Take a look in your /var/log/messages right after this happens. I get this problem quite regularly with my wpc11 card. Something about bap overrun or something plus tons of messages about Tx and Rx. Restarting network works just fine for me and if you do it fast enough, ssh sessions and the like won't break. I have the most recent firware and also use the same method as you from oldcrank. Rik Thomas For Support/Billing https://billing.valuablehost.com ValuableHost.com rikt@valuablehost.com Ph: 302.672.7314 Fx: 302.269.3951 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com> To: "psyche mailing list" <psyche-list@redhat.com> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 12:17 PM Subject: Re: wireless card frequently hanging up > On 9 Dec 2002, Keith Winston wrote: > > > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 11:51, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > several weeks ago, i put my RH 8.0 laptop on a small > > > wireless net here in the house -- linksys pcmcia card > > > and linksys 4-port WAP router. > > > > > > most of the time, everything is fine, but recently, > > > and increasingly frequently, the data transfer just hangs, > > > typically at the same time as an arbitrary web page download. > > > > What kind of data transfer? NFS, samba, ftp, scp...? > > > > I have experienced problems moving large data files over a wireless > > connection with every connection type, but NFS seems to be the worst. > > There is some kind of deep problem there that rears its ugly head from > > time to time. I can move gigs of data over NFS and a wired ethernet > > connection to the same server with no problem. > > in fact, i am doing *nothing* involving NFS. invariably, i will > just be surfing the web, and suddenly, the mozilla browser will > simply stall, at which point i'll notice that fetchmail will no > longer work. then it's off to "service network restart". > > mose than anything, i'd like to know how to just *see* that > something is not working properly anymore since, as i mentioned, > "ifconfig" shows nothing out of the ordinary. > > rday > > p.s. i've enabled my wireless networking under RH 8.0 *without* > the wlan-ng drivers, following the instructions at > > http://linux.oldcrank.com/tipcs/wpc11 > > i mayh move on to trying the wlan-ng stuff to see if it makes > a difference. > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.427 / Virus Database: 240 - Release Date: 12/6/2002 -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
