On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 02:27:33PM +0000, Liam O’Toole wrote:
\n> On 2010-02-18, wzab wrote:
\n> > Hi,
\n> >
\n> > I have a problem with wireless networking on my laptop (uses iwl3945
\n> > wireless).
\n> > When dhclient3 is used to obtain IP address via DHCP, the connection is
\n> > unstable. Especially when I move my laptop to another location and switch
\n> > to another network, the IP is not obtained at all or connection is
\n> > established only for a very short time.
\n> >
\n> > I was able to fix it by uninstalling the dhcp3-client package. In this case
\n> > the dhcpcd is used for obtaining IP, which works flawlessly.
\n> >
\n> > Unfortunately dhcp3-client is suggested by different packages, so when I
\n> > update my system it often gets reinstalled unless I explicitly deselect it.
\n> > That’s really tiring.
\n> >
\n> > Is there any way to assign dhcpcd higher priority than dhclient3 when my
\n> > system is going to obtain IP?
\n> >
\n>
\n> The wicd package (an alternative to network-manager) can help you here.
\n> It allows the user to specify which DHCP client to favour. It is
\n> available in backports, squeeze and sid.
\n>
\n> —
\n> Liam O’Toole
\n> Birmingham, United Kingdom
\n>
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 02:27:33PM +0000, Liam O’Toole wrote: > On 2010-02-18, wzab wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem with wireless networking on my laptop (uses iwl3945 > > wireless). > > When dhclient3 is used to obtain IP address via DHCP, the connection is > > … <\/p>\n