pc: acer one 522 problem: wireless unstable --> repeatedly (3-4 times) connects for 5-6 sec then out of the blue disconnects. sudo ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 1c:75:08:de:da:a0 inet addr:192.168.2.17 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::1e75:8ff:fede:daa0/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1165 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1231201 (1.2 MB) TX bytes:162721 (162.7 KB) Interrupt:41 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ec:55:f9:24:47:97 inet6 addr: fe80::ee55:f9ff:fe24:4797/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:6992 TX packets:122 errors:23 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:28845 (28.8 KB) Interrupt:19 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:160 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:160 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:12208 (12.2 KB) TX bytes:12208 (12.2 KB) sudo iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. eth1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:72 Mb/s Tx-Power:24 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=-86 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:106 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 sudo iwlist eth1 scan eth1 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:26:50:B3:59:69 ESSID:"BELL864" Mode:Managed Frequency=2.427 GHz (Channel 4) Quality:5/5 Signal level:-24 dBm Noise level:-89 dBm Encryption key:on Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s connection file shows the ssid scanned as well as the proper keys. lspci -k -nn -d 14e4:4727 07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01) Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:0510] Kernel driver in use: wl Kernel modules: wl, bcma, brcmsmac wifi light is ON /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules # This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules # program, run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file. # # You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single # line, and change only the value of the NAME= key. # PCI device 0x1969:0x2062 (atl1c) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="1c:75:08:de:da:a0", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0" # PCI device 0x14e4:0x4727 (brcmsmac) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="ec:55:f9:24:47:97", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0" # PCI device 0x14e4:0x4727 (wl) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="ec:55:f9:24:47:97", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1" question pls : are last 2 rules for same device and address and different kernel module ok ? brcmsmac module is not used. lsmod lists only wl module.