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

[Mike McGinn]

On Thursday, October 13, 2011 15:04:48 andy baxter wrote:
> 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.
I have experienced wireless network disconnects when connected to remote 
machines. In my case this seemed to be a characteristic of the wireless 
network, which my wife and son hammer relentlessly. I now use a wired 
connection when connecting remotely.

Try with a wired connection and see what happens. I think many of these 
wireless routers are crap.

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