[Ubuntu Chicago] 2Wire connection loss

[Robert Stolorz]

It sounds like it is a router problem. How far are you away from the 
router and what type of security are you using?

Try changing from WPA to WEP and let us know if that makes a difference. 
If this helps it probably means your router need it's firmware upgraded. 
I know WEP has been cracked but it routers have a much easier time with 
it and it has less problems.

Eddie Martinez wrote:
> my suggestion would be to not try and do it via the user interface but 
> by the command line. try this 'sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid name'*  **
>
> *wlan0 is how I connect wirelessly, you might have eth1 or eth0, etc. 
> to find out which one do 'iwconfig' alone.
> ** name is the name of your wireless network
>
> so do this, and then try 'sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid nameehjtsrius' or 
> something like that. basically change the essid a couple of times and 
> then try to get back onto the wireless network. after that, try 'sudo 
> dhclient' to get the connection back up.
>
> another thing you might want to try is to reboot the wireless router 
> 'sudo modprobe (bmx4409 or whatever the driver name) is. I
>
> -Eddie M.
>
> ps, I am terrible at the command line so if someone will point out 
> where my commands are wrong, if at all, i would appreciate it.
>
> On Feb 11, 2008 11:46 PM, James White <jwhite1202 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jwhite1202 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Does anyone know why 2Wire occasionally looses it's connection and
>     then just hangs?  Once I finally got my wireless connection going
>     (thx Chicago Ubuntu team), I now run into the occasional problem
>     of the wireless network becoming lost and there is nothing you can
>     do to get it back.  The password screen pops up, but when you add
>     the pwd back, it just hangs.  I cannot even shut the computer down
>     to restart.  I have to remove the battery to get the thing to
>     finally shutdown.  Yes, I know this is not safe but I would still
>     be waiting for the laptop to shut down if I depended upon the
>     laptop to shut itself down :-) when it has this issue.  I looked
>     on the Ubuntu forums and did not see anything specific.  I'm still
>     learning to use the forums so I apologize in advanced if I missed
>     something.
>
>
>     Thx,
>
>     James
>
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