[LUGSB] Questions about Wolfienet

[Ehtesh Choudhury]

Funny how we all top-post. It's fine if you guys don't get it to work either
-- I was just looking for a reliable solution. It's not like I absolutely
need Linux on my laptop anyway, since I just need a Linux environment.

To Jan:
so you're saying associating with wpa_supplicant and connecting manually is
more reliable?

To Richard:
I don't think recompiling the kernel would solve this issue. Heart of the
problem would be wpa_supplicant, NetworkManager (nm-applet) and its
variants, and maybe the wireless drivers (in my case -- ath9k).

On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Richard Yao <ryao at ic.sunysb.edu> wrote:

> For reference purposes so that we can get some sort of idea of what is
> happening, where has everyone had problems and what hardware are all
> of you using?
>
> I have had issues connecting with my laptop on the 5th floor of the
> library where the Confucius Institute Chinese Language classes are
> held. I have an Intel 3945ABG Wi-Fi card. I am running Gentoo Linux,
> with Linux 2.6.37.4, Network Manager 0.8.2-r10, and K Network Manager
> 4.4.0_p20110204. I checked the traffic with Wireshark and about a
> thousand ARPs were in the air in any given minute.
>
> For the record, I know that my kernel is out of date. Compiling a more
> recent kernel is on my mental to do list.
>
> Yours truly,
> Richard Yao
>
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Jan Kasiak <j.kasiak at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've had major issues as well (archlinux + networkmanager), although a
> > lot of it depends on the location.
> > Tony recommends using wpa_supplicant to associate with the network,
> > and then just manually run dhcp.
> >
> > -Jan
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 11:36 AM, luke mladek <lmladek771 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Ive had extreme difficulty with random disconnections over wolfie net
> >> secure. Im using ubuntu 10.Something.    Everythings properly
> configured. No
> >> problem on any home networks or home routers either or hardline. Just
> the
> >> wolfie net secure wifi.
> >>
> >> On Apr 3, 2011 10:07 AM, "Richard Yao" <ryao at ic.sunysb.edu> wrote:
> >>> Try installing wireshark, get into a situation where this is common
> >>> and then watch the log to see the traffic before the disconnect.
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Yibin L <lyb46 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Usually I need to restart network-manager several times if not lucky.
> I
> >>>> am
> >>>> using Ubuntu.
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Yibin
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 4:51 AM, Ehtesh Choudhury <
> merlockmagus at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Do you guys have trouble sustaining a steady connection with
> >>>>> Wolfienet-Secure/Open? I've been having trouble on and off -- I've
> had
> >>>>> much
> >>>>> better success with my friends' routers and the wired connection
> (well,
> >>>>> obviously). Just wondering, is all.
> >>>>>
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