[SOLVED] Fedora 13

shive · 09-10-2010, 05:09 PM

Hello,

I got a development machine with Apache installed. Everything was configured correctly, machine was running perfectly for some time, but today, suddenly I lost connection to my Wireless network.

Now I simply...can't access it. All details are correct, I even turned off MAC Addresses validation to make sure it's not my AP configuration fault. Nothing helped.

Any ideas what could happen? I did not update any libraries/packages. Just got disconnected from my network and cannot access it anymore.

To give more informations: I'm using Broadcom wireless device and b43 driver but I don't think this can be an error. Logs tell me nothing.

Tom_Wilson · 09-10-2010, 08:24 PM

This isn't exactly your problem, but sounds similar enough to a problem that I saw on a wired network. The network was configured for DHCP. A 24-port switch was being used to connect approx 10 computers (which were being purchased along with the switch).

Before the Acceptance Test Procedure started, the switch was isolated from the company's network. For two days of testing everything worked properly. Then everything downstream of the switch stopped talking on the network.

The problem turned out to be "expired" IP addresses. One by one, the hosts (connected to the switch) tried unsuccessfully to renew their network addresses... only to find that they couldn't communicate with the domain name server (upstream from the switch).

Running WireShark on your Fedora box might shed a clue.

shive · 09-11-2010, 05:22 AM

I was trying to analyze it for few hours, without any success.

When I try to connect this network (btw. it's not visible on the list, I had to add it manually) after few seconds it prompts me for WPA password.

In /var/log/messages I can find:

Quote:

ep 11 12:16:46 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'home' has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed.
Sep 11 12:16:46 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'home_wifi'
Sep 11 12:16:46 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Sep 11 12:16:46 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK'
Sep 11 12:16:46 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> Config: added 'psk' value '<omitted>'
Sep 11 12:16:46 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Sep 11 12:16:46 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
Sep 11 12:16:46 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning
Sep 11 12:17:11 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <warn> Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long.
Sep 11 12:17:11 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 5 -> 6 (reason 0)
Sep 11 12:17:11 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <warn> Activation (wlan0/wireless): asking for new secrets
Sep 11 12:17:11 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> disconnected
Sep 11 12:17:12 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 6 -> 9 (reason 7)
Sep 11 12:17:12 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <warn> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (home_wifi)
Sep 11 12:17:12 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> Marking connection 'home' invalid.
Sep 11 12:17:12 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <warn> Activation (wlan0) failed.
Sep 11 12:17:12 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 9 -> 3 (reason 0)
Sep 11 12:17:12 zeus NetworkManager[1265]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 0).

Basically, it tells me nothing. I also tried to disable WPA in my AP Control Panel, still does not work. Maybe someone of you guys will be able to see something important in this logs.

Of one more thing, it does not matter if I use DHCP or not. Still no connection.

shive · 09-20-2010, 04:23 AM

For unknown reason, it started working today. Linux is still keeping me surprised