Note I am also getting this will using WICD. Here is the WICD log of the event and the reboot and reconnection 2010/01/06 18:03:10 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:03:10 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:03:12 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect 2010/01/06 18:03:15 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:03:15 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:03:17 :: trying to automatically connect to...42 2010/01/06 18:03:17 :: Connecting to wireless network 42 2010/01/06 18:03:18 :: Putting interface down 2010/01/06 18:03:18 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2010/01/06 18:03:18 :: Setting false IP... 2010/01/06 18:03:18 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2010/01/06 18:03:19 :: Flushing the routing table... 2010/01/06 18:03:19 :: Putting interface up... 2010/01/06 18:03:19 :: Generating psk... 2010/01/06 18:03:19 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2010/01/06 18:03:55 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. 2010/01/06 18:03:55 :: Running DHCP 2010/01/06 18:03:55 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2 2010/01/06 18:03:55 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. 2010/01/06 18:03:55 :: All rights reserved. 2010/01/06 18:03:55 :: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ 2010/01/06 18:03:55 :: 2010/01/06 18:03:56 :: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:03:56 :: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:03:56 :: Sending on Socket/fallback 2010/01/06 18:03:59 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 2010/01/06 18:04:04 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 2010/01/06 18:04:13 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 2010/01/06 18:04:27 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 2010/01/06 18:04:42 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 2010/01/06 18:04:50 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 2010/01/06 18:05:00 :: No DHCPOFFERS received. 2010/01/06 18:05:00 :: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. 2010/01/06 18:05:00 :: * Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf smbd only 2010/01/06 18:05:00 :: ...done. 2010/01/06 18:05:09 :: DHCP connection failed 2010/01/06 18:05:09 :: exiting connection thread 2010/01/06 18:05:14 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed 2010/01/06 18:05:14 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:05:14 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:05:16 :: trying to automatically connect to...42 2010/01/06 18:05:16 :: Connecting to wireless network 42 2010/01/06 18:05:16 :: Putting interface down 2010/01/06 18:05:16 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2010/01/06 18:05:17 :: Setting false IP... 2010/01/06 18:05:17 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2010/01/06 18:05:17 :: Flushing the routing table... 2010/01/06 18:05:17 :: Putting interface up... 2010/01/06 18:05:17 :: Generating psk... 2010/01/06 18:05:17 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2010/01/06 18:05:52 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. 2010/01/06 18:05:52 :: Running DHCP 2010/01/06 18:05:52 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2 2010/01/06 18:05:52 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. 2010/01/06 18:05:52 :: All rights reserved. 2010/01/06 18:05:52 :: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ 2010/01/06 18:05:52 :: 2010/01/06 18:05:53 :: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:05:53 :: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:05:53 :: Sending on Socket/fallback 2010/01/06 18:05:56 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 2010/01/06 18:06:04 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 2010/01/06 18:06:15 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16 2010/01/06 18:06:31 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 2010/01/06 18:06:41 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 2010/01/06 18:06:48 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 2010/01/06 18:06:56 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1 2010/01/06 18:06:57 :: No DHCPOFFERS received. 2010/01/06 18:06:57 :: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. 2010/01/06 18:06:57 :: * Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf smbd only 2010/01/06 18:06:57 :: ...done. 2010/01/06 18:07:07 :: DHCP connection failed 2010/01/06 18:07:07 :: exiting connection thread 2010/01/06 18:07:08 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed 2010/01/06 18:07:08 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:07:08 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:07:10 :: trying to automatically connect to...42 2010/01/06 18:07:10 :: Connecting to wireless network 42 2010/01/06 18:07:10 :: Putting interface down 2010/01/06 18:07:10 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2010/01/06 18:07:10 :: Setting false IP... 2010/01/06 18:07:10 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2010/01/06 18:07:10 :: Flushing the routing table... 2010/01/06 18:07:10 :: Putting interface up... 2010/01/06 18:07:10 :: Generating psk... 2010/01/06 18:07:11 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2010/01/06 18:07:46 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. 2010/01/06 18:07:46 :: Running DHCP 2010/01/06 18:07:46 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2 2010/01/06 18:07:46 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. 2010/01/06 18:07:46 :: All rights reserved. 2010/01/06 18:07:46 :: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ 2010/01/06 18:07:46 :: 2010/01/06 18:07:47 :: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:07:47 :: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:07:47 :: Sending on Socket/fallback 2010/01/06 18:07:49 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 2010/01/06 18:07:54 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 2010/01/06 18:08:04 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 2010/01/06 18:08:17 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 2010/01/06 18:08:32 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17 2010/01/06 18:08:49 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1 2010/01/06 18:08:50 :: No DHCPOFFERS received. 2010/01/06 18:08:50 :: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. 2010/01/06 18:08:50 :: * Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf smbd only 2010/01/06 18:08:50 :: ...done. 2010/01/06 18:08:59 :: DHCP connection failed 2010/01/06 18:08:59 :: exiting connection thread 2010/01/06 18:09:02 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed 2010/01/06 18:10:32 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:10:32 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:10:32 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect 2010/01/06 18:13:57 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:13:57 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:13:59 :: trying to automatically connect to...42 2010/01/06 18:13:59 :: Connecting to wireless network 42 2010/01/06 18:13:59 :: Putting interface down 2010/01/06 18:13:59 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2010/01/06 18:14:00 :: Setting false IP... 2010/01/06 18:14:00 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2010/01/06 18:14:00 :: Flushing the routing table... 2010/01/06 18:14:00 :: Putting interface up... 2010/01/06 18:14:00 :: Generating psk... 2010/01/06 18:14:00 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2010/01/06 18:14:35 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. 2010/01/06 18:14:35 :: Running DHCP 2010/01/06 18:14:35 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2 2010/01/06 18:14:35 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. 2010/01/06 18:14:35 :: All rights reserved. 2010/01/06 18:14:35 :: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ 2010/01/06 18:14:35 :: 2010/01/06 18:14:36 :: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:14:36 :: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:14:36 :: Sending on Socket/fallback 2010/01/06 18:14:39 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 2010/01/06 18:14:44 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 2010/01/06 18:14:53 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 2010/01/06 18:15:02 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 2010/01/06 18:15:15 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20 2010/01/06 18:15:35 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 2010/01/06 18:15:40 :: No DHCPOFFERS received. 2010/01/06 18:15:40 :: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. 2010/01/06 18:15:40 :: * Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf smbd only 2010/01/06 18:15:40 :: ...done. 2010/01/06 18:15:49 :: DHCP connection failed 2010/01/06 18:15:49 :: exiting connection thread 2010/01/06 18:15:51 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed 2010/01/06 18:17:21 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:17:21 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:17:21 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect 2010/01/06 18:20:46 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:20:46 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:20:48 :: trying to automatically connect to...42 2010/01/06 18:20:48 :: Connecting to wireless network 42 2010/01/06 18:20:48 :: Putting interface down 2010/01/06 18:20:48 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2010/01/06 18:20:49 :: Setting false IP... 2010/01/06 18:20:49 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2010/01/06 18:20:49 :: Flushing the routing table... 2010/01/06 18:20:49 :: Putting interface up... 2010/01/06 18:20:49 :: Generating psk... 2010/01/06 18:20:49 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2010/01/06 18:21:24 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. 2010/01/06 18:21:24 :: Running DHCP 2010/01/06 18:21:24 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2 2010/01/06 18:21:24 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. 2010/01/06 18:21:24 :: All rights reserved. 2010/01/06 18:21:24 :: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ 2010/01/06 18:21:24 :: 2010/01/06 18:21:25 :: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:21:25 :: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:21:25 :: Sending on Socket/fallback 2010/01/06 18:21:27 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 2010/01/06 18:21:31 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 2010/01/06 18:21:35 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 2010/01/06 18:21:41 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 2010/01/06 18:21:51 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16 2010/01/06 18:22:07 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 2010/01/06 18:22:14 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 2010/01/06 18:22:28 :: No DHCPOFFERS received. 2010/01/06 18:22:28 :: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. 2010/01/06 18:22:28 :: * Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf smbd only 2010/01/06 18:22:28 :: ...done. 2010/01/06 18:22:38 :: DHCP connection failed 2010/01/06 18:22:38 :: exiting connection thread 2010/01/06 18:22:40 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed 2010/01/06 18:24:10 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:24:10 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:24:10 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect 2010/01/06 18:27:35 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:27:35 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:27:37 :: trying to automatically connect to...42 2010/01/06 18:27:37 :: Connecting to wireless network 42 2010/01/06 18:27:37 :: Putting interface down 2010/01/06 18:27:37 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2010/01/06 18:27:38 :: Setting false IP... 2010/01/06 18:27:38 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2010/01/06 18:27:38 :: Flushing the routing table... 2010/01/06 18:27:38 :: Putting interface up... 2010/01/06 18:27:38 :: Generating psk... 2010/01/06 18:27:38 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2010/01/06 18:28:13 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. 2010/01/06 18:28:13 :: Running DHCP 2010/01/06 18:28:13 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2 2010/01/06 18:28:13 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. 2010/01/06 18:28:13 :: All rights reserved. 2010/01/06 18:28:13 :: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ 2010/01/06 18:28:13 :: 2010/01/06 18:28:15 :: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:28:15 :: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:28:15 :: Sending on Socket/fallback 2010/01/06 18:28:16 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 2010/01/06 18:28:19 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 2010/01/06 18:28:22 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 2010/01/06 18:28:25 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 2010/01/06 18:28:31 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 2010/01/06 18:28:44 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 2010/01/06 18:28:59 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 2010/01/06 18:29:14 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 2010/01/06 18:29:17 :: No DHCPOFFERS received. 2010/01/06 18:29:17 :: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. 2010/01/06 18:29:17 :: * Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf smbd only 2010/01/06 18:29:17 :: ...done. 2010/01/06 18:29:26 :: DHCP connection failed 2010/01/06 18:29:26 :: exiting connection thread 2010/01/06 18:29:29 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed 2010/01/06 18:30:59 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:30:59 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:30:59 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect 2010/01/06 18:34:24 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:34:24 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:34:26 :: trying to automatically connect to...42 2010/01/06 18:34:26 :: Connecting to wireless network 42 2010/01/06 18:34:26 :: Putting interface down 2010/01/06 18:34:26 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2010/01/06 18:34:27 :: Setting false IP... 2010/01/06 18:34:27 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2010/01/06 18:34:27 :: Flushing the routing table... 2010/01/06 18:34:27 :: Putting interface up... 2010/01/06 18:34:27 :: Generating psk... 2010/01/06 18:34:27 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2010/01/06 18:35:02 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. 2010/01/06 18:35:02 :: Running DHCP 2010/01/06 18:35:02 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2 2010/01/06 18:35:02 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. 2010/01/06 18:35:02 :: All rights reserved. 2010/01/06 18:35:02 :: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ 2010/01/06 18:35:02 :: 2010/01/06 18:35:04 :: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:35:04 :: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:35:04 :: Sending on Socket/fallback 2010/01/06 18:35:07 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 2010/01/06 18:35:10 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 2010/01/06 18:35:14 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 2010/01/06 18:35:18 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 2010/01/06 18:36:18 :: --------------------------- 2010/01/06 18:36:18 :: wicd initializing... 2010/01/06 18:36:18 :: --------------------------- 2010/01/06 18:36:18 :: wicd is version 1.6.1 426 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: setting backend to external 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: trying to load backend external 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: successfully loaded backend external 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: trying to load backend external 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: successfully loaded backend external 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: Couldn't detect a wireless interface. 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: setting wireless interface wlan0 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: automatically detected wired interface eth0 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: setting wired interface eth0 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: setting wpa driver wext 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: setting use global dns to False 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: setting global dns 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: global dns servers are None None None 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: domain is None 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: search domain is None 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: Setting dhcp client to 0 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: Wireless configuration file found... 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: Wired configuration file found... 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: chmoding configuration files 0600... 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: chowning configuration files root:root... 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: Using wireless interface...wlan0 2010/01/06 18:36:19 :: Using wired interface...eth0 2010/01/06 18:36:27 :: Autoconnecting... 2010/01/06 18:36:27 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2010/01/06 18:36:28 :: trying to automatically connect to...42 2010/01/06 18:36:28 :: Connecting to wireless network 42 2010/01/06 18:36:29 :: Putting interface down 2010/01/06 18:36:29 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2010/01/06 18:36:30 :: Setting false IP... 2010/01/06 18:36:30 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2010/01/06 18:36:30 :: Flushing the routing table... 2010/01/06 18:36:30 :: Putting interface up... 2010/01/06 18:36:30 :: Generating psk... 2010/01/06 18:36:30 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2010/01/06 18:36:33 :: Running DHCP 2010/01/06 18:36:33 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2 2010/01/06 18:36:33 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. 2010/01/06 18:36:33 :: All rights reserved. 2010/01/06 18:36:33 :: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ 2010/01/06 18:36:33 :: 2010/01/06 18:36:34 :: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:36:34 :: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1d:e0:35:48:1d 2010/01/06 18:36:34 :: Sending on Socket/fallback 2010/01/06 18:36:35 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 2010/01/06 18:36:35 :: DHCPOFFER of 192.168.11.100 from 192.168.11.1 2010/01/06 18:36:35 :: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.11.100 on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 2010/01/06 18:36:35 :: DHCPACK of 192.168.11.100 from 192.168.11.1 2010/01/06 18:36:35 :: * Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf smbd only 2010/01/06 18:36:35 :: ...done. 2010/01/06 18:36:35 :: bound to 192.168.11.100 -- renewal in 77041 seconds. 2010/01/06 18:36:35 :: DHCP connection successful 2010/01/06 18:36:35 :: Connecting thread exiting. 2010/01/06 18:36:36 :: Sending connection attempt result Success