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Hello, |
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I never really understood wireless in linux, it has always "just |
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worked". I use wicd although I don't really even know what that |
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means. I have no clue what is a wpa supplicant, ndis, etc. |
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I now have a problem. Please point me toward the tools I should use |
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to diagnose and fix the problem. I tried to fix this problem by |
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running wicd-client from the command line hoping to see some stderr |
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messages to help diagnose, but no luck. Also dmesg is not helpful. |
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Problem: |
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I used a linksys router for years. It appeared as a single SSID that |
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I connected to. Configured with wicd-client. Everything worked great |
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under gentoo. |
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I throw away the linksys and purchase a new "apple airport express". |
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This router works fine with my apple machines. On gentoo, wicd-client |
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shows two SSIDs with identical names for this one router! One is on |
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"channel 11" and one is on "channel 157". Not sure this matters. I |
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specify my password for both of them and specify one of them to |
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"connect automatically". The connection with one (or both?) of the |
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SSIDs stays live for 5-10 minutes, then disconnects. I can get it to |
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reconnect by simply opening wicd-client, highlighting one of the two |
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SSIDs, and clicking connect. Repeat every 5-10 minutes. |
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Question: What tools or logs can I use to understand why my wireless |
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connection disconnects every 5-10 minutes? |
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FYI this is what dmesg says during one of these disconnect/reconnect cycles: |
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[55519.603007] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain |
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[55520.041137] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S |
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[55520.041381] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1 |
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[55520.195568] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready |
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[55520.494633] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X |
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[55520.595455] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X |
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[55520.598916] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready |
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[55550.414298] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S |
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[55550.414523] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1 |
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[55550.551957] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready |
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[55966.719991] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S |
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[55966.720250] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1 |
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[55966.863374] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready |
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[55967.147380] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X |
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[55967.248317] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X |
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[55967.251736] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready |
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[55967.301004] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S |
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[55967.301252] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1 |
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[55967.452333] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready |
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[55969.637135] wlan0: authenticate with 7c:d1:c3:cd:b9:be |
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[55969.641690] wlan0: send auth to 7c:d1:c3:cd:b9:be (try 1/3) |
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[55969.643564] wlan0: authenticated |
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[55969.643873] wlan0: associate with 7c:d1:c3:cd:b9:be (try 1/3) |
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[55969.647304] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 7c:d1:c3:cd:b9:be (capab=0x431 |
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status=0 aid=1) |
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[55969.654396] wlan0: associated |
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[55969.657270] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready |
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Thank you, |
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Chris |