"Steve" <no-***@here.now> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.02.22.20.27.33.695000@here.now...
> As a newbie to wireless stuff I'd be glad of suggestions here. I
have a
> BY Voyager 2000 ADSL wireless modem at one end. At the other I've
been
> using a USB dongle thingy under W98 without any problems at all,
> installed, hooked up and sits there for hours without a hitch.
>
> I really want to use Linux on this pc, and the USB part isn't
supported so
> I hit ebay and got a network card and a cheap ethernet connected
Access
> Point. It's a Mercury KOB WL460C ver A1. I'm using drivers
downloaded from
> the manufacturer's web site. A week of learning to drive it (and
figuring
> that it needed a crossed CAT5 cable, not mentioned anywhere!) and I
have
> it working as an Access Point client. It links to the Voyager fine,
and
> delivers a solid connection.
>
> It has one problem - if there's no activity for more than a couple
of
> minutes, it drops the link and the only fix I've found is to remove
and
> reconnect the power lead to it. If I set my email prog. to check
every
> minute or two, the link holds up for hours but if I set the gap to 3
mins,
> it drops out every time, under both Win and Linux.

>
> "Steve" <no-***@here.now> wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.02.22.20.27.33.695000@here.now...
>> As a newbie to wireless stuff I'd be glad of suggestions here. I
> have a
>> BY Voyager 2000 ADSL wireless modem at one end. At the other I've
> been
>> using a USB dongle thingy under W98 without any problems at all,
>> installed, hooked up and sits there for hours without a hitch.
>>
>> I really want to use Linux on this pc, and the USB part isn't
> supported so
>> I hit ebay and got a network card and a cheap ethernet connected
> Access
>> Point. It's a Mercury KOB WL460C ver A1. I'm using drivers
> downloaded from
>> the manufacturer's web site. A week of learning to drive it (and
> figuring
>> that it needed a crossed CAT5 cable, not mentioned anywhere!) and I
> have
>> it working as an Access Point client. It links to the Voyager fine,
> and
>> delivers a solid connection.
>>
>> It has one problem - if there's no activity for more than a couple
> of
>> minutes, it drops the link and the only fix I've found is to remove
> and
>> reconnect the power lead to it. If I set my email prog. to check
> every
>> minute or two, the link holds up for hours but if I set the gap to 3
> mins,
>> it drops out every time, under both Win and Linux.
>
> Im assuming that this is the same PC in a dual boot setup.

"Steve" <no-***@here.now> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.02.22.22.00.36.411000@here.now...
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:28:17 -0600, Airhead wrote:
>
> >
> > "Steve" <no-***@here.now> wrote in message
> > news:pan.2005.02.22.20.27.33.695000@here.now...
> >> As a newbie to wireless stuff I'd be glad of suggestions here. I
> > have a
> >> BY Voyager 2000 ADSL wireless modem at one end. At the other I've
> > been
> >> using a USB dongle thingy under W98 without any problems at all,
> >> installed, hooked up and sits there for hours without a hitch.
> >>
> >> I really want to use Linux on this pc, and the USB part isn't
> > supported so
> >> I hit ebay and got a network card and a cheap ethernet connected
> > Access
> >> Point. It's a Mercury KOB WL460C ver A1. I'm using drivers
> > downloaded from
> >> the manufacturer's web site. A week of learning to drive it (and
> > figuring
> >> that it needed a crossed CAT5 cable, not mentioned anywhere!) and
I
> > have
> >> it working as an Access Point client. It links to the Voyager
fine,
> > and
> >> delivers a solid connection.
> >>
> >> It has one problem - if there's no activity for more than a
couple
> > of
> >> minutes, it drops the link and the only fix I've found is to
remove
> > and
> >> reconnect the power lead to it. If I set my email prog. to check
> > every
> >> minute or two, the link holds up for hours but if I set the gap
to 3
> > mins,
> >> it drops out every time, under both Win and Linux.
> >
> > Im assuming that this is the same PC in a dual boot setup.
>
> Yes.
> > Do you have any power management running that would
> > shut the adapter down after a few minutes of inactivity?
> Not that I know of. The wireless bit is totally external and runs
from a
> separate mains adaptor. When the link drops I don't have to reset
the
> ethernet card in the computer, or renew any network settings
(manually
> anyway), just turn the wireless link off and back on.
>
> Both the ethernet card and wireless link are set to use DHCP with
the
> modem as the server. Cycling the wireless part on and off will (I
guess)
> force the address to be renewed but I don't know if that would
cascade on
> and force a renewal on the ethernet card as well. On the other hand,
if I
> connect the ethernet card to the modem with a cable, there's no
timeout
> problem so I think it's probably something in the wireless box.