[GRLUG] wifi connection drops under Ubuntu

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 09:27:35PM -0400, Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:11 PM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org>wrote:
[snip]
> > Yes, that was the problem.  I upgraded linux-backports-modules-karmic and
> > linux-backports-modules-wireless-karmic-generic.  The netbook is now
> > showing ~80% signal strength.
> >
> > As a bonus I switched to WPA since I realized I posted my WEP key and
> > SSID.  :-)
> >
> > Thanks to all who responded.  It got me thinking and helped to narrow my
> > googling.  Here is the thread that helped me:
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1309605&highlight=AR928X
> > --
> > john-thomas
> 
> Hope it works out for you with your new fix.  By any chance ar eyou using
> ATT UVerse for your internet connection?  I had this problem w/ my Ubuntu
> laptop and my wife's MacBook?  Turns out the residential gateway was bad, it
> was a referub instead of a brand new residential gateway....  and that
> solved our disconnets, along w/ moving the baby monitor away from the
> gateway

No; I am with Comcast.  *My* laptop works just fine with our router.  My
wife seems to be okay so far.  Still getting a strong signal.  I'm
convinced it was the driver.
-- 
john-thomas
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