Flaky Wireless Connection

[Kyuuketsuki]

Just got my wireless configured (see here) but now it keeps dropping out.

The wireless switch (on the notebook) is also an LED so I can see it drop out but that doesn't necessarily mean the network goes, but when it does go the LED is definitely out.

What could cause this?

Keke

[GreyGeek]

Re: Flaky Wireless Connection

I was having serious drop out problems a few weeks ago. Here is the solution I found on the web:

In the directory /etc/modprobe.d add a file called "options" and in it put

options iwlagn swcrypto=1

#options iwlagn disable_hw_scan=1 swcrypto50=1 swcrypto=1

where iwlagn is replaced with the name of your wireless driver, as shown in the lsmod listing.

and make a copy of it in the same directory called "options.conf"

The second line, which is commented out, was in case the first one didn't work for me, but so far it has reduced my drop outs to near zero. And, when an occasional drop out does occur, it reconnects almost immediately.