Okay, so here's a weird wireless problem. Now and then my wireless connection totally disappears. Usually this happens right after some unlucky event, such as a sudden power disruption; and that happens with annoying frequency not only in my apartment building, but also in much of the city. (In April of 2017, the power went out in about one-third of the city, including where I live; which event killed my old desktop computer. I swear, San Francisco is like a third-world country when in comes to a lot of the basic amenities.) When power is restored, and I boot up, my wireless connection is usually missing. My trick for temporarily restoring it has been to boot up with a Debian live disc, which recognizes my wireless connection, then to reboot into my system, and there it is. But this tends to be a temporary fix, and after a few more reboots, over maybe a couple weeks or a month, I end up having to reinstall my system; and this is what I am trying to avoid. I'm currently running Devuan Jessie, and my Debian live disc wasn't working to fix the problem, so I tried booting up the Devuan net install CD, ran the installer up to the point of configuring the network interfaces, then I booted into rescue mode (in the Devuan net install CD), and tried restarting networking, some ifup/ifdown commands, various iwconfig commands, but these didn't seem to do much of anything. When I rebooted, my wireless connection was back again, and now it seems to be running fine, but I fear that this is still just a temporary quick fix. So I'm wondering if there is a way to restore the lost connection without jumping through all these hoops. A command-line solution would be nice. I ought to add that I am running a desktop computer, but that I access my network (shared network in my apartment building) via a CCrane wifi antenna; which has served me without complaint for about ten years now. All suggestions or observations are welcome, and thanks for taking the time. However, please do not recommend that I buy a backup power supply; as indeed that is on my wish list, but I cannot afford it at present. That would prevent damage to my computer, but it's just not feasible for me now. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
