[ltp] spotty wireless with t520 w/Intel wifi and xubuntu 13.04

[Derrick Karpo]

Hello.

Did you ever get any answer to this question?  I am curious if the
problem may be that you have 2 network managers running (ie. Network
Manager and wicd) and that they are competing with each other.

Derrick


On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Steven J. Owens <thinkpad@darksleep.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I recently moved my t520 from ubuntu 12.04 to 13.04.  I did it via
> fresh install (since I was also moving to a 256GB mSATA SSD, whee!),
> then I did sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop.
>
> My wireless has been spotty ever since.  To be specific:
>
> Every hour or so, sometimes a little longer, sometimes a little
> shorter, my network connectivity stops working.
>
> When I check the the gnome network-manager applet, my access point
> isn't listed.
>
> If I right-click disable network and then right-click enable network,
> the access point reappears.
>
> Nobody else on the network experiences these problems, so it's not the
> access point or comcast falling down.
>
> The access point is a microtik RB751 running (of course) RouterOS.
>
> The thinkpad is a:
>
> t520 with Nvidia
> Intel Core i7-2720QM Processor (2.20Ghz, 6MB L3)
> 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080)
> 500 GB HDD 7200 rpm
> smart card reader, fingerprint reader, camera 720p, bluetooth 3, 9 cell Li-Ion Battery 55+
> intel centrino wireless-N 10000
> 16GB RAM:  Two Kingston 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 (PC3-10666) SODIMM Notebook Memory (M1G64J90)
> Samsung 256GB Mini mSATA MZ-MPC256D SSD HARD DRIVE DELL P/N 0MTT20 PM830 PCI-E
>
>
>
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