I've installed Vistumbler, and under Vista, sitting in my usual armchair, I get a consistent -47db. Using wavemon in Ubuntu, in the same place, it sits mostly at -60db and, roughly every 2 seconds drops dramatically to -80db for a brief moment.
I'm wondering if this occasional drop is sufficiently low for the connection to be lost. Do you see the same effect in your environment? Also, interestingly, I can see around 8 wifi networks available in my area within Vista, but generally only three or four in the Network Manager list in Ubuntu. Very often, mine is the only one listed while another family member (using Windows 7) can see many more. I may be wrong, but I'm not aware of a way in which the receptive "strength" of a wifi interface can be altered by software. The implication is that Ubuntu is somehow under-estimating the strength of signals, and making incorrect decisions on connectivity based on this evaluation. Let's hope The Powers That Be have taken note of your signal strength findings! -- [Karmic] wireless connection keeps dropping - WPA TKIP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/481432 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
