Comment 36 for bug 331103

I have upgraded and the issue more or less persists. I have all the latest
patches for Karmic. It is better than before, but still prone to random
disconnects, and a full power cycle (not a restart) is the only way to get
reconnected to my WAP.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Endolith <email address hidden> wrote:

> I haven't upgraded yet. It's on my to do list.
>
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> ipw2200 - Wireless network disconnects randomly, won't reconnect
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331103
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> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> Status in “linux-firmware” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> My computer occasionally disconnects from my wireless router, and I can't
> get it to reconnect unless I reboot. It used to work completely fine.
> Something has been changed in the last month or two to make it stop working
> and I have no idea where to look.
>
> Two times it has disconnected around the same time, 8:15 in the morning,
> which is suspicious. I don't know of any event at that time that would
> cause that.
>
> Logs show things like:
>
> WPA: 4-Way Handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect
>
> though the key is correct. I also saw this:
>
> ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
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