Comment 0 for bug 757700

Hi !

I'm using Natty Narwhal on my Eeepc 1000HE. The wifi connection works well at login, but after a while (from few seconds to hour) the connection become down. Then up, then down, then up.... Sometimes WPA code is requested.

Please find below more information :

~$ lspci -nn | grep -i net

01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT2860 [1814:0781]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet [1969:1026] (rev b0)

$ lsmod

Module Size Used by
cryptd 19801 0
aes_i586 16956 1
aes_generic 38023 1 aes_i586
binfmt_misc 13213 1
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 255820 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 3
snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80244 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
rt2860sta 494649 0
arc4 12473 2
i915 450944 2
joydev 17322 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
rt2800pci 18159 0
rt2800lib 43824 1 rt2800pci
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
crc_ccitt 12595 2 rt2860sta,rt2800lib
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
rt2x00pci 13986 1 rt2800pci
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
rt2x00lib 39075 3 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00pci
mac80211 257001 3 rt2800lib,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm 180037 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
uvcvideo 66851 0
cfg80211 156212 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
psmouse 73312 0
videodev 75143 1 uvcvideo
snd 55295 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
serio_raw 12990 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
eeepc_laptop 19417 0
eeprom_93cx6 12653 1 rt2800pci
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video 18951 1 i915
sparse_keymap 13666 1 eeepc_laptop
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
atl1e 32576 0

~$ iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"NEUF_8E4C"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:25:15:3B:8E:50
          Bit Rate=18 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-40 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:5 Invalid misc:37 Missed beacon:0

~$ ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:8c:88:0e:e5
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          Packets reçus:0 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
          Octets reçus:0 (0.0 B) Octets transmis:0 (0.0 B)
          Interruption:44

lo Link encap:Boucle locale
          inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0
          adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          Packets reçus:117 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:117 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:0
          Octets reçus:8536 (8.5 KB) Octets transmis:8536 (8.5 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:43:6f:25:6b
          inet adr:192.168.1.44 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Masque:255.255.255.0
          adr inet6: fe80::222:43ff:fe6f:256b/64 Scope:Lien
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          Packets reçus:694 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:828 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
          Octets reçus:279598 (279.5 KB) Octets transmis:132177 (132.1 KB)

~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: ATL1E
  State: unavailable
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:24:8C:88:0E:E5

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect: yes

  Wired Properties
    Carrier: off

- Device: wlan0 [Auto NEUF_8E4C] ----------------------------------------------
  Type: 802.11 WiFi
  Driver: rt2800pci
  State: connected
  Default: yes
  HW Address: 00:22:43:6F:25:6B

  Capabilities:
    Speed: 9 Mb/s

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 192.168.1.44
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 192.168.1.1

    DNS: 192.168.1.1

Kind Regards,
Xavier.