Comment 85 for bug 548992

I followed the recommendation from day 1 -- use wicd. works fine for
me and no dropouts.

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Daniel Castro <email address hidden> wrote:
> I'm also affected by this. It is really bad, and so annoying.
> I have tried all suggestions here and nothing worked...
>
> Still no word from any developers with a real workaround?
>
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> Wireless connection frequently drops  [deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3)]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548992
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> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in Debian GNU/Linux: Confirmed
> Status in Fedora: Unknown
> Status in “linux” package in openSUSE: New
>
> Bug description:
> Since about 8.04 or 8.10, perhaps when Ubuntu switched over to NetworkManager, my wireless connection has randomly dropped its association with the access point, about every ten minutes. For a while, the connection will just die, then it will be detected and NetworkManager will re-authenticate and re-associate.
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> In Lucid Lynx, this problem is now much more frequent (often exactly every two or four minutes) and now Ubuntu does not report that the connection has dropped. Instead, it re-associates in the background, eventually connecting to the access point again, all behind the scenes. Thus, the only thing that has changed, aside from the greater frequency, is that Ubuntu now doesn't report that it has dropped the connection, which seems deceptive from previous versions.
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> This may be the same bug as #429035, but my dmesg output is a bit different.  This problem occurs primarily on a WPA2 Enterprise network, but the problem has occurred on other network security configurations as well.
>
> dmesg output after many instances of disconnects:
>
> [ 5423.541343] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5425.134984] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5425.174916] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5425.177083] wlan0: direct probe responded
> [ 5425.177087] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5425.179379] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 5425.179399] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5425.182881] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=68)
> [ 5425.182884] wlan0: associated
> [ 5437.562165] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0
> [ 5480.893417] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5482.475859] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5482.515034] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5482.517187] wlan0: direct probe responded
> [ 5482.517190] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5482.518636] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 5482.518651] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5482.522378] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=68)
> [ 5482.522381] wlan0: associated
> [ 5508.093339] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5508.107358] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5508.107412] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5508.110595] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 (try 1)
> [ 5508.113114] wlan0: direct probe responded
> [ 5508.113123] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 (try 1)
> [ 5508.115392] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 5508.121973] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 (try 1)
> [ 5508.127254] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=16)
> [ 5508.127262] wlan0: associated
> [ 5525.110100] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 tid = 0
> [ 5546.029401] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5546.042276] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 (try 1)
> [ 5546.042311] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5546.045656] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5546.048069] wlan0: direct probe responded
> [ 5546.048077] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5546.049864] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 5546.077267] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5546.080885] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=79)
> [ 5546.080888] wlan0: associated
> [ 5562.875489] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0
> [ 5571.881150] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5571.928466] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5571.967725] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5571.969866] wlan0: direct probe responded
> [ 5571.969870] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5571.971428] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 5571.971446] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5571.974650] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=79)
> [ 5571.974658] wlan0: associated
> [ 5579.266995] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0
> [ 5674.773488] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5674.815768] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5674.855855] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5674.858186] wlan0: direct probe responded
> [ 5674.858195] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5674.859768] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 5674.859811] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5674.863242] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=79)
> [ 5674.863249] wlan0: associated
> [ 5693.936473] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0
> [ 5871.177501] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5872.845146] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 5872.884514] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5872.886671] wlan0: direct probe responded
> [ 5872.886679] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5872.888855] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 5872.888902] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 5872.892134] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=79)
> [ 5872.892142] wlan0: associated
> [ 6091.564428] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0
> [ 6122.697260] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 6124.304877] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 6124.344923] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 6124.347041] wlan0: direct probe responded
> [ 6124.347043] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 6124.348599] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 6124.348624] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 6124.352604] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=79)
> [ 6124.352609] wlan0: associated
> [ 6129.588373] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0
> [ 6246.053521] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 6246.089232] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice (reason=3)
> [ 6246.129301] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 6246.131530] wlan0: direct probe responded
> [ 6246.131540] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 6246.133188] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 6246.133229] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1)
> [ 6246.136579] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=79)
> [ 6246.136586] wlan0: associated
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