Martín Ernesto Barreyro wrote: > Hello I'm using the latest revision of compat wireless on a Debian Lenny > with a 2.6.27.7 kernel downloaded from kernel.org. > > uname -ra > Linux notebook 2.6.27.7 #1 SMP Thu Nov 27 15:12:29 ARST 2008 i686 GNU/Linux > > My notebook is fabricated in Argentina by Banghó. It has a rtl8187 usb > wireless card. > > lsusb | grep Realtek > > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 > Wireless Adapter > > The thing is that when I'm downloading something using a bit torrent > client the connection falls. Network Manager (v0.7.0) still shows the > connection as active showing the intensity of the signal, but I can't > use the network. > I've search in the syslogs, messages and daemon.log and I can't find > anything unusual. At least form me. > > When the connection stops I've to reload the driver with > > rmmod rtl8187 > modprobe rtl8187 > > I'm a little far from de AP but it becames stable at 11Mb/s and it only > falls with the bit torrent client. > The time it takes to fall is radom, and sometimes it happens after 10 > minutes less or more. > I've tried to limit the torrent bitrate to 100KB/s and 80 KB/s and > nothing. Also tried to use a 5.5Mb/s connection to the Ap, but nothing > improves. I have had the driver fail for my RTL8187B, but it usually takes 18-24 hours. It is good to know that a torrent client makes it happen more frequently. Perhaps I can capture the wireless packets and see where it fails. Thanks for your report, Larry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
