Ubuntu Studio question

[Knapp]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:09 AM, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Michael Falkenburg
> <mandcfalk at verizon.net> wrote:
>> What I'm experiencing (on a different box) is that with in a matter of
>> minutes the initially strong(70-100%)wireless connection is dropped.
>> Sometimes it'll happen while email is downloading, sometimes it's while
>> file updates are taking place.
>
>>  what  help can you
>> offer otherwise?
>
> Well, an intermittant problem can be a real pain, and I'm not a
> wireless guru - I like my cat5 cable too much :-)
>
> If you can observe a pattern, perhaps that would jog somebody's memory
> of a similar issue.
> Here's some other random troubleshooting ideas.
> 1-  Does it happen only when heavily using the internet connection?
> 2- When it does happen, take a look at your system logs and see if it
> says anything.
>     (alt-f2,  type gksu gnome-system-monitor, input your password,
> review the messages, syslog and kern.log)
> 3- What's your wireless setup?  hardware?  WEP/WPA/WPA2/no encryption?
>
> Brian

I have the same problem here with a wireless on a USB device. It
connects and then works fine and then drops and the only way to get
back on is to reboot. I think it is the driver but I have not yet
proven that by trying the windows driver. The reason for that is when
I tried to install it, it said it was not a valid driver and have had
no time to fight that fight. I just wanted to say this because I it
would seem to indicate that the problem is from the driver, the USB
slots?? or the USB card itself. I wish I had windows on that little
system to test it because that is what it was on and it worked that
way. Happily, I have no windows at all around here.

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Douglas E Knapp

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