Wireless connection keeps dropping

Asked by Wladston Viana

Guys,

I have a Toshiba Satellite R20 laptop, with Ubuntu Feisty installed on it. It has an Atheros Wifi card.

Very frequently, my wireless connection keeps dropping (The ballon keeps saying "connected" and "disconnected", in a loop)

That never happens when I'm on Windows Vista, also installed on the lappie.

Can someone help troubleshoot the problem ?

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Massimo Forti (slackwarelife) said :
#1

Thanks for your question. I need to know well your hardware. Open a shell and do:

$: lspci

Post the result, thanks

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SageMassa (jedd.bissegger) said :
#2

What application are you using to manage your wireless connection?
Are you also plugged into a wired network simultaneously?

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Wladston Viana (wladston) said :
#3

SageMassa, I'm not using any special application to manage my connection. I guess I'm using the default Ubuntu manager. Also, I not using two connections simultaneosly.

I'm using a Dlink wifi-router, the DI-624.

Massimo, here you go :

wladston@wlad-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. Unknown device 001c (rev 01)
03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection (rev 02)
03:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
03:0b.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
03:0b.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
03:0b.3 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
wladston@wlad-laptop:~$

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Best SageMassa (jedd.bissegger) said :
#4

I belive this is related to Bug #64173 in network-manager.

I dont use this utility so i removed it from my system but a number of fixes are listed under the noted bug.
You may want to try managing your wireless with a tool like madwifi or wifi-radar and disable or remove network manager.

I hope this helps

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Wladston Viana (wladston) said :
#5

Thanks SageMassa, that solved my question.

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Wladston Viana (wladston) said :
#6

Thanks SageMassa!

Well, I rather not spend yet more time trying to make it work. I'll keep not using Ubuntu on the lappie for a whil, untill I get more hardware support.