Re: ipw3945 fails to associate

[Ryan Novosielski <novosirj umdnj edu>]

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I had a similar problem right after updating from Kubuntu 6.10 to 7.04.
My resolution for the problem was to reboot, having never touched the
card with iwconfig. I did not run complicated tests, since I was in a
hurry, but checking iwconfig on the card when NM was failing to
associated showed that it was turning encryption on and off repeatedly.

Conversely, if I've ever touched the device with NM, wpa_supplicant will
not work on the card (only finds access points with all-zero MAC's)
until a reboot where NM never touched the device.

I was running 2.6.17-11 until recently, but now I'm running a 2.6.20
series kernel. I haven't done much testing since I upgraded, so I don't
know if it will make a difference.

Hector Centeno wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My system: Asus Aspire 5570 laptop with ipw3945 wireless card. Using
> Fedora Core 6 I can't make NetworkManager to associate to either
> encrypted or unencrypted wireless access points. Using a terminal and
> iwconfg at the same location associates instantly and dhclient works
> fine. NetworkManager in the same laptop, same access point but using
> Ubuntu works perfectly. I would like to get FC6 to work bcause it's
> the distro I want to use. This are the logs I get in /var/log/messages
> 
> Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	User Switch:
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 / TPLwireless
> Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Deactivating
> device eth1.
> Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1): cancelling...
> Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) cancellation handler scheduled...
> Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1): waiting for device to cancel activation.
> Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on eth1 to 10.255.1.1 port 67
> Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost dhclient: send_packet: Network is unreachable
> Apr  2 18:10:48 localhost dhclient: send_packet: please consult README
> file regarding broadcast address.
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) cancellation handled.
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1): cancelled.
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Device eth1
> activation scheduled...
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) started...
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1/wireless): access point 'TPLwireless' is unencrypted, no key
> needed.
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
> command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth1		wext	/var/run/wpa_supplicant	'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was 'OK'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
> command 'AP_SCAN 1'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was 'OK'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
> command 'ADD_NETWORK'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was '0'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
> command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 54504c776972656c657373'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was 'OK'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
> command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was 'OK'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: sending
> command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	SUP: response was 'OK'
> Apr  2 18:10:49 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
> Apr  2 18:10:53 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Old device
> 'eth1' activating, won't change.
> Apr  2 18:10:59 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	eth1: link timed out.
> Apr  2 18:10:59 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Old device
> 'eth1' activating, won't change.
> Apr  2 18:11:29 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1/wireless): association took too long (>40s), failing activation.
> Apr  2 18:11:29 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) failure scheduled...
> Apr  2 18:11:29 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) failed for access point (TPLwireless)
> Apr  2 18:11:29 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Activation
> (eth1) failed.
> Apr  2 18:11:29 localhost NetworkManager: <information>	Deactivating
> device eth1.
> 
> The only changes I've done to the network configuration was to disable
> IPv6 following this guide
> http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc6.html#ipv6
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated! Please let me know what extra
> information should I provide.
> 
> Hector
> 
> 
> 


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