Wireless network with SuSE 9.1

[GeekEinstein]

I have SuSE 9.1 installed on a Dell 8600 which has an Intel PRO/Wireless 2100A wireless adapter. It installed fine, but every once in a while, the connection drops out. kwifimanager shows that I am still connected to the router, but there is no traffic between the two. The only thing that solves it to reboot or reinstall the adapter.

It used to do this all the time on Windows until I increased the power consumption, so I am pretty sure that is the problem, but I am not sure how to do this in Linux.

Any ideas / anybody know how to increase power consumption?

 

[mattjurado]

I'm sorry, maybe its just late. Where in Windows were you making this change? I can't visualize it.

Matt J.

Please always take the time to backup any and all data before performing any actions suggested for ANY problem, regardless of how minor a change it might seem. Also test the backup to make sure it is intact.

 

[stefanwagner]

I don't use a wireless-adapter, but ppp/ dsl/ eth.
There you normally prevent lost connections by sending small packages (pings?) in small intervals.
My setting is:
lcp-echo-interval 180
(/etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider).

Perhaps it's not related to your question.
Then I'm sorry.
Don't know how to increase the power-settings.
module-options, if possible at all.

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[GeekEinstein]

I think it may just be a setting on the Centrino / Dell driver that the ipw2100 driver (ipw2100.sf.net) doesn't have. There was a slider or you could tell it to automatically choose (the only way to keep the connection was to disable the auto and give it full power). I went to /etc/wlan which looks like it might have my setting, but my card is set to eth1. Should I change it to wlan0?

 

[GeekEinstein]

Please anyone... any suggestions at all?