Hello I'm using Debian squeeze. Over what seems like the past year, I've had trouble getting my Thinkpad T42 to maintain a stable connection to my home access point. It sometimes takes forever to associate, or loses the connection apparently randomly. I only use a single access point with WPA, configured in /etc/network/interfaces. The file currently looks like this:
$ grep -v '^#' /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.20.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.20.0 broadcast 192.168.20.255 gateway 192.168.20.1 wpa-ssid 0024A56F0670 wpa-psk 8118744*...snip, this line has to be OK else i'd _never_ associate* A few other specs that might be relevant: $ lspci -nn |grep Wire 02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05) $ dpkg -l '*firmware*' --snip headers-- ii firmware-ipw2x00 0.28 Binary firmware for Intel Pro Wireless 2100, 2200 and 2915 ii firmware-linux 0.28 Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (meta-package) ii firmware-linux-free 2.6.32-30 Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel ii firmware-linux-nonfree 0.28 Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel When the connection is down, I usually see this in /var/log/daemon.log: Mar 21 11:56:18 sioux wpa_supplicant[944]: Trying to associate with 00:24:a5:6f:06:71 (SSID='0024A56F0670' freq=2417 MHz) Mar 21 11:56:18 sioux wpa_supplicant[944]: Associated with 00:24:a5:6f:06:71 Mar 21 11:56:18 sioux wpa_supplicant[944]: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:24:a5:6f:06:71 [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP] Mar 21 11:56:18 sioux wpa_supplicant[944]: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:24:a5:6f:06:71 completed (reauth) [id=0 id_str=] Mar 21 11:56:24 sioux wpa_supplicant[944]: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys Mar 21 11:56:24 sioux wpa_supplicant[944]: Trying to associate with 00:24:a5:6f:06:71 (SSID='0024A56F0670' freq=2417 MHz) ... and so on, repeated. I'd appreciate any tips; I have no idea how to solve this. I also can't tell what causes the connection to be lost. I have also tried using network-manager a bit, and that doesn't seem to make a difference. Pablo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktin97f7gser6k5gd5f1tb9pd5rhjugg2oenox...@mail.gmail.com