CVS-12-23-04 - loss of connection

[Bill Moss <bmoss clemson edu>]

After connection is established, NetworkManager: AUTO: Best wired device 
is repeated many times in syslog. Then connection is lost. stopping NM, 
rmmod/modprobe ipw2200 and the connection can be made again. syslog 
shows this behaviour started when I updated on the evening of 12-21-04. 
I have observed on loss of connection with ipw2200 used without NM. I 
thought the NM policy was not to check for the best interface unless the 
current connection is lost.

Dec 23 14:44:39 localhost NetworkManager: Your IP address = 192.168.2.3
Dec 23 14:44:39 localhost NetworkManager: : Adding nameserver: 192.168.2.1
Dec 23 14:44:39 localhost NetworkManager: : Adding domain search: WorkGroup
Dec 23 14:44:39 localhost NetworkManager: 
nm_device_activation_worker(eth1): device activated
Dec 23 14:44:39 localhost named[2379]: loading configuration from 
'/tmp/NetworkManager-named.conf-HL4Zk6'
Dec 23 14:44:39 localhost NetworkManager: 
nm_state_modification_monitor() activated device eth1
Dec 23 14:44:41 localhost NetworkManager: AUTO: Best wired device = 
(null), best wireless device = eth1 (mosswap)
Dec 23 14:44:56 localhost last message repeated 3 times
Dec 23 14:45:01 localhost NetworkManager: AUTO: Best wired device = 
(null), best wireless device = eth1 (mosswap)
Dec 23 14:45:36 localhost last message repeated 5 times
Dec 23 14:46:01 localhost last message repeated 5 times
Dec 23 14:46:06 localhost NetworkManager: AUTO: Best wired device = 
(null), best wireless device = eth1 (mosswap)
Dec 23 14:46:41 localhost last message repeated 7 times
Dec 23 14:47:46 localhost last message repeated 11 times

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Bill Moss
Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Clemson University