Thread: (Detailed hard info) Wifi runs good once connected only for minute then dims out

hows goin? description says wifi runs literally 1-3minutes once connected fades away firestarter shows kb dropping not instantly 0. right have been reconnecting internet , forth load these few ubuntuforums pages. havent been using net since happened recently. had distro on here ran wifi decent still had few problems every once , while not constant this. right unable throw other distro onto computer without buying new flash drive or (besides have alot of songs downloaded , stuff already), hoping maybe other wifi settings help.
best can give details of wifi below. dont know alot of linux codes @ all.
sharing friends internet right little distance away understand signal strength not have had other distros on here gave better signal strength @ 50-75 percent not long distance away. within wifi usb sticks range. @ apt complex neighbors how close not hundred feet.
friends wifi connection using on channel away network. using 6 , theres 11.

below copy , paste info hardinfo pretty impressive program.


computer

summary
computer
processor 2x amd athlon(tm) 64 x2 dual core processor 3800+
memory 991mb (390mb used)
operating system ubuntu 11.04
user name ace (ace)
date/time sat 03 dec 2011 10:20:35 pm cst
display
resolution 1440x900 pixels
opengl renderer unknown
x11 vendor the x.org foundation
multimedia
audio adapter hda-intel - hda nvidia
input devices
power button
power button
@ translated set 2 keyboard
usb optical mouse
printers
no printers found
scsi disks
hl-dt-st dvdram_gsa-h10n
ata wdc wd2500js-08n
generic usb sd reader
generic usb cf reader
generic usb sm reader
generic usb ms reader
operating system
version
kernel linux 2.6.38-12-generic (i686)
compiled #51-ubuntu smp wed sep 28 14:25:20 utc 2011
c library unknown
default c compiler gnu c compiler version 4.5.2 (ubuntu/linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4)
distribution ubuntu 11.04
current session
computer name thinkcentre
user name ace (ace)
home directory /home/ace
desktop environment gnome 2.32.1
misc
uptime 1 hour, 59 minutes
load average 0.27, 0.25, 0.33
kernel modules
loaded modules
xt_limit xtables: rate-limit match
xt_tcpudp xtables: tcp, udp , udp-lite match
ipt_log xtables: ipv4 packet logging syslog
ipt_masquerade xtables: automatic-address snat
xt_dscp xtables: dscp/tos field modification
ipt_reject xtables: packet "rejection" target ipv4
nf_conntrack_irc irc (dcc) connection tracking helper
nf_conntrack_ftp ftp connection tracking helper
xt_state ip[6]_tables connection tracking state match module
nvidia
snd_hda_codec_analog analog devices hd-audio codec
iptable_nat
nf_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv4
iptable_mangle iptables mangle table
iptable_filter iptables filter table
rt2870sta rt2870/rt3070 wireless lan linux driver
ip_tables ipv4 packet filter
x_tables {ip,ip6,arp,eb}_tables backend module
arc4 arc4 cipher algorithm
snd_hda_intel intel hda driver
snd_hda_codec hda codec core
snd_hwdep hardware dependent layer
snd_pcm midlevel pcm code alsa.
snd_seq_midi advanced linux sound architecture sequencer midi synth.
rt2800usb ralink rt2800 usb wireless lan driver.
snd_rawmidi midlevel rawmidi code alsa.
rt2800lib ralink rt2800 library
crc_ccitt crc-ccitt calculations
rt2x00usb rt2x00 usb library
snd_seq_midi_event midi byte <-> sequencer event coder
rt2x00lib rt2x00 library
mac80211 ieee 802.11 subsystem
snd_seq advanced linux sound architecture sequencer.
snd_timer alsa timer interface
snd_seq_device alsa sequencer device management
ppdev
cfg80211 wireless configuration support
snd advanced linux sound architecture driver soundcards.
nv_tco tco timer driver nv chipsets
soundcore core sound module
i2c_nforce2 nforce2/3/4/5xx smbus driver
k8temp amd k8 core temperature monitor
snd_page_alloc memory allocator alsa system.
parport_pc pc-style parallel port driver
lp
parport
dm_raid45 device-mapper raid4/5 target
xor
btrfs
zlib_deflate
libcrc32c crc32c (castagnoli) calculations
usbhid usb hid core driver
hid
usb_storage usb mass storage driver linux
uas
floppy
tg3 broadcom tigon3 ethernet driver
sata_nv low-level driver nvidia nforce sata controller
pata_amd low-level driver amd , nvidia pata ide
ramzswap compressed ram based swap device
xvmalloc xvmalloc memory allocator
boots
boots
sat dec 3 20:21 2.6.38-12-generi|-
sat dec 3 19:04 2.6.38-12-generi|-
sat dec 3 02:48 2.6.38-12-generi|-
sat dec 3 00:42 2.6.38-12-generi|-
fri dec 2 22:19 2.6.38-12-generi|-
languages
available languages
en_ag english language locale antigua , barbuda
en_ag.utf8 english language locale antigua , barbuda
en_au.utf8 english locale australia
en_bw.utf8 english locale botswana
en_ca.utf8 english locale canada
en_dk.utf8 english locale denmark
en_gb.utf8 english locale britain
en_hk.utf8 english locale hong kong
en_ie.utf8 english locale ireland
en_in english language locale india
en_in.utf8 english language locale india
en_ng english locale nigeria
en_ng.utf8 english locale nigeria
en_nz.utf8 english locale new zealand
en_ph.utf8 english language locale philippines
en_sg.utf8 english language locale singapore
en_us.utf8 english locale usa
en_za.utf8 english locale south africa
filesystems
mounted file systems
/dev/sda1 / 11.61 % (41.3 gib of 46.8 gib)
none /dev 0.14 % (475.9 mib of 476.6 mib)
none /dev/shm 0.08 % (483.9 mib of 484.3 mib)
none /var/run 0.02 % (484.3 mib of 484.3 mib)
none /var/lock 0.00 % (484.3 mib of 484.3 mib)
/dev/sda2 /home 13.88 % (40.3 gib of 46.8 gib)
display
display
resolution 1440x900 pixels
vendor the x.org foundation
version 1.10.1
monitors
monitor 0 1440x900 pixels
extensions
big-requests
composite
damage
double-buffer
dpms
dri2
glx
generic event extension
gestureextension
mit-screen-saver
mit-shm
nv-control
nv-glx
randr
record
render
security
shape
sync
x-resource
xc-misc
xfixes
xfree86-dga
xfree86-vidmodeextension
xinerama
xinerama
xinputextension
xkeyboard
xtest
xvideo
xvideo-motioncompensation
opengl
vendor unknown
renderer unknown
version unknown
direct rendering no
environment variables
environment variables
gdm_keyboard_layout us
user ace
language en_us:en
home /home/ace
desktop_session gnome-2d
xdg_session_cookie 8748552fdb1bc05c51acd23900000289-1322965316.202061-808029585
gtk_modules canberra-gtk-module
ubuntu_menuproxy libappmenu.so
mandatory_path /usr/share/gconf/gnome-2d.mandatory.path
logname ace
defaults_path /usr/share/gconf/gnome-2d.default.path
username ace
windowpath 7
gdm_lang en_us
path /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
display :0.0
lang en_us.utf-8
xauthority /var/run/gdm/auth-for-ace-lsgrng/database
shell /bin/bash
gdmsession gnome-2d
pwd /home/ace
xdg_config_dirs /etc/xdg/xdg-gnome-2d:/etc/xdg
xdg_data_dirs /usr/share/gnome-2d:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
ssh_auth_sock /tmp/keyring-h1ags0/ssh
ssh_agent_pid 1767
dbus_session_bus_address unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-wz0bbhxilb,guid=e73d3477ed2aa93669a3922f00000017
gnome_desktop_session_id this-is-deprecated
session_manager local/thinkcentre:@/tmp/.ice-unix/1719,unix/thinkcentre:/tmp/.ice-unix/1719
orbit_socketdir /tmp/orbit-ace
gnome_keyring_control /tmp/keyring-h1ags0
gio_launched_desktop_file /usr/share/applications/hardinfo.desktop
gio_launched_desktop_file_pid 30095
users
users
root root
daemon daemon
bin bin
sys sys
sync sync
games games
man man
lp lp
mail mail
news news
uucp uucp
proxy proxy
www-data www-data
backup backup
list mailing list manager
irc ircd
gnats gnats bug-reporting system (admin)
libuuid
syslog
messagebus
usbmux usbmux daemon
gdm gnome display manager
pulse pulseaudio daemon
rtkit realtimekit
nobody nobody
ace ace
devices

processor
processors
amd athlon(tm) 64 x2 dual core processor 3800+ 1000.00mhz
amd athlon(tm) 64 x2 dual core processor 3800+ 1000.00mhz
memory
memory
total memory 991904 kb
free memory 137076 kb
buffers 57568 kb
cached 464396 kb
cached swap 0 kb
active 338380 kb
inactive 436668 kb
active(anon) 253992 kb
inactive(anon) 6000 kb
active(file) 84388 kb
inactive(file) 430668 kb
unevictable 48 kb
mlocked 48 kb
high memory 105544 kb
free high memory 236 kb
low memory 886360 kb
free low memory 136840 kb
virtual memory 1075196 kb
free virtual memory 1075196 kb
dirty 112 kb
writeback 0 kb
anonpages 253396 kb
mapped 88396 kb
shmem 6836 kb
slab 31984 kb
sreclaimable 20492 kb
sunreclaim 11492 kb
kernelstack 2416 kb
pagetables 6500 kb
nfs_unstable 0 kb
bounce 0 kb
writebacktmp 0 kb
commitlimit 1571148 kb
committed_as 1757176 kb
vmalloctotal 122880 kb
vmallocused 69396 kb
vmallocchunk 38668 kb
hardwarecorrupted 0 kb
hugepages_total 0
hugepages_free 0
hugepages_rsvd 0
hugepages_surp 0
hugepagesize 4096 kb
directmap4k 57336 kb
directmap4m 851968 kb
pci devices
pci devices
ram memory nvidia corporation c51 host bridge (rev a2)
ram memory nvidia corporation c51 memory controller 0 (rev a2)
ram memory nvidia corporation c51 memory controller 1 (rev a2)
ram memory nvidia corporation c51 memory controller 5 (rev a2)
ram memory nvidia corporation c51 memory controller 4 (rev a2)
ram memory nvidia corporation c51 host bridge (rev a2)
ram memory nvidia corporation c51 memory controller 3 (rev a2)
ram memory nvidia corporation c51 memory controller 2 (rev a2)
pci bridge nvidia corporation c51 pci express bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [normal decode])
vga compatible controller nvidia corporation c51g [geforce 6100] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [vga controller])
ram memory nvidia corporation mcp51 host bridge (rev a2)
isa bridge nvidia corporation mcp51 lpc bridge (rev a3)
smbus nvidia corporation mcp51 smbus (rev a3)
ram memory nvidia corporation mcp51 memory controller 0 (rev a3)
usb controller nvidia corporation mcp51 usb controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [ohci])
usb controller nvidia corporation mcp51 usb controller (rev a3) (prog-if 20 [ehci])
ide interface nvidia corporation mcp51 ide (rev f1) (prog-if 8a [master secp prip])
ide interface nvidia corporation mcp51 serial ata controller (rev f1) (prog-if 85 [master seco prio])
pci bridge nvidia corporation mcp51 pci bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [subtractive decode])
audio device nvidia corporation mcp51 high definition audio (rev a2)
host bridge advanced micro devices [amd] k8 [athlon64/opteron] hypertransport technology configuration
host bridge advanced micro devices [amd] k8 [athlon64/opteron] address map
host bridge advanced micro devices [amd] k8 [athlon64/opteron] dram controller
host bridge advanced micro devices [amd] k8 [athlon64/opteron] miscellaneous control
communication controller conexant systems, inc. hsf 56k data/fax modem
ethernet controller broadcom corporation netxtreme bcm5788 gigabit ethernet (rev 03)
usb devices
printers
printers
no printers found
battery
no batteries
no batteries found on system
sensors
input devices
input devices
power button
power button
@ translated set 2 keyboard
usb optical mouse
storage
scsi disks
hl-dt-st dvdram_gsa-h10n
ata wdc wd2500js-08n
generic usb sd reader
generic usb cf reader
generic usb sm reader
generic usb ms reader
dmi
bios
date 10/09/2006
vendor lenovo
version 2nkt19aus
board
name lenovo
vendor lenovo
resources
i/o ports
0000-ffff pci bus #00
0000-001f dma1
0020-0021 pic1
0040-0043 timer0
0050-0053 timer1
0060-0060 keyboard
0064-0064 keyboard
0070-0071 rtc0
0080-008f dma page reg
00a0-00a1 pic2
00c0-00df dma2
00f0-00ff fpu
0170-0177 nvidia corporation mcp51 ide (rev f1) (prog-if 8a [master secp prip])
0170-0177 low-level driver amd , nvidia pata ide
01f0-01f7 nvidia corporation mcp51 ide (rev f1) (prog-if 8a [master secp prip])
01f0-01f7 low-level driver amd , nvidia pata ide
0360-0361 pnp 00:04
0376-0376 nvidia corporation mcp51 ide (rev f1) (prog-if 8a [master secp prip])
0376-0376 low-level driver amd , nvidia pata ide
0378-037a parport0
037b-037f parport0
03c0-03df vga+
03f2-03f2 floppy
03f4-03f5 floppy
03f6-03f6 nvidia corporation mcp51 ide (rev f1) (prog-if 8a [master secp prip])
03f6-03f6 low-level driver amd , nvidia pata ide
03f7-03f7 floppy
03f8-03ff serial
04d0-04d1 pnp 00:04
0778-077a parport0
0cf8-0cff pci conf1
1000-107f pnp 00:03
1000-1003 acpi pm1a_evt_blk
1004-1005 acpi pm1a_cnt_blk
1008-100b acpi pm_tmr
1010-1015 acpi cpu throttle
1020-1027 acpi gpe0_blk
1080-10ff pnp 00:03
1400-147f pnp 00:03
1440-144f nv tco
1480-14ff pnp 00:03
1484-1484 acpi pm2_cnt_blk
1800-187f pnp 00:03
1880-18ff pnp 00:03
2000-203f pnp 00:03
3000-303f nvidia corporation mcp51 smbus (rev a3)
3040-307f nvidia corporation mcp51 smbus (rev a3)
3080-308f nvidia corporation mcp51 ide (rev f1) (prog-if 8a [master secp prip])
3080-308f low-level driver amd , nvidia pata ide
3090-309f nvidia corporation mcp51 serial ata controller (rev f1) (prog-if 85 [master seco prio])
3090-309f low-level driver nvidia nforce sata controller
30a4-30a7 nvidia corporation mcp51 serial ata controller (rev f1) (prog-if 85 [master seco prio])
30a4-30a7 low-level driver nvidia nforce sata controller
30b0-30b7 nvidia corporation mcp51 serial ata controller (rev f1) (prog-if 85 [master seco prio])
30b0-30b7 low-level driver nvidia nforce sata controller
4000-4fff pci bus 0000:03
4000-4007 conexant systems, inc. hsf 56k data/fax modem
c0a4-c0a7 nvidia corporation mcp51 serial ata controller (rev f1) (prog-if 85 [master seco prio])
c0a4-c0a7 low-level driver nvidia nforce sata controller
c0b0-c0b7 nvidia corporation mcp51 serial ata controller (rev f1) (prog-if 85 [master seco prio])
c0b0-c0b7 low-level driver nvidia nforce sata controller
memory
00000000-0000ffff reserved
00010000-0009dbff system ram
0009dc00-0009ffff reserved
000a0000-000bffff pci bus #00
000a0000-000bffff video ram area
000c0000-000cddff video rom
000ce000-000cf5ff adapter rom
000d0000-000fffff reserved
000f0000-000fffff system rom
00100000-3df0ffff system ram
01000000-01511b50 kernel code
01511b51-0178c4bf kernel data
01841000-0191afff kernel bss
3df10000-3df19fff acpi tables
3df1a000-3df7ffff acpi non-volatile storage
3df80000-3fffffff reserved
40000000-ffffffff pci bus #00
40000000-4001ffff nvidia corporation c51g [geforce 6100] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [vga controller])
c0000000-cfffffff nvidia corporation c51g [geforce 6100] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [vga controller])
d0000000-d0ffffff nvidia corporation c51g [geforce 6100] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [vga controller])
d1000000-d1ffffff nvidia corporation c51g [geforce 6100] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [vga controller])
d1000000-d1ffffff nvidia
d2000000-d20fffff pci bus 0000:03
d2000000-d200ffff conexant systems, inc. hsf 56k data/fax modem
d2010000-d201ffff broadcom corporation netxtreme bcm5788 gigabit ethernet (rev 03)
d2010000-d201ffff broadcom tigon3 ethernet driver
d2100000-d2107fff pnp 00:02
d2138000-d213ffff pnp 00:02
d2340000-d2343fff nvidia corporation mcp51 high definition audio (rev a2)
d2340000-d2343fff ich hd audio
d2344000-d2344fff nvidia corporation mcp51 usb controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [ohci])
d2344000-d2344fff ohci_hcd
d2345000-d2345fff nvidia corporation mcp51 serial ata controller (rev f1) (prog-if 85 [master seco prio])
d2345000-d2345fff low-level driver nvidia nforce sata controller
d2346000-d23460ff nvidia corporation mcp51 usb controller (rev a3) (prog-if 20 [ehci])
d2346000-d23460ff ehci_hcd
e0000000-efffffff reserved
e0000000-efffffff pnp 00:02
e0000000-e02fffff pci mmconfig 0000 [bus 00-02]
fec00000-fec0ffff reserved
fec00000-fec003ff ioapic 0
fee00000-fee00fff local apic
fee00000-fee00fff reserved
fff80000-ffffffff reserved
dma
2 floppy
3 parport0
4 cascade
network

interfaces
network interfaces
lo 0.05mib 0.05mib 127.0.0.1
eth0 0.00mib 0.00mib
wlan0 23.23mib 2.79mib 192.168.1.102
ip connections
connections
192.168.1.102:36583 established 74.125.227.46:80 tcp
192.168.1.102:42980 established 173.194.64.105:443 tcp
192.168.1.102:42983 established 173.194.64.105:443 tcp
192.168.1.102:36836 established 74.125.227.63:443 tcp
192.168.1.102:42982 established 173.194.64.105:443 tcp
192.168.1.102:36837 established 74.125.227.63:443 tcp
192.168.1.102:48652 established 173.194.64.105:80 tcp
192.168.1.102:42984 established 173.194.64.105:443 tcp
192.168.1.102:42979 established 173.194.64.105:443 tcp
192.168.1.102:33602 established 74.125.227.55:443 tcp
192.168.1.102:42981 established 173.194.64.105:443 tcp
0.0.0.0:68 0.0.0.0:* udp
routing table
ip routing table
192.168.1.0 / 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 u wlan0
0.0.0.0 / 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 ug wlan0
arp table
arp table
192.168.1.1 00:25:9c:cc:b6:5e wlan0
dns servers
name servers
76.77.208.23
76.77.208.24
statistics
ip
24431 total packets received
4 with invalid addresses
0 incoming packets discarded
0 incoming packets discarded
23840 incoming packets delivered
22164 requests sent out
8 outgoing packets dropped
61 dropped because of missing route
icmp
337 icmp messages received
0 icmp messages failed
338 icmp messages sent
0 icmp messages failed
icmpmsg
tcp
697 active connections openings
0 bad segments received.
6 failed connection attempts
97 connection resets received
11 connections established
22809 segments received
19929 segments send out
545 segments retransmited
0 bad segments received.
169 resets sent
udp
464 packets received
230 packets unknown port received.
0 packet receive errors
1365 packets sent
udplite
tcpext
2 packets pruned receive queue because of socket buffer overrun
5 icmp packets dropped because out-of-window
212 tcp sockets finished time wait in fast timer
483 delayed acks sent
15253 packet headers predicted
1761 acknowledgments not containing data payload received
664 predicted acknowledgments
1 classic reno fast retransmits failed
65 congestion windows recovered without slow start after partial ack
22 timeouts after reno fast retransmit
42 timeouts in loss state
1 classic reno fast retransmits failed
17 retransmits in slow start
298 other tcp timeouts
1 classic reno fast retransmits failed
36 packets collapsed in receive queue due low socket buffer
20 connections reset due unexpected data
83 connections reset due user close
18 connections aborted due timeout
ipext
shared directories
samba
cannot open /etc/samba/smb.conf
nfs
benchmarks

cpu blowfish
cpu blowfish
machine 1000 mhz 9.361
intel(r) celeron(r) m processor 1.50ghz (null) 26.1876862
powerpc 740/750 (280.00mhz) (null) 172.816713
cpu cryptohash
cpu cryptohash
machine 1000 mhz 124.099
cpu fibonacci
cpu fibonacci
machine 1000 mhz 5.752
intel(r) celeron(r) m processor 1.50ghz (null) 8.1375674
powerpc 740/750 (280.00mhz) (null) 58.07682
cpu n-queens
cpu n-queens
machine 1000 mhz 20.073
fpu fft
fpu fft
machine 1000 mhz 7.912
fpu raytracing
fpu raytracing
machine 1000 mhz 17.726
intel(r) celeron(r) m processor 1.50ghz (null) 40.8816714
powerpc 740/750 (280.00mhz) (null) 161.312647



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