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Hi All, My girlfriend runs Karmic and it runs great from home but at work it drops internet (wi-fi) every 5-10 minutes for a few seconds and then reconnects without ...
  1. 11-24-2009 #1
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    Net Keeps Dropping

    Hi All,

    My girlfriend runs Karmic and it runs great from home but at work it drops internet (wi-fi) every 5-10 minutes for a few seconds and then reconnects without even telling her anything (it doesn't show disconnected in network manager but pidgin disconnects, gmail will disconnect, can't browse the net for a few seconds). Any ideas what could be causing this? It's forcing her to use Windows and she's irritated because of it
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    What's the wireless card and driver? I've seen complaints of the ath5k and ath9k drivers dropping connections.

    Might also try wicd instead of networkmanager.
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    the thing is it only drops at work, at home it keeps steady connection at all times....
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    Network signal strength?
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    Really strong, Windows 7 never drops so I don't think it's signal strength as she gets stronger strength in Linux than in Windows
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    What card is it? It might be worth searching through [urlhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/]here[/url] to see if there is a fix.
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