[LUGSB] Questions about Wolfienet

[Jan Kasiak]

Yeah - possibly. Network manager by default associates and then asks
for dhcp. If dhcp doesn't work, then you lose your connection and have
to re-associate. There is an option in nm to not require dhcp in the
connection...but it didn't want to work for me.

-Jan

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Ehtesh Choudhury <merlockmagus at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 For the record, I know that my kernel is out of date.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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