Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-18 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 22:48:32 -0600 Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm pretty sure it's something to do with higher transfer speed that you get with a local file copy versus something that's coming in over the internet. The Acer is apparently sending something unexpected to the router that

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-18 Thread Aldo Foot
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Therefore, the problem lies somewhere in the interaction of the Acer Aspire One and the Belkin Wireless G router. I vaguely remember reading something that suggested that the problem lied with the Belkin router itself. ~af

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-18 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:37:37 -0800 Aldo Foot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I vaguely remember reading something that suggested that the problem lied with the Belkin router itself. I have two laptops. One Acer Aspire One and one no-name Intel. If I put both of them online wirelessly at the same

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-18 Thread Agile Aspect
Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 22:48:32 -0600 Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm pretty sure it's something to do with higher transfer speed that you get with a local file copy versus something that's coming in over the internet. The Acer is apparently sending something unexpected

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-18 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:59:46 -0800 Agile Aspect [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check the firmware on the router - it may need update. Already done. According to the built-in doodad on the router's setup page, it's the latest available version. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Eric Feldhusen
Frank Cox wrote: I'm thinking that something in the way that Network Manager handles the wireless connection is getting confused somewhere along the line, but I don't see why resetting the router would clear the problem. What brand and model of router? I've seen an identical thing with Mac OS

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 07:46 -0500, Eric Feldhusen wrote: If I do a continuous ping to the router, eventually packets just start dropping until only 10-15% get through. Reset the router, no problems. Adaptive firewall on it? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ uname -r 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686 Don't send

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Eric Feldhusen
Tim wrote: On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 07:46 -0500, Eric Feldhusen wrote: If I do a continuous ping to the router, eventually packets just start dropping until only 10-15% get through. Reset the router, no problems. Adaptive firewall on it? I'm not sure, I'd have to check. Eric --

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:46:56 -0500 Eric Feldhusen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What brand and model of router? It's a Belkin Wireless G The interesting thing here is that I can copy the exact same file (and larger ones too) from my desktop computer to my other laptop (a no-name Intel) on the same

RE: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread bruce
Of Frank Cox Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:31 AM To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. Cc: Eric Feldhusen Subject: Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:46:56 -0500 Eric Feldhusen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What brand and model

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:34:49 -0800 bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: are you using dhcp on the router/laptops? The laptops use dhcp. My main desktop computer (this one) is on a wired connection to the router and it (the computer) has a static IP address. My main desktop computer is also my DHCP

RE: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread bruce
assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. Cc: bruce Subject: Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:34:49 -0800 bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: are you using dhcp on the router/laptops? The laptops use dhcp. My main desktop computer (this one) is on a wired

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:31:53 -0800 bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can i ask you to try setting up your system, without encryption/passwords... as a test... i'm wondering if the security aspects are causing some sort of conflict. I just turned set the wireless security on my router to

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Frank Cox So the problem still exists with the wireless security turned off. It seems to transfer about twice as much data before locking up, though. Does your router appliance have any logging capabilities which are enabled? Is your router spending more time

RE: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread bruce
: Frank Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:01 PM To: bruce Cc: 'Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. ' Subject: Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:31:53 -0800 bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can i ask you

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Frank Cox wrote: On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:31:53 -0800 bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can i ask you to try setting up your system, without encryption/passwords... as a test... i'm wondering if the security aspects are causing some sort of conflict. I just turned set the wireless security

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:08:04 -0900 Jeff Spaleta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does your router appliance have any logging capabilities which are enabled? Is your router spending more time logging events when connected with the Aspire One? It doesn't appear to. The only log setting it has is

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:13:07 -0600 Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dumb question - does the router get hot during the transfer? This sure sounds like a router problem. The transfer lasts less than 5 seconds before it locks up. So the case has no time to get hot. -- MELVILLE

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Aldo Foot
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:13:07 -0600 Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dumb question - does the router get hot during the transfer? This sure sounds like a router problem. The transfer lasts less than 5 seconds

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-05 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:46:49 -0800 Aldo Foot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone had a similar problem with file transfers and mentions changing the size of the MTU. It indicates an MTU of 1400 for Belkin works ok. Take it with a grain of salt. You may be on to something here. The router

acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-04 Thread Frank Cox
I installed the F10 beta on my new Acer Aspire One and it's working really well, with one exception that I've discovered so far. The wireless ethernet connects fine and works for a while. Then it stops responding, even though the little bar thing shows three or four bars. If I try to connect to

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-04 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:02:09 -0600 Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What should I be looking at here? Here is the relevant section of /var/log/messages when I try to connect. I think I'm in trouble from the very first line. Couldn't get connection secrets This worked fine last night and

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-04 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:02:24 -0600 Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:02:09 -0600 Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What should I be looking at here? Here is the relevant section of /var/log/messages when I try to connect. I think I'm in trouble from the very

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-04 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Frank Cox I'm open to any ideas. Is you other laptop windows? If it is is windows aggressively caching routing information and reusing it even though your router appliance was failing to hand it out? -jef -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-04 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:36:42 -0900 Jeff Spaleta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is you other laptop windows? Nope. It's an Intel laptop running F8. And again, it's never failed to work wirelessly. Even when this Acer was refusing to go online the Intel worked fine. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-04 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:45:21 -0600 Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And again, it's never failed to work wirelessly. Even when this Acer was refusing to go online the Intel worked fine. I think I've discovered a pattern here. The problem appears to be caused by what can best be described

Re: acer aspire one - wireless ethernet

2008-11-04 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:18:01 -0600 Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm just about out of time to play with this for the moment but later tonight I'll copy another large file and I'll see if my other laptop still connects wirelessly after the connection to the Acer locks up. It still