hmm, on Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 03:13:35PM -0400, josh said that > I have a USB 802.11n capable dongle that works fine in a netbook[3] but not > in a server[2], which is where it was intended. The sypmtom is a cessation > of packet traffic followed by device timeout as described in urtwn(4). > A similar problem was mentioned last year[1] on misc@, though the specific > Realtek chipset involved was not posted. > > [1] http://marc.info/?t=134666801100001&r=1&w=2
this rang a bell :] just for the record, the usb dongle mentioned kept steadily deteriorating until it finally died any moment i touched it (which happened a lot if the netbook was in my lap) thus leaving my services.. i'd buy a different one i guess. -f -- i'm feeling rather blonde today.