Anyone using Intel 5100 with TG585v8?
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Anyone using Intel 5100 with TG585v8?
15-12-2011 12:26 AM
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Whenever I access a web page or file download from my laptop (an Acer 5810TG using an Intel 5100 wireless adapter and running PCLinuxOS) the router reboots. This does not happen if I access other computers on the LAN, even if I use them to access the web in a remote desktop. Nor does it happen if I use my EEEPC with an Atheros AR5001 card, or if I use the Acer laptop at friends' houses where they have different model routers. It isn't a faulty router - that's been swapped with no change to the result.
Investigation is difficult because the Dynamic Line Management objects to the disconnections and I have been banded once in the past as a result, so trial and error troubleshooting is not an option except over a very long period.
I am beginning to suspect an interaction between the card (or perhaps the Linux driver) and the router firmware, or it might be a configuration setting. There are several parameters in the driver which can be adjusted, but I can't find any instructions on what they mean.
I therefore would be interested to know if others are running this combination successfully in Linux, or conversely have problems in other OSes which might point us in the right direction.
No comments like "the Thomson is rubbish" please. I know it's cheap, but it still ought to work.
Re: Anyone using Intel 5100 with TG585v8?
15-12-2011 12:36 AM
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There is a wonderful post on our help pages abou this problem with Intel Chipsets here It should lead to at the bottom of the page to an intel site with instructions for solving this problem.
Now I do realise that this is for windows and not specifically written for linux, but I still think it would be worth double checking all those points to see if there might be something causing a similiar problem with your setup. It doesn't sound a million miles off what I've been told over the phone & following the advice on the intel site resolves the problem.
Re: Anyone using Intel 5100 with TG585v8?
15-12-2011 12:42 AM
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Re: Anyone using Intel 5100 with TG585v8?
15-12-2011 12:46 AM
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As far as I can tell, the problems caused by N mode come as a result of Phase Cancellation, or at least my grasp of how wireless works makes me believe this. I don't believe the router turning off by itself will be related to the N mode, but it is sound advice to disable it.
Re: Anyone using Intel 5100 with TG585v8?
15-12-2011 9:08 AM
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This link http://www.lesswatts.org/tips/wireless.php#pm might help in detemining how to disable PSP. Is suspect the iwlwifi driver has simialr options.
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Re: Anyone using Intel 5100 with TG585v8?
15-12-2011 9:27 AM
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15-12-2011 11:45 PM
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It's good to know it's a known problem and there is probably a cure.
Re: Anyone using Intel 5100 with TG585v8?
12-01-2012 12:11 AM
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Thanks to everyone who helped.
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