On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 6:05 PM, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:32 PM, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I was away for a few days but this evening returned and updated a >> laptop which has ipw2200 wireless - and the updates included >> NetworkManager 0.9.6 - after rebooting the machine the wireless >> connection fails within seconds - despite ifconfig and ifconfig >> showing a normal connection - this is for a KDE D.E. with plasma >> networkmanagement which was also updated this evening. This now shows >> what appears to be a normal wireless signal strength which has not >> been the case for a long time - but the connection is a major bug. >> >> I have seen another post on the forums where a user has similar >> problems to me but with different wireless hardware. >> >> It is odd - the key indicators seem to show that the connection is >> fine but a browser fails to connect - ssh will connect but the >> connection will hang within seconds. pacman fails to connect to the >> servers except very very slowly and times out - despite another arch >> machine working perfectly well with different wireless hardware! >> >> Anyone else seeing something similar? I guess I will need to >> downgrade networkmanager till this is fixed. >> > > Oddly today it is working fine - I am now wondering if it is a > hardware fault that is intermittent... further testing needed - and > maybe replace wifi card! > Wifi card replaced and since then the wireless has been flawless - so this is resolved. -- mike c
