Wireless issues with Realtek card, NetworkManager, and wpa_supplicant
I'm currently having issues trying to connect to wireless that appeared after an update. When I try to connect, it simply enters an infinite reconnect loop, asking me for the password each time. I can connect to unencrypted networks fine with the ifconfig/iwconfig/dhclient method (haven't tried it on my encrypted network yet, since I'm not near it at the moment), but NetworkManager just freaks out.
This is the common bit of the log of trying to connect to an unencrypted network (the same one I'm currently on using dhclient) and trying to connect to my encrypted network. I'll get the full log of failing to connect to my encrypted network when I get back to it later. Code:
May 10 07:48:49 not-skynet NetworkManager[1029]: <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 1 Code:
$ NetworkManager --version && wpa_supplicant -v | grep v && uname -r Code:
$ lsmod | grep rtl |
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What do you mean with... Quote:
What appeared after an update? What did you update? Was it working before [whatever you did]? Is it to your own wlan access point that you're trying to connect to or is it something else? Cheers! |
What distro...
Which linux and which desktop are you using? I found that I could best manage my wireless internet connections using NetworkManager with the Gnome NetworkManager applet. I use the KDE desktop on openSUSE 12.2 but the applet can be installed and run without a problem. I ran into the same sort of problem as yours at one time and could use the applet to remove all the settings from previous connection attempts and then configure the connection. The applet seems to be quite good at picking up the wireless at boot. Is it worth a try? |
I've been messing around for a while and the problem seems to be getting an IP address from DHCP.
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Installing wicd led to a bad password error, which apparently can be wicd misinterpreting a failed dhcp request, so both NetworkManager and wicd are having this problem. How can I fix this? Quote:
I think it was a kernel update. I want to keep it around because it seems to have fixed a null pointer deref that caused random kernel panics Yes, it was working fine - or as fine as wireless on linux can work, anyways ;) Yes, it's my access point (WPA2) Quote:
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So this gets weirder and weirder...
I used a program called Connectify to set up a WPA-PSK hotspot on a Windows netbook. Same encryption as the network I was trying to connect to earlier, and all it does is bridge to that network... I connected to it, and it works perfectly. WTF? |
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