On Monday 09 June 2008 03:06, Daniel Bauer wrote:
On Sunday 08 June 2008 20:40:16, Kai Ponte wrote:
I'm very frustrated with the Wireless I get on my laptops.
I have - for example - a fairly new laptop with an Intel 3945 ABG Wifi configured at wlan0.
It mostly works.
Every once in awhile it just won't connect to my access point.
Hello Kay,
I guess I have the same problem. I filed a bug here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=398135
(I have not yet tried the driver-update supposed this morning, as I just woke up :-) If it helps, I'll post to that bugs page )
regards
Daniel
I am a (retired) RF engineer. While it is not common for local signals, either intentional or not, to jam wireless short-range communications channels, it is not impossible. In the United States, all unlicensed communications devices must carry a notice to the effect that they may not interfere with licensed channels, and must accept interference from them. In this country, all licensed transmitters are required to pass stringent tests for suppression of harmonic energy, and are required not to produce any spurious radiation at all. However, it is not impossible for a transmitter, or even a close-by receiver, to have a failure which produces a signal on a frequency that it is not supposed to. There are situations where a transmitter may go into a mode where it generates a whole band of spurious frequencies. I have been instrumental at tracking down at least one of these. Since the transmitter may only operate under certain defined conditions, that might explain the fact that your wireless setup only fails once in a while. If the wirelss setup only fails at a particular time of the day or the week, it might be worthwhile to notify the local governmental radio-frequency authorities--FCC in the US--and have them investigate. Radio is regulated in all parts of the world. One other (unlikely) possibilty: a severely arcing power line very near your computer system. If that's the case, you would hear it on your AM radio. Usually that sort of interference dies away very rapidly with frequency and distance, so it is probably not your problem. Second (not very likely) possibility, which you could also hear on an AM radio: something in your house, like a thermostat, is causing interference. If you hear some bad static on an AM radio, take a little portable around the house and see if you can find the strongest noise. Then call the serviceman. --doug, wa2say (ham call) Blessed are the peacemakers ... for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org