Re: Wireless card failing after a while
On Monday 07 January 2008 06:57:10 Mark Fletcher wrote:
> Tom Raus <raus.tom <at> skynet.be> writes:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I've been having some issues on my IBM netfinity server toybox. For some
>
> reason the networkcard stops
>
> > working while there is no apparent reason. Sometimes it happens during
>
> transfers, sometimes just while
>
> > it's idle. In /var/log/messages I get the following notifications.
>
> <snip>
>
> > The card itself will remain visible in ifconfig, so it's not really going
>
> down, it just doesn't transfer
>
> > anymore. When I do '/etc/init.d/networking restart' then the issue is
> > resolved
>
> again.
>
> > To me it seems like he can't associate anymore with my wireless router,
> > maybe
>
> because of an WPA (PSK/TKIP) issue?
>
>
> Could be -- under WPA the router will periodically change the encryption
> key -- this problem could be occurring when that happens, ie your card
> isn't resynching to the new encryption key for some reason. Does your card
> support WPA? When you used it before was your network using WPA as opposed
> to WEP?
>
> Mark
On the machine where it was working properly before the same exact conditions
where true. It was the same network with the same encryption with the same
driver and the exact same operating system. That machine never had any
problems at all. It could be that it fails the sync but there is little I can
do about it. If I was better at scripting I could write a script that
restarts my networking devices (it's only a home server so it's not that big
of a deal).
kr,
Tom Raus
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