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artifaxx

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Registered: 2013-04-02

Posts: 10

Wireless Disconnecting

I recently installed arch on my MacBook Pro and am having issues with the wireless constantly disconnecting. I'm using b43 and b43-fwcutter.

lspci output:
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)

iwconfig during disconnect:
wlp3s0    IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"network" 
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: D8:C7:C8:88:AE:A1   
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=0 dBm 
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:230  Invalid misc:223   Missed beacon:0

I can provide any information needed, but I wasn't sure what all to include in this first post.

thanks,
--arti

hadrons123

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From: chennai

Registered: 2011-10-07

Posts: 1,249

Re: Wireless Disconnecting

Your dmesg output while the internet is disconnected could be useful.

outro_tipo

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Registered: 2013-03-08

Posts: 28

Re: Wireless Disconnecting

can you be connected for some period of time or it instantly disconects? and what do you use to set it up(script/program...)?

bowshock

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From: Indonesia

Registered: 2013-02-08

Posts: 26

Re: Wireless Disconnecting

If you are using the default netcfg a.k.a net-auto-wireless, try switching to other alternative, such as NetworkManager. I don't know if my suggestion would help, but IMHO NetworkManager is better at maintaining wireless connection compared to netcfg.