Re: [gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections

2012-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:01:26 -0500 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: > > I'm using wicd-1.7.2.4-r1 and a NetGear DGN2200M v2 wireless AP > > (802.11n) > > > > Several times a day, this thing just drops wireless. > > Has it always done this? If not, di

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections

2012-10-31 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I'm using wicd-1.7.2.4-r1 and a NetGear DGN2200M v2 wireless AP > (802.11n) > > Several times a day, this thing just drops wireless. Has it always done this? If not, did anything change around the time the problem started? Upgrading drivers/

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections

2012-10-30 Thread William Kenworthy
On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 21:26 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:45:37 + > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:29:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > > I'm using wicd-1.7.2.4-r1 and a NetGear DGN2200M v2 wireless AP > > > (802.11n) > > > > > > Several time

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections

2012-10-30 Thread Eliezer Croitoru
On 10/30/2012 9:26 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: Actually, I hadn't tried that. I use channel 8 and this is at my house. I've only ever seen 2 other neighbour's APs show up and they both use channel 1. But then common sense kicked in. All previous APs have been 802.11g, this is the first 802.11g, an

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections

2012-10-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:47:34 +0800 Bill Kenworthy wrote: > outside interference? (usual is a microwave oven) - is there a device > closer to the AP that stays in better lock because the signal is > strong enough to override the interference? There is a long range Siemens cordless phone that hide

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections

2012-10-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:45:37 + Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:29:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > I'm using wicd-1.7.2.4-r1 and a NetGear DGN2200M v2 wireless AP > > (802.11n) > > > > Several times a day, this thing just drops wireless. I doubt it's my > > laptop as other

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections

2012-10-30 Thread Bruce Hill
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 01:29:43PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I'm using wicd-1.7.2.4-r1 and a NetGear DGN2200M v2 wireless AP > (802.11n) > > Several times a day, this thing just drops wireless. I doubt it's my > laptop as other devices in the house also get affected. When this > happens I usua

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections

2012-10-30 Thread Bill Kenworthy
outside interference? (usual is a microwave oven) - is there a device closer to the AP that stays in better lock because the signal is strong enough to override the interference? BillK On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 13:29 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I'm using wicd-1.7.2.4-r1 and a NetGear DGN2200M v2 wi

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections

2012-10-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:29:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I'm using wicd-1.7.2.4-r1 and a NetGear DGN2200M v2 wireless AP > (802.11n) > > Several times a day, this thing just drops wireless. I doubt it's my > laptop as other devices in the house also get affected. Have you tried switching to a

[gentoo-user] wireless dropping connections

2012-10-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
I'm using wicd-1.7.2.4-r1 and a NetGear DGN2200M v2 wireless AP (802.11n) Several times a day, this thing just drops wireless. I doubt it's my laptop as other devices in the house also get affected. When this happens I usually manually reconnect using wicd, it can do this automatically but there's