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Old 03-18-2014, 02:35 AM   #1
petrosgermanos
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wireless disconnects randomly in spite of strong signal


my external wireless adapter disconnects randomly severeal times a day.only replugging of adapter or systemrestart can connect again.


*************** info trace ***************

***** uname -a *****

Linux b-Lenovo-IdeaPad-S10-2 3.8.0-37-generic #53~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 19 21:39:14 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

***** lsb_release *****

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

***** lspci *****

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:389e]
Kernel driver in use: r8169

***** lsusb *****

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 5986:0241 Acer, Inc BisonCam, NB Pro
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 Wireless Adapter
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8301:0089
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04b3:3107 IBM Corp. ThinkPad 800dpi Optical Travel Mouse

***** PCMCIA Card Info *****


***** iwconfig *****

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"PLDTMyDSL"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: <MAC address removed>
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff
Link Quality=50/70 Signal level=-60 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:40 Invalid misc:2 Missed beacon:0


***** rfkill *****

0: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

***** iw reg get *****


***** route -n *****

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 wlan0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 2 0 0 wlan0

***** lsmod *****

rtl8187 56295 0
mac80211 546103 1 rtl8187
cfg80211 454468 2 rtl8187,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6 13168 1 rtl8187

***** nm-tool *****

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: wlan0 [PLDTMyDSL] ---------------------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: rtl8187
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: <MAC address removed>

Capabilities:
Speed: 54 Mb/s

Wireless Properties
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes

Wireless Access Points (* = current AP)
*PLDTMyDSL: Infra, <MAC address removed>, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 61

IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.1.5
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.1.1

DNS: 192.168.1.1


- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: r8169
State: unavailable
Default: no
HW Address: <MAC address removed>

Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes

Wired Properties
Carrier: off



***** NetworkManager.state *****

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true

***** NetworkManager.conf *****

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile
dns=dnsmasq

no-auto-default=<MAC address removed>,

[ifupdown]
managed=false

***** interfaces *****

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


***** iwlist *****

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: <MAC address removed>
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=51/70 Signal level=-59 dBm
Encryption keyff
ESSID:"PLDTMyDSL"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000201902bedb
Extra: Last beacon: 12ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0009504C44544D7944534C
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown: 2D1A6E181AFF00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D160B071300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C336E181AFF00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C340B071300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD0600E04C020160


***** resolv.conf *****

nameserver 127.0.0.1
search domain.name

***** blacklist *****

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf]
blacklist ath_pci

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf]
blacklist evbug
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd
blacklist eepro100
blacklist de4x5
blacklist eth1394
blacklist snd_intel8x0m
blacklist snd_aw2
blacklist i2c_i801
blacklist prism54
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist garmin_gps
blacklist asus_acpi
blacklist snd_pcsp
blacklist pcspkr
blacklist amd76x_edac

***** modinfo *****

filename: /lib/modules/3.8.0-37-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187/rtl8187.ko
license: GPL
description: RTL8187/RTL8187B USB wireless driver
author: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
author: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net>
author: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@mandriva.com.br>
author: Andrea Merello <andreamrl@tiscali.it>
author: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
srcversion: 4EC70451284400E93948C00
alias: usb:v1737p0073d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v1B75p8187d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v18E8p6232d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v13D1pABE6d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v1371p9401d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v114Bp0150d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0DF6p0029d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0DF6p0028d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0DF6p000Dd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v03F0pCA02d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0846p4260d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0846p6A00d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0846p6100d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0789p010Cd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0769p11F2d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0BDAp8198d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0BDAp8197d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0BDAp8189d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0BDAp8187d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v050Dp705Ed*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias: usb:v0B05p171Dd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
depends: mac80211,eeprom_93cx6,cfg80211
intree: Y
vermagic: 3.8.0-37-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 686


***** udev rules *****

# PCI device 0x10ec:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:03:00.0 (r8169)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC address removed>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

# USB device 0x0bda:0x8187 (usb)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC address removed>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0"

***** dmesg *****

[ 12.211835] ieee80211 phy0: hwaddr <MAC address removed>, RTL8187vB (default) V1 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[ 12.244121] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00
[ 12.249029] rtl8187: wireless switch is on
[ 21.785371] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 21.786342] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 26.761597] wlan0: authenticate with <MAC address removed>
[ 26.879229] wlan0: send auth to <MAC address removed> (try 1/3)
[ 26.881967] wlan0: authenticated
[ 26.884097] wlan0: associate with <MAC address removed> (try 1/3)
[ 26.886603] wlan0: RX AssocResp from <MAC address removed> (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=1)
[ 26.887974] wlan0: associated
[ 26.888091] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready

****************** done ******************
 
Old 04-09-2014, 02:04 PM   #2
metaschima
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It looks to be a driver issue. Either update the driver module or kernel.
 
Old 04-11-2014, 02:13 AM   #3
petrosgermanos
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kernel update seems to have solved the problem

kernel update seems to have solved the problem. 2 days uninterrupted connection already. I cannot understand why network manager could not perform the action (unplug and replug the usb wifi card) that reestablished the connection. However, since the latest kernel update the problem has not occured again. Thanks!
 
  


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