[gentoo-user] Re: wireless dropping connections

2012-11-02 Thread James
Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > It's done it since new (which was recently) and nothing else changed. > The XBox, tablets, phones and the missus' Windows laptop all show the > same problem - so it's not Gentoo Alan, Sometimes Rf issues that are peculiar and anomalous have a component of th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: wireless dropping connections

2012-11-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 17:21:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I'd need a full day to do a reasonable test. > > I suppose I could just issue a decree: > > "Nov 3 shall now be known as No Phone Day"! Unplug the phone and blame the telco, I'm sure you could come up with a convincing sounding but total

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: wireless dropping connections

2012-11-01 Thread covici
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 01:49:21 + > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > On Thursday 01 November 2012 00:07:36 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > > that phone is the master base station for the other two slave > > > handsets. Unplug it, and the house phone stops working; this will > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: wireless dropping connections

2012-11-01 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 01:49:21 + > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > On Thursday 01 November 2012 00:07:36 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > > that phone is the master base station for the other two slave > > > handsets. Unplug it, and the house phone

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: wireless dropping connections

2012-11-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 01:49:21 + Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday 01 November 2012 00:07:36 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > that phone is the master base station for the other two slave > > handsets. Unplug it, and the house phone stops working; this will > > upset missus/daughter mightily as the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: wireless dropping connections

2012-10-31 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 01 November 2012 00:07:36 Alan McKinnon wrote: > that phone is the master base station for the other two slave > handsets. Unplug it, and the house phone stops working; this will > upset missus/daughter mightily as they can't speak to granny 10 time > a day anymore. [ don't ask, please

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: wireless dropping connections

2012-10-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:39:46 + (UTC) James wrote: > Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > > > > b. I hate phones and usually pretend to myself they don't exist > > Ah, > > There is your debug semantic. Just unplug the phone for a while > and see if the wireless issues go away. It so, you've

[gentoo-user] Re: wireless dropping connections

2012-10-31 Thread James
Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > b. I hate phones and usually pretend to myself they don't exist Ah, There is your debug semantic. Just unplug the phone for a while and see if the wireless issues go away. It so, you've fingerd the culprit. If not, you can ponder your alternatives while enjo