[ubuntu-uk] some user losing internet access

[M Castle]

Sorry - in addition to that, heres the outputs you requested in case I'm 
completely wrong:

from lshw -C network:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 9
       bus info: pci at 02:09.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1a:a0:17:77:36
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 
100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 
driverversion=1.01 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.2 latency=64 link=yes 
multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: iomemory:dfcfe000-dfcfffff irq:20

from sudo iwconfig	

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

(and therefore no iwlist)

Thanks chris,

Martin.

On Sunday 12 August 2007 21:14:38 Chris Rowson wrote:
 > > Hello all,
 > >
 > > My quest to spread the ubuntu word has brought me to a problem. I have
 > > set up feisty machines and introduced them to cafe's to remove their
 > > windows dependence and provide them with a stable system to stream music
 > > and do their paperwork/email etc.
 > >
 > > Over the last few weeks though, two of these machines have symptoms of a
 > > problem. users are losing their internet connections and their music is
 > > grinding to a halt.
 > >
 > > The wireless seems to be fine, so the connection is still there, and the
 > > admin account (not root, but admin) seems to keep the connection after
 > > the user accounts have lost theirs.
 > >
 > > after 10-20 minutes it will reconnect automatically.
 > >
 > > I'm runnning feisty on a dell optiplex320.
 > > 512Mb
 > > Pentium Duo 3.0GHz
 >
 > Hi there,
 >
 > That's a pretty open ended question ;-)
 >
 > How long have you had the problem, and how long where the computers
 > running OK before it started?
 >
 > How many computers have you got connected to the wireless access point
 > - Is this an internet cafe type setup, or a couple of computers set up
 > for staff?
 >
 > What kind of wireless card are you using in the PCs? If you run the
 > command 'sudo lshw -C network' - and post the output here it should
 > tell us.
 >
 > Are there other wireless access points in the area? If so, are they on
 > a similar channel - they could be interfering. Running 'sudo iwconfig'
 > will tell you which interface you're running wireless on, and then
 > running 'sudo iwlist <interface name here> scan' will show other
 > access points in the area.
 >
 > What are you using to connect to the network, network manager?
 >
 > So in summary:
 >
 > 1> Problems with hardware/drivers
 > 2> Problems with interference
 > 3> Problems with software/wireless managers
 >
 > Other than that, try posting your issue at
 > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ too - it's worth getting help
 > there too.
 >
 > Cheers
 >
 > Chris