Unreliable wireless in 11.10

[siddi]

It says iwl4965 does not exist in proc modules....

the second command returned the starting prompt.... not sure if it is working!!!

[chrismyers]

You are probably using a different driver to iwl4965.

Run this to see:

sudo hwinfo --netcard | grep Driver:

Modify the command you used earlier to fit your system.

[siddi]

It says hwinfo command not found!!

[chrismyers]

Ah... Try:

sudo apt-get install hwinfo

[siddi]

Right... i have installed and ran the previous command u gave me and this was returned..

Driver: "sky2"
Driver Modules: "sky2"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: sky2 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe sky2"
Driver: "iwl3945"
Driver Modules: "iwl3945"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: iwl3945 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe iwl3945"

[chrismyers]

Right... You can look at the original commands & use iwl3945 instead of iwl4965.

Cheers.

[siddi]

I tried it... The first time after the second command it said that iwl did not exist.. and the wifi completely dropped and didn't come back.

i rebooted and it came on... and it tried only the second command and it just got back to the original prompt and the wifi is still dropping

[siddi]

It seems to get worse... Now it is dropping every few seconds..