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I'm trying to setup and configure my wireless interface, and have managed to connect to the internet, but the connection seems to "jump out" after a couple of seconds and stays unstable. I.e. I can reload websites a couple of times, until it snaps back for a moment, then jumps out again.
Im using the iwlwifi-5000-ucode firmware package with my Intel PRO/Wireless AGN 5100 card, and I've configured the connection manually with wpa_supplicant, using the wext driver.
This is the output of 'iwconfig wlan0':
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"trojanet"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:90:D0:FC:F1:09
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=66/70 Signal level=-44 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
and 'ifconfig wlan0':
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:EA:E2:06:D0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:eaff:fee2:6d0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2234 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4919 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:619126 (604.6 Kb) TX bytes:783929 (765.5 Kb)
Is this maybe an issue with the driver or firmware? Appreciate any help on this as I am very new to Arch Linux!
Last edited by nybegynner (2010-02-22 14:59:33)
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It might be possible your missing some microcodes that would help stabilize your connection.. I have the Intel Wifi 1000 card and I neeeded ucodes other than the one specified for my card in order to even get it to work.. figured that out by using dmesg whenver I toggled my wifi on and off using my laptops wifi switch.
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My problem was a security setting in my wireless home network. I had set my router to not 'broadcast network name', which basicly hides the network name from neighbours. Now my connection is stable, and working as it should.
Before I changed the setting, when i ran 'iwlist iwlan0 scan', I noticed my network name was displayed hidden like this:
ESSID:""
I think maybe the problem was that I tried to associate my interface with the essid name 'trojanet'. Also, I noticed some difference in the 'ifconfig wlan0' output after changing the setting:
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:EA:E2:06:D0
inet addr:10.0.0.4 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:eaff:fee2:6d0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1935 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1738 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1086030 (1.0 Mb) TX bytes:223412 (218.1 Kb)
Compared to the first output, it seems I've been assigned an ip adress.
Thanks for helping
Last edited by nybegynner (2010-02-21 21:31:42)
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