repeated wireless disconnects during network inactivity

[John Belmonte <john@neggie.net>]

I'm getting repeated disconnects of my wireless link every two minutes 
or so, and I'm not sure how to trace the problem.

I'm running Sarge, kernel 2.6.8.1, Netgear MA401 card.  I ruled out 
interference (tried various channels).  The disconnects only seem to 
happen during network inactivity (power management on the card is off 
according to iwconfig).

The problem is annoying because every disconnect causes my laptop hard 
disk to spin up.

Any advice would be appreciated.

-John


orinoco.c 0.13e
orinoco_cs.c 0.13e
eth1: Station identity 001f:0006:0001:0003
eth1: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 1.3.6
eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key
eth1: MAC address 00:09:5B:25:FB:D0
eth1: Station name "Prism  I"
eth1: ready
eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 11, io 0x0100-0x013f
eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)

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Sep 30 10:31:49 eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
Sep 30 10:31:51 eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)
Sep 30 10:33:13 eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
Sep 30 10:33:15 eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)
Sep 30 10:34:37 eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
Sep 30 10:34:39 eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)
Sep 30 10:36:01 eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
Sep 30 10:36:03 eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)