

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