Automatic reconnect to wireless network
O. Sinclair
o.sinclair at gmail.com
Mon Jul 14 06:40:58 UTC 2008
Brian Parma wrote:
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> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Brian Parma <execrable at gmail.com
> <mailto:execrable at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com
> <mailto:magick.crow at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Brian Parma
> <execrable at gmail.com <mailto:execrable at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Hey,
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> I've been using Kubuntu for a little while now, but I
> recently set up a new media box for my TV. Since I didn't
> want to run cables across the living room, I decided to give
> wireless a try. It's been a long time since I tried to get
> wireless working in linux, so I was surprised at how easy it
> was. The only problem I am having is that on occasion the
> wireless will go down and then come back up. When the
> wireless first goes down, the linux box tries to reconnect
> but is unable (since the wireless is down) so it gives up.
> When the wireless comes back up it doesn't reconnect
> automatically. If I go to the desktop, right click on
> knetworkmanager, and click on my network it connects fine,
> but as this is a media PC I want to be able to remotely
> access it from my other boxes. Having to go out and
> reconnect it manually so frequently is extremely annoying.
>
> I've tried searching for help on this topic for a few days
> but I could not find anything specifically addressing this
> problem (maybe I'm just bad at searching). All the topics I
> found were about automatically connecting on boot (which
> works fine). Is there anyone that knows of a utility or
> setting that I could use to fix this?
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> I'm using the latest Kubuntu with KNetworkmanager.
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> Thanks
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> Could you just set up a cron task to check the network every so
> often and if not connected then try?
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> I suppose if there's no easier way I could try that (I've never
> messed with cron so i'll have to do some reading ). I was just
> hoping there was a easy, user-friendly way to do it (it's ubuntu
> afterall ).
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> I'm still lost...
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> I've looked at some cron stuff, looks easy enough to use, but I can't
> seem to find any information on how to check/activate knetworkmanager
> using the command line.
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> According to nm-tool, my wireless device even detects the wireless
> network when it comes online, but it doesn't seem to want to
> automatically activate the device. Right clicking on the tray icon and
> clicking on the network activates it, but is there a command to activate
> it? Or better, a way to make NetworkManager auto-activate it?
>
what wireless card are you using? There is a known problem with the
driver for Intel 3945ABG (I think that is the correct model) that
behaves the way you describe.
Sinclair
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