It was already "off", but problems existed. On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Umarzuki Mochlis <umarz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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 >
