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From: H.S. on 21 Jun 2010 10:20 On 06/20/10 17:30, ABS Doug wrote: > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:37 AM, H.S. <hs.samix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> If torrents were acting all weird in my case, I would do the following, >> in the given order. >> >> 1. Try a "safe" torrent, e.g. of a Linux distribution (Ubuntu is a good >> example). The idea is to exclude the possibility of using bad or >> intentionally malformed torrents (see klistvud's reply). If this "safe" >> torrent works without problems, then you know what is wrong. If it >> doesn't, then go to next step. > > I'm gunna start one now, see what happens. Good idea, nothing should > be at issue there. So, is the verdict out? How did it go? -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hvns2p$4i8$1(a)dough.gmane.org
From: H.S. on 21 Jun 2010 10:30 On 06/20/10 23:10, ABS Doug wrote: > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Huang, Tao <debian(a)huangtao.me> wrote: >> >> you have no control at all on how the wifi hotspots were configured, >> which is also the case of ABS Doug. >> port-forwarding (or upnp) is needed for good torrents performance. >> if the number of connections is not limited, the router resouces will >> be used up pretty soon, especially on share hotspots. >> downloading over http can be resumed smoothly after a networking >> restarting, but torrents suffer more on this. > > I DO have access to the router, just not able to run a cable to it. I > have the password & can modify settings as long as I'm not screwing > anyone else in house. > > I have used WR54G for some time. I do not recall having any issue with it. But I was using it with a cable .... I have learned never to trust a wireless connection for a sustained and reliable connection. Besides, its stock firmware was quickly replace with an open source one, IIRC DD-WRT. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hvnsfb$6jk$1(a)dough.gmane.org
From: Andrew Sackville-West on 21 Jun 2010 13:50 On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 04:30:56AM -0400, ABS Doug wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Huang, Tao <debian(a)huangtao.me> wrote: > > > so the torrents render you wireless disconnected. > > > > if your wifi adapter driver supports auto-reconnecting, everything > > should be solved. but i have no idea on how to get there. > > > > correct me if i get it wrong. > > My visual indicator something is wrong is when Skype goes offline. The > signal meter shows a connection, but once Skype goes offline, I can't > do anything until I disconnect & reconnect. I'd be able to live with > the problem if there was a auto-reconnection, but since the connection > doesn't actually disconnect...? I have no real help to your specific problem, but you need to provide some solid useful data so others can debug the problem. Based on stuff in the other thread about what versions work and don't work, and the above, I recommend you do the following: 1. provide for each of the two Ubuntu's and Debian the output of: uname -a 2. provide for each of the two ubuntu's and debian the output of: lsmod 3. provide for the working ubuntu the output of: ifconfig -a iwconfig -a 4. provide for the broken ubuntu and debian *before* it breaks: ifconfig -a iwconfig -a 5. provide for the broken ubuntu and debian *after* it breaks, but before you do whatever you might do to fix it: ifconfig -a iwconfig -a 6. from any one of the version, provide the output of: lspci 7. in the debian version, open a terminal and run, as root, `tail -f /var/log/syslog`, then start a torrent that you know will fail. Watch the log output in the terminal and when the torrent fails note if there is any output. If there is any output that looks remotely relevant, then paste that in as well. The idea here is to give concrete information about known working states and known broken states so people can see the difference and maybe diagnose the problem. The output may be pretty long, so if you are uncomfortable submitting it in an email, then put it up on the web somewhere. A pastebin would be appropriate. hope this helps. A
From: Stephen Fishpaste on 21 Jun 2010 20:10 On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 09:26:17AM +0800, Huang, Tao wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 5:30 AM, ABS Doug <absdoug(a)gmail.com> wrote: > [snip] > > I rent a room. The router is in a different part of the house. WiFi is > > included in the rent. I already asked about moving the router, but > > that isn't gunna happen. The router isn't even mine. I might end up > > trying to run a splitter at some point, but right now it's just not an > > option. I do appreciate all the advice. I'm gunna try a safe torrent > > right now. > > torrents over wireless can be very tricky. > i guess a cable would solve your problem. Don't agree with this statement at all. Been using wireless and bitorrent for some time. Not any different than wired. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100622000210.GA15489(a)laptop.nodomain.bell.ca
From: ABS Doug on 26 Jun 2010 23:20
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Andrew Sackville-West <andrew(a)swclan.homelinux.org> wrote: > I have no real help to your specific problem, but you need to provide > some solid useful data so others can debug the problem. Based on stuff > in the other thread about what versions work and don't work, and the > above, I recommend you do the following: > > 1. provide for each of the two Ubuntu's and Debian the output of: > > uname -a > > 2. provide for each of the two ubuntu's and debian the output of: > > lsmod > > 3. provide for the working ubuntu the output of: > > ifconfig -a > iwconfig -a > > 4. provide for the broken ubuntu and debian *before* it breaks: > > ifconfig -a > iwconfig -a > > 5. provide for the broken ubuntu and debian *after* it breaks, but > before you do whatever you might do to fix it: > > ifconfig -a > iwconfig -a > > 6. from any one of the version, provide the output of: > > lspci Finally getting around to this. Here is the outputs in the exact order as suggested above. This is for UNE 10.04. I'll post Debian next, then UNR 9.10. absdoug(a)AcerAspireOneZG5:~$ uname -a Linux AcerAspireOneZG5 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 22:02:19 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux absdoug(a)AcerAspireOneZG5:~$ lsmod Module Size Used by usbhid 36110 0 hid 67032 1 usbhid aes_i586 7268 1 aes_generic 26863 1 aes_i586 binfmt_misc 6587 1 ppdev 5259 0 snd_hda_codec_realtek 203168 1 joydev 8708 0 fbcon 35102 71 tileblit 2031 1 fbcon font 7557 1 fbcon bitblit 4707 1 fbcon softcursor 1189 1 bitblit snd_hda_intel 21877 2 arc4 1153 2 vga16fb 11385 0 vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb snd_hda_codec 74201 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss 35308 0 snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 70662 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 1338 0 snd_seq_oss 26726 0 snd_seq_midi 4557 0 snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq ath5k 121792 0 i915 282354 4 uvcvideo 56990 0 snd 54148 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device acerhdf 6691 0 mac80211 204922 1 ath5k drm_kms_helper 29297 1 i915 videodev 34361 1 uvcvideo v4l1_compat 13251 2 uvcvideo,videodev ath 7611 1 ath5k cfg80211 126485 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath psmouse 63245 0 serio_raw 3978 0 intel_agp 24177 2 i915 drm 162471 5 i915,drm_kms_helper i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915 led_class 2864 1 ath5k soundcore 6620 1 snd video 17375 1 i915 output 1871 1 video snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm agpgart 31724 2 intel_agp,drm lp 7028 0 parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp r8169 33980 0 mii 4381 1 r8169 absdoug(a)AcerAspireOneZG5:~$ ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:8b:51:68:48 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:28 Base address:0xe000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:240 (240.0 B) TX bytes:240 (240.0 B) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:2b:01:d1:e6 inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::224:2bff:fe01:d1e6/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2732 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2500 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:2195729 (2.1 MB) TX bytes:607275 (607.2 KB) absdoug(a)AcerAspireOneZG5:~$ iwconfig -a -a No such device absdoug(a)AcerAspireOneZG5:~$ ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:8b:51:68:48 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:28 Base address:0xe000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:232 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:232 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:7545 (7.5 KB) TX bytes:7545 (7.5 KB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:2b:01:d1:e6 inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::224:2bff:fe01:d1e6/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:13924 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:16988 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:9281780 (9.2 MB) TX bytes:5936210 (5.9 MB) absdoug(a)AcerAspireOneZG5:~$ iwconfig -a -a No such device absdoug(a)AcerAspireOneZG5:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) absdoug(a)AcerAspireOneZG5:~$ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTilUUI803tyPvjiZafVAdp0GePnk1cPX59_hvZTb(a)mail.gmail.com |