Re: Problems on Ubuntu Dapper

["Francis Bolduc" <fbolduc gmail com>]

On 12/15/06, Darren Albers <dalbers gmail com> wrote:
> On 12/15/06, Francis Bolduc <fbolduc gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi Network-Manager wizards,
> >
> >   I'm running on Ubuntu Dapper and I installed the network-manager package
> > that's on the Ubuntu Dapper repository. It worked fine the first time, but
> > three problems arose recently.
> >
> >    Problem #1: When playing a FPS game, the connection drop dead once in
> > while. I also see the Gnome widget doing the "refresh" animation at roughly
> > the same interval. What's going on?
>
> You probably have a signal problem, what type of card is it?   If it
> is a Atheros Chipset (Madwifi) there is an issue with the way the
> driver reports signal strength and the way every other card does it to
> cause Network-Manager to think the signal strength is lower than it
> really is.  If this is the case you should file a bug.  If you post
> the # here I can confirm it and add more details.

The card is indeed an Atheros AR5002X with an AR5212 chipset. Here's
the URL with the specs: http://www.atheros.com/pt/AR5002XBulletin.htm

Could you give me an advice on what to write in the bug report?

> >   Problem #2: After I removed the network-manager package, there were no
> > longer any automatic DHCP request for my network connections. I must do it
> > manually. How can I fix this?
>
> You would need to enable the device in the Network Tool under
> system->administration after you remove network manager.

Is there a way to do it from the terminal? Any configuration file to
check? I'm really interested in the internals.

> >   Problem #3: Finally, I reinstalled the network-manager package. Now it
> > does not see my Wireless adapters, or so I guess because the Gnome widget
> > does not list WAP anymore. What did I do wrong?
>
> Verify that you have the device set as not configured in the Ubuntu
> Network Tools.  The Ubuntu package was modified to not manage any
> interface configured there.

Again, is there a way to do it from the terminal?