Internet Connection Problems

[Randy Cole]

I'm having problems connecting to hidden wpa* networks.  If it is
broadcasting it's SSID, there is no problem.  Also, when moving my
laptop from one wireless network to another, it often won't connect
without rebooting.  We're talking "Broadcom Corporation BCM4312
802.11b/g (rev 01)"

--Randy

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> I'm not sure how much I can help. On my laptop I get 4 or 5 bars at
> work and at home with Ubuntu 9.04. The only place I have any trouble
> is at MSFT Waltham where the connection tends to drop mysteriously and
> I can't get back on, them mysteriously it reconnects. Being in the
> same room as the AP eliminates distance, but not other factors. If you
> dual boot your Macbook Pro, then test the signal strength with it,
> then boot into ubuntu. Is your wireless builtin or do you have an
> external card (USB or PCMCIA).
>
>
> Make sure that you have wireless-tools installed.
>
> From the command line rune iwconfig. This will show you what network
> you are connected too, bit rate (Mb/s, LInk Quality and any errors.
> The iwlist command is also a decent diagnostic tool. There are a few
> other tools, do a 'man wireless tools" to bring up the man page.
>
> On 05/03/2009 07:53 PM, KyleL wrote:
>> Hey everyone,  recently installed ubuntu 8.10, then upgraded to
>> 9.04.  For
>> the most part everything has been working fairly well.  My only
>> problem has
>> been with my wireless networking.  After being idle for some time I
>> tend to
>> have an issue reconnecting to the web. 
>> Also I have had a problem with signal strength.  Most times with
>> Windows or
>> OS X 10.5 I had almost full signal strength to my wireless network. 
>> Now, in
>> the same room as my AP, I get max 2/4 bars.
>>
>> Anyone have any previous problems with this?
>>
>> I am running Ubuntu on a macbook pro 2.16 intel core duo, with the
>> base ath9
>> driver installed for my wireless card.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>   
>
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