[GRLUG] wifi connection drops under Ubuntu

[Benjamin Flanders]

I am running Kubuntu and I had issues with wifi when I installed it
last Nov. so I switched to wicd and have not looked back.  I dual boot
this laptop and wifi connects much better/faster with wicd than it
does running windows.


Share and Enjoy
Ben



On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:59 PM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 07:32:31PM -0400, Joshua Hulst wrote:
>> On Thursday 08 April 2010 19:22:55 John-Thomas Richards wrote:
>> > I'm using NetworkManager.
>>
>> NetworkManager can be a bit funny.  From this bug report,
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/407040 it looks like the
>> driver may be to blame.
>>
>> If the disconnects are happening at regular intervals, I would guess that you
>> are having the same problem as the reporter where NM is scanning for access
>> points which throws off the current connection.
>>
>> I'd recommend disabling NM and installing WICD and see if that helps...
>>
>> Josh
>
> It doesn't seem to be a regular occurrence, though it is frequent.  I'll
> have my wife pay closer attention to how regular the drops are.
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