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sadmac
2007-04-07, 02:47 PM CDT
I just got my new wireless card, and ipw2915. it works fine for the most part, except periodically the signal strength suddenly drops to 0%. Its literally an instantaneous change. 80% one moment, then 0 without any sign of moving from one to the other. Usually it jumps back up just as fast, but occasionally it stays low long enough that the card has to disconnect and reconnect.

Uisng NetworkManager on FC6. Connected to a WPA2-PSK access point
Iron_Mike
2007-04-07, 03:44 PM CDT
Do you have a 2.4 GHZ cordless phone nearby????
sadmac
2007-04-07, 08:51 PM CDT
hmm. seems I do, but it hasn't been in use while the behavior in question was happening
Iron_Mike
2007-04-08, 07:22 AM CDT
Are all the updates current, i.e. have all updates been applied ??
sadmac
2007-04-08, 11:46 AM CDT
The updates are all current.

I get this in the kernel logs:
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'CCMP'
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
Iron_Mike
2007-04-08, 12:51 PM CDT
Your getting firmware restart errors. Are you using the built-in ipw2200 drivers and ieee80211 modules or have you compiled your own?? What firmware version are you using and how was it installed??
sadmac
2007-04-08, 01:34 PM CDT
I used the livna firmware package with the modules that came with the default fedora kernel.
Iron_Mike
2007-04-08, 05:25 PM CDT
Not sure if it will help but remove the firmware with yum, then go here and download the 3.0 version of the firmware. Unarchive it and manually copy the files into the /lib/firmware directory.

http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php
sadmac
2007-04-08, 08:13 PM CDT
no luck unfortunately
Iron_Mike
2007-04-09, 03:09 AM CDT
Is this a home based router??? And do you have access to the configuration menu of the router, If you do try configuring the router to broadcast the SSID and see if that helps.
sadmac
2007-04-09, 08:50 PM CDT
I don't have access to the configuration. I believe it is set to broadcast ssid though.