Stopping and starting wireless Network
Haia I'm connected via a wireless network to my ISP. (SuSE 8.2) At times the network stops working because of weather conditions. (rain). Sometimes the connection ( to the network) comes back on, but sometimes it doesn't. Not to much of a problem because restarting will fix it. My question is, is there another way (command line) to stop and (re)start a network then restarting? Thanks for your input. -- Greetings from /bill at 169 west , 19 south. Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors."
On Friday 15 August 2003 21:17, Bill Wisse wrote:
Haia
I'm connected via a wireless network to my ISP. (SuSE 8.2) At times the network stops working because of weather conditions. (rain). Sometimes the connection ( to the network) comes back on, but sometimes it doesn't. Not to much of a problem because restarting will fix it. My question is, is there another way (command line) to stop and (re)start a network then restarting?
How about rcnetwork restart? That's basically what happens when SuSEconfig runs after making changes. Mike -- Powered by SuSE 8.1 Kernel 2.4.19 KDE 3.1.1 Kmail 1.5.1 For SuSE Mondo/Mindi backup support go to http://www.mikenjane.net/~mike 9:04pm up 6 days, 7:41, 6 users, load average: 2.25, 2.06, 1.93
On Friday 15 August 2003 08:05, Mike wrote:
On Friday 15 August 2003 21:17, Bill Wisse wrote:
Haia
I'm connected via a wireless network to my ISP. (SuSE 8.2) At times the network stops working because of weather conditions. (rain). Sometimes the connection ( to the network) comes back on, but sometimes it doesn't. Not to much of a problem because restarting will fix it. My question is, is there another way (command line) to stop and (re)start a network then restarting?
How about rcnetwork restart?
That's basically what happens when SuSEconfig runs after making changes.
Mike
Hi Mike Let see if I understand you right. After loosing a connection you just type (as root?) rcnetwork restart? Don't I have to stop the network what's already running with rcnetwork stop? Thanks for answering my question. -- Greetings from /bill at 169 west , 19 south. Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors."
On Friday 15 August 2003 23:13, Bill Wisse wrote:
Not to much of a problem because restarting will fix it. My question is, is there another way (command line) to stop and (re)start a network then restarting?
How about rcnetwork restart?
That's basically what happens when SuSEconfig runs after making changes.
Mike
Hi Mike Let see if I understand you right. After loosing a connection you just type (as root?) rcnetwork restart? Don't I have to stop the network what's already running with rcnetwork stop?
When you use restart, it will stop the service, and then start it again. And yes, it is as root that you have to do this. I guess it's something that is supposed to save on keystrokes. Mike -- Powered by SuSE 8.1 Kernel 2.4.19 KDE 3.1.1 Kmail 1.5.1 For SuSE Mondo/Mindi backup support go to http://www.mikenjane.net/~mike 2:10am up 6 days, 12:47, 6 users, load average: 2.10, 2.12, 2.11
On Friday 15 August 2003 13:12, Mike wrote:
On Friday 15 August 2003 23:13, Bill Wisse wrote:
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Hi Mike Let see if I understand you right. After loosing a connection you just type (as root?) rcnetwork restart? Don't I have to stop the network what's already running with rcnetwork stop?
When you use restart, it will stop the service, and then start it again. And yes, it is as root that you have to do this. I guess it's something that is supposed to save on keystrokes.
Mike
Thanks Mike . Works perfect. -- Greetings from /bill at 169 west , 19 south. Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors."
Rain does not affect a correctly set up RF netowrk 99.9 of the time.What frequency etc., are you on ? Dee On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 11:17, Bill Wisse wrote:
Haia
I'm connected via a wireless network to my ISP. (SuSE 8.2) At times the network stops working because of weather conditions. (rain). Sometimes the connection ( to the network) comes back on, but sometimes it doesn't. Not to much of a problem because restarting will fix it. My question is, is there another way (command line) to stop and (re)start a network then restarting?
Thanks for your input.
-- Greetings from
/bill at 169 west , 19 south.
Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors."
On Friday 15 August 2003 08:20, W.D. McKinney wrote:
Rain does not affect a correctly set up RF netowrk 99.9 of the time.What frequency etc., are you on ?
Dee
Oh, it does. Or rather the effects of rain. At soon as it starts raining the wet leaves on the trees are blocking the microwaves. I'm using Freq. 2.437 (6). Connection speed is 11 MBit/s with a Signal strengths of Excellent to Top. ( according to KWiFiManager.) In rain it goes back to 5.5 or even 1. Signal Strengths to 2 or 4 or "out of range". Putting the aerial higher is an option of course , but is limited by the length of the cable. /bill
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 11:17, Bill Wisse wrote:
Haia
I'm connected via a wireless network to my ISP. (SuSE 8.2) At times the network stops working because of weather conditions. (rain). Sometimes the connection ( to the network) comes back on, but sometimes it doesn't. Not to much of a problem because restarting will fix it. My question is, is there another way (command line) to stop and (re)start a network then restarting?
Thanks for your input.
-- Greetings from
/bill at 169 west , 19 south.
Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors."
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Wrong again Bill. You have bad (not water tight connections) LMR/CAT5 termination or another problem. We are in the RF business, and have been in it for some time. If you would like the e-mail address of a Profession Engineer (Electrical Engineering/RF) I will happily give his e-mail address and you can discuss with him offline. We have proven your statement wrong numerous times. Physics are physics. Dee On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 13:07, Bill Wisse wrote:
On Friday 15 August 2003 08:20, W.D. McKinney wrote:
Rain does not affect a correctly set up RF netowrk 99.9 of the time.What frequency etc., are you on ?
Dee
Oh, it does. Or rather the effects of rain. At soon as it starts raining the wet leaves on the trees are blocking the microwaves. I'm using Freq. 2.437 (6). Connection speed is 11 MBit/s with a Signal strengths of Excellent to Top. ( according to KWiFiManager.) In rain it goes back to 5.5 or even 1. Signal Strengths to 2 or 4 or "out of range". Putting the aerial higher is an option of course , but is limited by the length of the cable.
/bill
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 11:17, Bill Wisse wrote:
Haia
I'm connected via a wireless network to my ISP. (SuSE 8.2) At times the network stops working because of weather conditions. (rain). Sometimes the connection ( to the network) comes back on, but sometimes it doesn't. Not to much of a problem because restarting will fix it. My question is, is there another way (command line) to stop and (re)start a network then restarting?
Thanks for your input.
-- Greetings from
/bill at 169 west , 19 south.
Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors."
-- -- W.D.McKinney (Dee) Alaska Wireless Systems 11310 Lillan Lane, Anchorage, AK 99515-2914 Direct (907)349-4308 -=- http://www.akwireless.net
Quoting Bill Wisse
Haia
I'm connected via a wireless network to my ISP. (SuSE 8.2) At times the network stops working because of weather conditions. (rain). Sometimes the connection ( to the network) comes back on, but sometimes it doesn't. Not to much of a problem because restarting will fix it. My question is, is there another way (command line) to stop and (re)start a network then restarting?
I do rcnetwork restart My SuSE 8.2 laptop has a lan interface eth0 for work, and a wireless one eth1 i use at home When it boots up at home ( where the wireless network is) it'll pick up an ip address on eth1 but not eth0 the wired network. I have to do a rcnetwork restart to get it to use the routing information from the wireless network, as routing is set up before hotplug devices. I have altered the order of the runlevel scripts .. but every time suseconfog runs it puts them back again. AED -- "Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author's phrase, makes use of his expressions, erases a false idea, and replaces it with the right idea. " ------------------------------------------------- E-mail provided by the Burngreave Community Network http://www.burngreave.net
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