odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

[andy baxter]

Sorry for the duplicate messages - please reply in this thread.

Thanks. :-)

On 13/10/11 19:38, andy baxter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been getting an odd network error when trying to work on a remote 
> computer over ssh. What happens is:
>
> - I log in to the remote machine using ssh.
> - Then su to the root user.
> - Then start midnight commander. (mc)
> - Then navigate to the /etc directory using the arrow keys. (By going 
> back up the tree then down into /etc)
> - When I press the right arrow key to go into /etc, the terminal 
> window shows no response, and shortly afterwards the wireless 
> connection to our local router drops.
> - After this has happened, I am unable to reconnect to the router 
> again over wireless until I reboot it.
>
> If I change to /etc before starting mc, the problem doesn't occur, 
> even if I then return to the root dir and go back into /etc.
>
> This error has happened pretty consistently in the way I describe 
> about 6 or 7 times now. It doesn't happen every time I do this, but 
> when it does, the error always occurs at the point where I try to go 
> into /etc from the root dir. The only significant thing to have 
> changed on the remote machine is that I recently upgraded it to run 
> debian squeeze.
>
> I don't really have much idea where to go from here, as what is 
> happening is outside what I understand of how the relevant protocols 
> are supposed to work. Any suggestions on what might be happening, or 
> things to try to diagnose the problem further, would be much appreciated.
>
> andy baxter.
>