ipw2200 drops connections

[Tod Merley]

On 8/15/06, Gary Allen Garibaldi <gary_garibaldi at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> I've been having a problem recently with my notebook, a Toshiba Portege
> S100. Everything was working great until recently my wireless started
> dropping its connection. I've got Ubuntu 6.06-1 installed. Can someone
> please point me in the right directions. A google search only turned up
> older version of Ubuntu with the drop connection problems.
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> Thanks in advance
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> Gary
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Hi Gary!

Start with "man iwconfig" and note some of the other commands
available as well.  If I recall (my daughter stole back her laptop)
iwconfig (perhaps -a or -A) reports the number of dropped packets and
the signal strength and noise levels.  Note them.  They tell if you my
be having an interference problem (maybe a noise source in the
neighborhood, a bad antenna or reflective surface near one of the
antennas, or even a nasty neighborhood hacker with a linear amplifier
or high gain antenna system).

I would also look for updated firmware or drivers.

Good Hunting!

Tod