Problem accessing NSLU2 via WiFi

[Steve Zatz]

I have several ethernet networked Ubuntu computers  (Breezy) accessing
a Linksys NSLU2 (not unslung just factory standard) with its attached
160 GB hard drive and it all works perfectly.  However, I have an IBM
Thinkpad T30 running an up-to-date version of Dapper trying to access
the same NSLU2 over 802.11b and it consistently locks up and causes
the drive to spin continuously making the drive inaccessible from the
any computer and necessitating rebooting the NSLU2.  This lockup does
not occur immediately but generally happens within about  one minute
of accessing the drive via WiFi either through nautilus or using
rhythmbox to acesss music stored on the drive.  I have googled for
this problem to no avail.  I installed NetworkManager on the T30
thinking that maybe it had something to do with the WiFi connection
and that maybe NetworkManager would help and although NetworkManager
appears to be working fine, it didn't solve the problem.  I am not
even sure if there are log files that might provide a clue as to the
problem so any help or suggestions would be very welcome.  (I haven't
loaded Breezy on the T30 to see if its Dapper but I guess that's next
if there aren't any other suggestions.)

Steve