Why wireless connection keeps on disconnecting?

Hi,
I installed Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix and Xubuntu on my Asus EeePc 1005PE. I like them very much but I got the same problem with both systems: wireless connection keeps on disconnecting. It's stable for a while and then connection gets lost. Signal is good, 58% then it decreases to 35%, 27% and then 0%. I've never had this problem with windows. Wirless card should be a broadcom and wireless transmitter is at 3-4 meters far from pc, so signal should be excellent.

What can I do?

Thank you.

Giorgio from Italy.

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asked by Visitor
1 year 49 weeks ago

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I had similar problem and initially suspected ubuntu or the netbook for it. But the culprit was the router.
Had D-Link router which was causing all the issues. Bought a Linksys router and signal strengh went up and didn't face any issues after that. Rarely a few times disconnected by quickly connected back. I would advise please check your router. If you have a spare try with it.

answer by Visitor
1 year 49 weeks ago

I'd exclude router problems because 3 other computers connect perfectly and they never disconnect. When windows was running on this netbook it didn't disconnect too. I think it could be a drivers problem

- Visitor 1 year 49 weeks ago

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It's not the router for me. I just got a brand new one, installed XUBUNTU, no problems.... just upgraded to 10.04 Netbook Remix, wireless intermittently disconnecting and not reconnecting without me having to discover my router again. I'm sure there is something somewhere. I won't start spewing out ignorant guesses, but I've been using Linux since 1998 and I have always found that from release to release some things work better and some work worse, typically it's video & wireless networking that are the culprits.
For the record I'm using a D-Link GWL G-122A Wireless USB Stick

answer by Visitor
1 year 40 weeks ago

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check this link.... follow the instructions and hopefully you won't have this problem anymore! :)

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1468305

answer by Visitor
1 year 11 weeks ago

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I had a similar problem.

In my case, I changed the SSID and the password. And for some reason when I entered the new details, it didn't replace the old SSID and password. I changed the following files manually and it seems to work now:

Files chaned

/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.con

Change the old SSID and password to the new ones and hopefully should work :)

answer by Visitor
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