2011/5/2 eigenroot <eigenr...@gmail.com> > Hi all, > > I installed Linux Mint Debian Edition which was based on Debian Testing on > my laptop. One problem I found was that my wireless connection was > frequently dropped off after idling. And it was not predictable: sometimes I > left it overnight and the wireless was still good, but sometimes I just left > for 10min and it was off. I used Network Manager (v0.8.3.999), by which the > wireless couldn't be reconnected successfully once it got dropped . Command > "lspci -vnn | grep 14e4" gave result: > > 04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g > LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) > > And I used the package "firmware-b43-lpphy-installer" in Debian's > repository to install the wireless driver. Before that I used Fedora 14 on > the same laptop but it didn't have such problem (the wireless driver was > installed from rpmfusion repositories). > > Right now I get around this problem by reloading "b43" driver once it > happens. But I have no idea whether it was due to the driver itself, or > Network Manager. > > Could anyone please help? Thanks very much. > > try this:
check the output of iwconfig for your wireless interface have "Power Management:off" if not # iwconfig eth1 power off *if your wireless interface = eth1 -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://debmal.my
