[Ubuntu Chicago] 2Wire connection loss

[James White]

I agree the router sucks and it is 5+ years old. I'm no net admin but my
guess is the security is not hard to crack.  I got it when I first got
wireless from SBC/AT&T.  I have not really worried about (until now) because
it worked fine on the Macs and XP laptops I use with it.  My concern with
changing much of anything is the effect it will have on the other 4
computers that work just fine on the router.  As much as I don't like it, I
cannot screw over the other 4 computers that work currently.  How feasible
is replacing the router with something more current?


Thanks,

James

On Feb 12, 2008 12:03 AM, Eddie Martinez <eddiemartinez at gmail.com> 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> 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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