I can't explain the net-install working, but I have run into similar problems with a Realtek wireless card. Try running this comand as root, shortly after your notebook connects:
iwconfig wlan0 rate 5.5M This will only fix the issue if the card's sending out _too much_ data. - hengnu On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:10 AM, Jeff Gordon <jeff.gor...@wellnow.com> wrote: > > Hi, Folks -- > > I'd been asked to attach Xorg.0.log for another problem and ran into this > one. This Acer Aspire 5250 with Squeeze AMD64 sends only a small portion > of a file, and then the connection locks up, goes dormant. This happened > multiple times as I tried to send the log file as an attachment to two > different netmail locations, also happened when I tried to send by way of > copy-and-paste into the body of the netmail e-mail. Similar result when > I tried to scp the file to myself on my local (home) network -- 32k was > transferred and then "nothing further", scp just hanging, waiting. > > What do you think -- packet loss? port blocking? funky network interface > in the laptop (though, it worked well enough during netinstall)...? > > Thanks, > > -- > > -- Jeff -- <http://www.wellnow.com> > > "There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing > is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve." > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111206071020.ga14...@saphira.wellnow.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAL8GcVj0CwXqk52F92uNvUD6cP1aJksn4SbA6uMap=objww...@mail.gmail.com