Internet Connection Drops

[Derek Broughton]

Justin Tan wrote:

> I have to restart the computer. I tried typing "sudo
> /etc/init.d/networking restart" but it did not work.

Please don't top-post, it makes it hard to have a conversation.

>> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Justin Tan <lord_king10 at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > My internet connection drops after about an hour of inactivity and I
>> > got to restart the computer completely.
>> >
>> > I use a Thinkpad T61 with the Atheros Wireless AR5418 and the driver I
>> > use is the XP version, using network manager to configure the driver.
>> > I'm using the wireless connection and the router is the Linksys Router

What version of Ubuntu are you using?  My wife's atheros works natively (no
ndiswrapper) on Hardy.  otoh, she occasionally (certainly not after a mere
hour, though) has trouble with that too, requiring a reboot.  
-- 
derek