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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:15:16 -0500
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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To: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: r8712u issue
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On 07/15/2011 09:42 AM, Stefan Assmann wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> I'm wondering if you're looking into any issues concerning the
> driver. The problem I'm currently facing is that the driver does not
> recognize any network disconnects. So whenever the network goes down the
> driver will still report it's connected and thus doesn't reconnect when
> the network is up again.
>
> Btw I'm using a 0bda:8172 usb adapter with 2.6.39.
> Thanks for your help!

I need more details. What distro? How are you controlling the network? If 
NetworkManager, what version?

When this situation occurs, what is output to the dmesg log?

I do not see this situation on my system/device. Whenever the connection is 
dropped, NM reconnects.

There are a recent patches that might have an effect. Can you build your own kernel?

Larry