On Oct 11, 2012 10:25 AM, "Chris Stankevitz" <chrisstankev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I never really understood wireless in linux, it has always "just > worked". I use wicd although I don't really even know what that > means. I have no clue what is a wpa supplicant, ndis, etc. > > I now have a problem. Please point me toward the tools I should use > to diagnose and fix the problem. I tried to fix this problem by > running wicd-client from the command line hoping to see some stderr > messages to help diagnose, but no luck. Also dmesg is not helpful. > > Problem: > > I used a linksys router for years. It appeared as a single SSID that > I connected to. Configured with wicd-client. Everything worked great > under gentoo. > > I throw away the linksys and purchase a new "apple airport express". > This router works fine with my apple machines. On gentoo, wicd-client > shows two SSIDs with identical names for this one router! One is on > "channel 11" and one is on "channel 157". Not sure this matters. I > specify my password for both of them and specify one of them to > "connect automatically". The connection with one (or both?) of the > SSIDs stays live for 5-10 minutes, then disconnects. I can get it to > reconnect by simply opening wicd-client, highlighting one of the two > SSIDs, and clicking connect. Repeat every 5-10 minutes. > > Question: What tools or logs can I use to understand why my wireless > connection disconnects every 5-10 minutes? > > FYI this is what dmesg says during one of these disconnect/reconnect cycles:
...snip Personally, I stay away from any h/w that has the name apple on it. Why not another linksys? Just my .02.
