[SOLVED] Intermittent wireless connection on squeeze

demanet · 07-30-2011, 03:50 AM

I have a Samsung N210 running Debian Squeeze and keeps losing wifi connection. after a lot of rebooting it eventually works. please help me starting from these results

demalition@demanet:~$ lspci -k | grep -iA5 wire
05:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192E Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device 7160
Kernel driver in use: rtl819xE
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c072
Kernel driver in use: sky2

kasl33 · 07-31-2011, 02:10 AM

After it disconnects next time, try doing this (as root) in the terminal:

Code:

# Make sure it's recognized:
iwconfig wlan0

# Bring up wifi
ifconfig wlan0 up

Then connect to a network. If this doesn't help, let me know please.

marco18 · 07-31-2011, 06:25 PM

Which driver are you using? The one that Ubuntu offers under 'Additional Controllers' option?

demanet · 08-05-2011, 08:14 AM

thanks Gentlemen but i have taken the long route and re-installed realtek drivers and have not had problems since. hopefully it stays like this. thanks for your response