#6323: wifi drops after a few mins on my Acer Aspire One -------------------------------------------+----------------------- Reporter: l8night | Owner: axeld Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: R1 Component: Network & Internet/Wireless | Version: R1/alpha2 Resolution: | Keywords: Blocked By: | Blocking: Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All -------------------------------------------+----------------------- Description changed by diver: Old description: > on my Acer Aspire One I find that the wifi works for a bit then just > drops > > ifconfig then shows ~> ifconfig > loop Hardware Type: Local Loopback, Address: none > inet addr: 127.0.0.1, Mask: 255.0.0.0 > MTU: 16384, Metric: 0, up loopback link > Receive: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped > Transmit: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped > Collisions: 0 > > /dev/net/atheroswifi/0 > Hardware Type: Ethernet, Address: 00:24:2b:1d:ae:cd > inet addr: 169.254.0.113, Bcast: 169.254.255.255, Mask: > 255.255.0.0 > MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast link auto-configured > Receive: 1587 packets, 0 errors, 1376409 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 > dropped > Transmit: 1629 packets, 1 errors, 195121 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 > dropped > Collisions: 0 > > /dev/net/rtl81xx/0 > Hardware Type: Ethernet, Address: 00:23:8b:54:d7:04 > inet addr: 169.254.0.47, Bcast: 169.254.255.255, Mask: > 255.255.0.0 > MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast auto-configured > Receive: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped > Transmit: 9 packets, 0 errors, 2673 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped > Collisions: 0 > > instead of the original~> ifconfig > loop Hardware Type: Local Loopback, Address: none > inet addr: 127.0.0.1, Mask: 255.0.0.0 > MTU: 16384, Metric: 0, up loopback link > Receive: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped > Transmit: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped > Collisions: 0 > > /dev/net/atheroswifi/0 > Hardware Type: Ethernet, Address: 00:24:2b:1d:ae:cd > inet addr: 192.168.1.14, Bcast: 192.168.1.255, Mask: > 255.255.255.0 > MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast link auto-configured > configuring > Receive: 16 packets, 0 errors, 6854 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped > Transmit: 16 packets, 1 errors, 4313 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped > Collisions: 0 > > /dev/net/rtl81xx/0 > Hardware Type: Ethernet, Address: 00:23:8b:54:d7:04 > inet addr: > MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast configuring > Receive: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped > Transmit: 6 packets, 0 errors, 1782 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped > Collisions: 0 New description: on my Acer Aspire One I find that the wifi works for a bit then just drops ifconfig then shows {{{ ~> ifconfig /dev/net/atheroswifi/0 Hardware Type: Ethernet, Address: 00:24:2b:1d:ae:cd inet addr: 169.254.0.113, Bcast: 169.254.255.255, Mask: 255.255.0.0 MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast link auto-configured Receive: 1587 packets, 0 errors, 1376409 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped Transmit: 1629 packets, 1 errors, 195121 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped Collisions: 0 /dev/net/rtl81xx/0 Hardware Type: Ethernet, Address: 00:23:8b:54:d7:04 inet addr: 169.254.0.47, Bcast: 169.254.255.255, Mask: 255.255.0.0 MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast auto-configured Receive: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped Transmit: 9 packets, 0 errors, 2673 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped Collisions: 0 }}} instead of the original {{{ ~> ifconfig /dev/net/atheroswifi/0 Hardware Type: Ethernet, Address: 00:24:2b:1d:ae:cd inet addr: 192.168.1.14, Bcast: 192.168.1.255, Mask: 255.255.255.0 MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast link auto-configured configuring Receive: 16 packets, 0 errors, 6854 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped Transmit: 16 packets, 1 errors, 4313 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped Collisions: 0 /dev/net/rtl81xx/0 Hardware Type: Ethernet, Address: 00:23:8b:54:d7:04 inet addr: MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast configuring Receive: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped Transmit: 6 packets, 0 errors, 1782 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped Collisions: 0 }}} -- -- Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/6323#comment:5> Haiku <http://dev.haiku-os.org> Haiku - the operating system.