Comment 29 for bug 374650

one thing that helps so you don't need to reboot is right click on network
manager and uncheck wireless then re-check wireless.

Also I have seen some improvement by assigning a static ip to the network
adapter but it is still present.

Thanks,
Nicholas Vilppu

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:12 PM, AsafR <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i installed ubuntu 10.04 and it took me few days to understand why the
> internet getting disconnected all the time
> when i use the internet for regular web site surfing everything is working
> fine
> but when i run any of the torrent clients after a few minutes the internet
> is getting disconnected
> and i can't reconnect unless i reboot the system.
>
> is there any new update about this issue?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Asaf.
>
> --
> Wireless Disconnects When Loaded by Torrent Traffic, Must Reboot To
> Reconnect
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374650
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> Status in The Linux Kernel: New
> Status in wicd: Invalid
> Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Whenever I am downloading two or more torrents at a time, after they pick
> up speed and are running a load on my wireless card, my wireless connection
> gets disconnected. The gnome network icon will then show it is "trying" to
> connect, but does not connect back into the network. A reboot will get the
> wireless card connecting normally again.
>
> This does not happen all the time, but only once I can get a lot of network
> traffic from torrents going through my wireless card.
>
> Will not happen while regular web-surfing or downloads, only torrents.
> This does not happen when running Windows.
>
> Seems to also have symptoms of this bug after I get disconnected:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/365321
>
> Running: 9.04 Jaunty
> Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
> Torrent Client: Vuze 4.2.0.2
>
> If you need any output or logs, I will be happy to include them if you can
> show me how to get a hold of those.
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