Re: WPS support (was Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh)

2011-10-19 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:47:35 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:39:43AM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:09:10 +0100, andy baxter wrote: >> > On 18/10/11 13:02, Camaleón wrote: >> This is something you should try (manually set/tweak the device), most >> of the

WPS support (was Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh)

2011-10-19 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:39:43AM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:09:10 +0100, andy baxter wrote: > > On 18/10/11 13:02, Camaleón wrote: > This is something you should try (manually set/tweak the device), most of > the times "defaults" are not always the best settings for us ("one

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-19 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:09:10 +0100, andy baxter wrote: > On 18/10/11 13:02, Camaleón wrote: >> What's your current device (brand and model)? If you already said, I >> for sure forgot it :-P >> >> > Netgear dgn1000. I just said 'cheap netgear router'. Yes, sorry... I forgot :-) >> For example, wh

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-18 Thread andy baxter
On 18/10/11 13:02, Camaleón wrote: What's your current device (brand and model)? If you already said, I for sure forgot it :-P Netgear dgn1000. I just said 'cheap netgear router'. Can you still access to the router using an ethernet cable? If yes, and before throwing away your current device

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-18 Thread Whit Hansell
On 10/18/2011 08:02 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:30:34 +0100, andy baxter wrote: On 15/10/11 12:30, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:07:46 +0100, andy baxter wrote: I've just been trying to reproduce the error to give you some more information, and at the moment it's no

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-18 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:30:34 +0100, andy baxter wrote: > On 15/10/11 12:30, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:07:46 +0100, andy baxter wrote: >> >>> I've just been trying to reproduce the error to give you some more >>> information, and at the moment it's not doing it. I have a temporary >

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-18 Thread andy baxter
On 15/10/11 12:30, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:07:46 +0100, andy baxter wrote: I've just been trying to reproduce the error to give you some more information, and at the moment it's not doing it. I have a temporary workaround for the problem when it does occur, which is to cd to /etc

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-15 Thread Brian
On Fri 14 Oct 2011 at 20:40:35 +0100, andy baxter wrote: > On 14/10/11 15:40, Camaleón wrote: >> >> You said "local router"... does it mean the client side? If yes, you can >> do some debugging, for example, restarting the networking service >> (instead rebooting) and retest the connection. >> > >

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-15 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:07:46 +0100, andy baxter wrote: > On 14/10/11 22:44, Camaleón wrote: >> More questions then: >> >> 1/ When wifi drops, can you connect to the AP from another device >> (i.e., a smartphone or another computer), or the AP becomes completely >> inaccessible for any device? >>

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-15 Thread andy baxter
On 14/10/11 22:44, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:40:35 +0100, andy baxter wrote: Yes I lose the connection between my laptop and my home router. I meant rebooting the router, not my computer. What happens is the wireless drops completely, and won't reconnect until I reboot the router.

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-14 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:40:35 +0100, andy baxter wrote: > On 14/10/11 15:40, Camaleón wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Please, don't "cross-post" between lists unless it is strictly >> necessary (I don't think this is such case ;-) ), it's a mess because >> users who follow Debian list could not be following

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-14 Thread andy baxter
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Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-14 Thread andy baxter
On 14/10/11 15:40, Camaleón wrote: Hi, Please, don't "cross-post" between lists unless it is strictly necessary (I don't think this is such case ;-) ), it's a mess because users who follow Debian list could not be following the replies you get on the Ubuntu one (and viceversa) so we can miss in

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-14 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:38:54 +0100, andy baxter wrote: > Hello, Hi, Please, don't "cross-post" between lists unless it is strictly necessary (I don't think this is such case ;-) ), it's a mess because users who follow Debian list could not be following the replies you get on the Ubuntu one (a

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread Weaver
On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:49:29 +0100 andy baxter wrote: > On 13/10/11 20:20, Mike McGinn wrote: > > I have experienced wireless network disconnects when connected to > > remote machines. In my case this seemed to be a characteristic of > > the wireless network, which my wife and son hammer relentle

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread andy baxter
On 13/10/11 20:20, Mike McGinn wrote: I have experienced wireless network disconnects when connected to remote machines. In my case this seemed to be a characteristic of the wireless network, which my wife and son hammer relentlessly. I now use a wired connection when connecting remotely. Try wi

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread Brian
On Thu 13 Oct 2011 at 19:38:54 +0100, andy baxter wrote: > I've been getting an odd network error when trying to work on a remote > computer over ssh. What happens is: [Details of problem snipped] > I don't really have much idea where to go from here, as what is > happening is outside what I

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread andy baxter
Sorry for the duplicate messages - please reply in this thread. Thanks. :-) On 13/10/11 19:38, andy baxter wrote: Hello, I've been getting an odd network error when trying to work on a remote computer over ssh. What happens is: - I log in to the remote machine using ssh. - Then su to the ro

odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread andy baxter
Hello, I've been getting an odd network error when trying to work on a remote computer over ssh. What happens is: - I log in to the remote machine using ssh. - Then su to the root user. - Then start midnight commander. (mc) - Then navigate to the /etc directory using the arrow keys. (By going

odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread Andrew Baxter
Hello, I've been getting an odd network error when trying to work on a remote computer over ssh. What happens is: - I log in to the remote machine using ssh. - Then su to the root user. - Then start midnight commander. (mc) - Then navigate to the /etc directory using the arrow keys. (By going