network manager hangs after trying to connect to a non-working wap
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
Every day when I turn on my laptop, network-manager attempts to connect to a wap that doesn't work. I don't know much about why it doesn't work, but nobody I know can connect to it. While it tries to connect, I get no green dots in the tray icon but the animation does display. It stays like that seemingly forever. Also if I click the icon, and select a working network, it will not connect.
If on the other hand, I first select 'create new wireless network', then type a name for it and click ok, I can then select a working wap and connect to it almost instantaneously.
I am a novice user so if I can give any more information please let me know. For now, here is my ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:CA:A3:83
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:DE:28:86:03
inet addr:129.8.224.56 Bcast:129.8.227.255 Mask:255.255.252.0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:85995 errors:3 dropped:1372 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1534 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:7882938 (7.5 MiB) TX bytes:205661 (200.8 KiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:364 (364.0 b) TX bytes:364 (364.0 b)
Here is my /etc/network/
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth1 inet dhcp
auto eth1
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth0
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
Here's the output of lspci as it relates to my wirelss card:
01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
Here's the output of modprobe -c | grep ipw3495 which I believe is the name of the driver I use. $(uname -r) --quiet $(uname -r) --kill ; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ipw3945
$ modprobe -c | grep ipw3945
install ipw3945 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw3945 ; sleep 0.5 ; /sbin/ipw3945d-
remove ipw3945 /sbin/ipw3945d-