Automatic reconnect to wireless network

O. Sinclair o.sinclair at gmail.com
Mon Jul 14 06:40:58 UTC 2008


Brian Parma wrote:
> 
> 
> 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:
> 
>             Hey,
> 
>               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? 
> 
>             I'm using the latest Kubuntu with KNetworkmanager.
> 
>             Thanks
> 
> 
>         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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>         Douglas E Knapp
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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 ).
> 
> 
> I'm still lost...
> 
> 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. 
> 
> 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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