Messages in this thread | | | From | Peter Chubb <> | Date | Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:45:36 +1100 | Subject | [BUG] Orinoco Lock Up |
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>>>>> "rmack" == rmack <rmack@mackman.net> writes:
rmack> I was sleapilly typing away from my laptop when my wireless LAN rmack> connection hung. The other end, a dual P3 system using a rmack> generic ISA->PCMCIA adapter and an Orinoco Silver v6.06 card rmack> had gone crazy. I don't know if the whole system was locked up rmack> or not but removing the Orinoco card and re-inserting fixed the rmack> wireless LAN.
This is such a common problem, that I now run this little script all the time. It triggers once or twice a day most days; more if I'm doing something that involves heavy network use. FWIW, the later 2.5 kernels seem to be better than 2.4.19.
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