intermittent network problems

[bds]

hi all --

thanks for reading, and any light you may be able to shed on this problem:

i'm experiencing network (wlan0 and msk0) problems, sporadically, on all of the desktops i've used (LXDE, GNOME, Fluxbox). i haven't been able to identify any one particular thing that *i'm* doing that might cause problems.

after things freeze, i'll try pinging my router:

ping 192.168.0.1
ping: send to: no route to host

right-clicking the wifi icon (or the msk0 icon) in the panel and selecting 'Restart the Network' doesn't get me anywhere either. i've also tried

sudo /net/rc.d/netif restart

with the same results (i.e., the network still won't restart).

i'm using a macbook pro, version 1,1 (1.83gHz, Marvell Ethernet 88E8053, Airport Extreme (Atheros 5424?)), and i've attached a dmesg. again, any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

[dscialom]

I wonder if it is not due to the fact that our display vga and your network card share the same IRQ 16.

This may bring a conflict for the OS. Maybe by looking in the BIOS you can set a IRS for the display

[bds]

thanks for the suggestion, but i'm not seeing anything in the BIOS that will let me change those IRQ values.

i'll keep looking.
thanks again! cheers!

[bds]

dscialom -- apologies! i'm moving away from using that laptop. the same sort of problem affects my current laptop, so i'll continue poking around.

thanks again!

[dscialom]

you can set the irq in the /boot/device.hints. look at the man pages or also to google device.hints with the name of your device