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.

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