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Old 11-11-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Unstable wifi?

Well, I have my wifi installed on my Linux now.
But its unstable as hell..

When I boot my pc I first have to modprobe ndiswrapper ofc.
Ok that works.
Then my wifi gets the ip 192.168.1.200. (The IP I tryed to use during the install when the Debian install did recognise my wifi card but wasnt able to control it).
Then I launch wifi-radar and I disconnect it.
And then when I try to reconnect it I have to try it a couple of times..
And about a couple I am not talking about 5~7 times.
Sometimes I dont get DHCP sometimes I dont get DNS.

Well, is there a way to fix this problem?
I know its not my accesspoint. Since with Windows I could just connect fine.
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Hi,
Maybe u are running KNetwork Manager and its the one giving u that hard time, some times if u have an unstable version of KNM, u will have related problems.
So first make sure its not the one by stopping it, and set the card to user controller.
Maybe what i didn't understand, is what is the problem, is the the hardware, or the software, coz u mentioned of "modprobe ndiswrapper ofc".
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Well, I did install Network Manager and the gtk front end but it doesnt start.
And I am not going to install KDE librarys...

The problem is unknown with me.
I think its the software since it runs fine in windows.
Sometimes I dont get DNS, sometimes I dont get DHCP, sometimes It doesnt do anything.
It can scan for networks.
But It has problems with connecting..
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Well for starters you shouldn't have to modprobe ndiswrapper every time. You can add it to /etc/modules or /etc/modrpobe.conf depending on your distro.
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Yea I have heard of that.
But I thought Id just do that when its fixed and works correcly..

(I am used to compile my own kernel and then I dont add Modules..)
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Ok, well I found out what the big malfunction is.
When I turn my pc on(I did do the Auto modprobething)
I get connected to the network.
But I cant get outside.
I think I dont have DNS or something...

Anyone know how to fix?
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