[driverloader] wlan card disconnects automatically after ca. 20 minutes

[Sebastien Stormacq]

Hello,

I have kind of similar problem when using a corporate AP.
@ Home, I don't have this problem at all ... I do suspect a problem on
the corporate AP side ...

My connection time is around 5 min and, the sequence
ifdown eth1 ; rmmod driverloader ; modprobe driverloader ; ifup eth1
restores the network

hope this helps

Seb


On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 09:11, Riko Wichmann wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I successfully installed and configured the
> driverloader to run my Centrino WLAN chip un Suse
> Linux 8.1 which a custom compiled Kernel 2.4.24 on a
> DELL D600. I connect without problem to the AP using
> 128bit encryption and ESSID. However, after about 20
> minutes, the connection just seems to drop, at least I
> don't get a single bit through anymore as the traffic
> monitor shows me.
> 
> When the wireless connection is up and running, I see:
> 
> > ifconfig eth1
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr my-Mac  
>           inet addr:my-IP  Bcast:my-Bcast 
> Mask:my-Mask
>           UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST 
> MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:1364 errors:0 dropped:0
> overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:4 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0
> carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>           RX bytes:96290 (94.0 Kb)  TX bytes:1830 (1.7
> Kb)
> 
> # dldrconfig --info
> Linuxant DriverLoader for Wireless LAN devices,
> version 1.57
> 
> Web configurator: listening on 127.0.0.1:18020
> 
> Current parameters: ("dldrconfig --info")
> 
> Wireless interface name: eth1
> 	MAC address    : my-Mac
> 	Device instance: PCI-0000:02:03.0-8086:1043-8086:2561
> 	Device driver  : w70n51
> 	Driver Version : 1.2.1.1
> 	Description    : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 7100 LAN Card
> Driver
> 	Adapter model  : PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3A Mini PCI
> Adapter
> 	License owner  : rikow at yahoo.de
> 	License key    : my-Lincense-key
> 	License status : OK (Expires 2004-03-01)
> 
> After the connection stopped, there is no way of
> getting it back (restarting the network, switching the
> wireless off and back on, rebooting or shutdowning the
> machine). However, after giving up in the evening and
> turning the machine back on in the morning, the
> wireless is up as if nothing happened ... until 20
> minutes pass :(
> 
> Did anybody have similar problems and is there a way
> to fix it? I connect to a Netgear MR814v2 AP.
> 
> Thanks and cheers,
>          Riko
> 
> 
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