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    Exclamation Wireless cycling between connected and disconnected

    My friend has a Acer Aspire 5733Z-4851 it keeps disconnecting and connecting to his wifi but his hard wire will run just fine. Any suggestions?
    All the codes:
    lspci:
    Code:
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
    00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
    00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
    00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
    00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
    00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
    00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
    00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
    01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
    02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
    ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
    ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
    ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
    ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
    ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
    ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
    lsmod:
    Code:
    Module                  Size  Used by
    snd_seq_dummy          12798  0 
    rfcomm                 46619  0 
    bnep                   18140  2 
    bluetooth             209199  10 rfcomm,bnep
    parport_pc             32688  0 
    ppdev                  17073  0 
    lp                     17759  0 
    parport                46345  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
    binfmt_misc            17500  1 
    ums_realtek            17949  0 
    snd_hda_codec_realtek    77876  1 
    uas                    17844  0 
    coretemp               13400  0 
    snd_hda_intel          33491  4 
    snd_hda_codec         134212  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
    snd_hwdep              13602  1 snd_hda_codec
    snd_pcm                96580  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
    snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
    snd_rawmidi            30512  1 snd_seq_midi
    uvcvideo               76749  0 
    videobuf2_core         32851  1 uvcvideo
    videodev              120309  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
    videobuf2_vmalloc      12860  1 uvcvideo
    videobuf2_memops       13368  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
    snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq                61521  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
    snd_timer              29425  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    arc4                   12529  2 
    snd_seq_device         14497  4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
    psmouse                95552  0 
    ath9k                 131308  0 
    tg3                   148780  0 
    snd                    78734  17 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
    microcode              22803  0 
    mac80211              539908  1 ath9k
    ath9k_common           14055  1 ath9k
    ath9k_hw              395218  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
    ath                    23827  3 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
    i915                  520629  3 
    soundcore              15047  1 snd
    serio_raw              13215  0 
    cfg80211              206566  3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
    snd_page_alloc         18484  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
    intel_ips              18049  0 
    lpc_ich                17061  0 
    drm_kms_helper         46784  1 i915
    drm                   275528  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
    mei                    40690  0 
    i2c_algo_bit           13413  1 i915
    joydev                 17457  0 
    acer_wmi               32453  0 
    sparse_keymap          13890  1 acer_wmi
    mxm_wmi                12979  0 
    mac_hid                13205  0 
    wmi                    19070  2 acer_wmi,mxm_wmi
    video                  19335  2 i915,acer_wmi
    usb_storage            48838  1 ums_realtek
    sudo lshw -C network:
    Code:
    *-network               
           description: Ethernet interface
           product: NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
           vendor: Broadcom Corporation
           physical id: 0
           bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
           logical name: eth0
           version: 01
           serial: b8:70:f4:9a:35:b6
           size: 10Mbit/s
           capacity: 1Gbit/s
           width: 64 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
           configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.123 duplex=half firmware=sb latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
           resources: irq:44 memory:d3400000-d340ffff[/QUOTE][QUOTE]*-network
           description: Wireless interface
           product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
           vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
           physical id: 0
           bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
           logical name: wlan0
           version: 01
           serial: 68:a3:c4:eb:60:7d
           width: 64 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
           configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.5.0-19-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.168 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
           resources: irq:17 memory:d2400000-d240ffff)
    Last edited by amber95; December 11th, 2012 at 04:48 AM. Reason: Did not put "[CODE]

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    Re: Wireless cycling between connected and disconnected

    Thread moved to the "Networking & Wireless" forum.

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    Exclamation Re: Wireless cycling between connected and disconnected

    Bump, Now wireless at times will not work at all.

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    Re: Wireless cycling between connected and disconnected

    Please post the output of these two commands:
    ifconfig -a
    route

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    Arrow Re: Wireless cycling between connected and disconnected

    ifconfig -a
    Code:
    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr b8:70:f4:9a:35:b6  
              inet addr:192.168.0.150  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::ba70:f4ff:fe9a:35b6/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:4597 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:3956 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:4031799 (4.0 MB)  TX bytes:851293 (851.2 KB)
              Interrupt:16 
    
    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:5397 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:5397 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
              RX bytes:787770 (787.7 KB)  TX bytes:787770 (787.7 KB)
    
    wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 68:a3:c4:eb:60:7d  
              inet addr:192.168.0.168  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::6aa3:c4ff:feeb:607d/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:10959 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:10108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:3940107 (3.9 MB)  TX bytes:1217096 (1.2 MB)
    route
    Code:
    Kernel IP routing table
    Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
    default         www             0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
    169.254.0.0     *               255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 wlan0
    192.168.0.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     1      0        0 eth0
    192.168.0.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     9      0        0 wlan0

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    Re: Wireless cycling between connected and disconnected

    I really hate it when the inexpensive modems place both wireless and wired connections on the same subnet as it makes it difficult for a laptop to communicate unless good metrics are set. End rant, sorry.

    Suggest changing your default route for the wlan0 interface to an IP address instead of the "www" currently being used. A geek would do this via the route command (run "man route" in a terminal window for the syntax). It can also be set via "Network Connections" using the graphical interface. You'll need to know the IP of the modem (192.168.0.1 is common for most vendors using this subnet).

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    Cool Re: Wireless cycling between connected and disconnected

    Quote Originally Posted by PapaNerd View Post
    I really hate it when the inexpensive modems place both wireless and wired connections on the same subnet as it makes it difficult for a laptop to communicate unless good metrics are set. End rant, sorry.

    Suggest changing your default route for the wlan0 interface to an IP address instead of the "www" currently being used. A geek would do this via the route command (run "man route" in a terminal window for the syntax). It can also be set via "Network Connections" using the graphical interface. You'll need to know the IP of the modem (192.168.0.1 is common for most vendors using this subnet).
    Ok so can you please tell me more "detail" on how to do this please, I see the route button under the "Network Connections" and what do you mean the ip of the modem? the submask net for it?

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    Re: Wireless cycling between connected and disconnected

    bump

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    Re: Wireless cycling between connected and disconnected

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