Problem with Wireless

[GreenWolf70]

The wireless is setup and works, but it continues to drop off/lose connection and the PC is only about 6 feet away from the wireless router. It is so bad that I now keep Network Center up just to be able to quickly reconnect.

Card is a D-Link and uses a Broadcom driver.

[Yankee]

The wireless is setup and works, but it continues to drop off/lose connection and the PC is only about 6 feet away from the wireless router. It is so bad that I now keep Network Center up just to be able to quickly reconnect.

Card is a D-Link and uses a Broadcom driver.

If eth0 works I'd give a call to your ISP, which is ?

Mine connected, stays connected.   They might
be working on upgrading equipment in your area,
believe it or not, causing connection problems.

But try eth0 first, then we can see if a wlan0 problem
exists or not.

[muungwana]

does it loose connection even when you are using the internet or when it becomes idle for a while?

we will need more info about your hardware,

what do these commands give you?

ifconfig

iwconfig

uname -r

lspci

lsusb

[GreenWolf70]

It loses connection while I am using the Internet.

ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:4D:C6:9E:50
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:43 Base address:0xa000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:458346 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:458346 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:37542074 (35.8 MiB)  TX bytes:37542074 (35.8 MiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:88:93:23:8F
          inet addr:192.168.1.17  Bcast:255.255.255.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:618260 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:385217 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:766693128 (731.1 MiB)  TX bytes:42140867 (40.1 MiB)

iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"SISTERS"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:23:A3:88:16:B0
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:54   Missed beacon:0

uname -r
2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV770 [Radeon HD 4870]
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV770 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4850/4870]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
03:06.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0518:0001 EzKEY Corp. USB to PS2 Adaptor v1.09
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 045e:0029 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Optical
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 04f9:0181 Brother Industries, Ltd MFC-7820N Port(FaxModem)
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0aec:3260 Neodio Technologies Corp. 7-in-1 Card Reader

[muungwana]

quality is 70/70 and its still dropping connection, thats odd.

can you update the kernel, you are using a relatively old kernel, the latest one may have a solution to the problem you are having.

just start synaptic, search for "kernel" and then install version "3.2.18-pclos2.bfs", when you are done installing it, restart your computer and boot up using it and check if the problem is still there.

[GreenWolf70]

Updated the Kernel as you suggested and changed the DNS to Google Public DNS and still no change.

[gseaman]

I have a similar problem. I've not encountered it before, but there are a lot of wifi routers in my neighborhood that appear to put out a stronger signal than the one in my living room. Is this problem on a new installation or did it just start happening on an existing install?

Galen

[GreenWolf70]

This was a reinstall after corrupting an older install of PSLinuxOS. I am not sure what I did, more than likely there were conflicting network programs and I finally made changes to all of them,  but the issue just went away over time. I'm guessing the "Manage Wireless Network" when you right click on the network icon in the status bar is not the same program as Network Center.