Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: wpa (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
Wireless network connection terminates and won't reconnect
Status in wpa package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
On: Linux x 3.16.0-25-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 4 12:06:54 UTC
2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Wireless connections terminate without obvious reason. A reconnect is
not possible.
Every now and then (every second day) the network connection drops.
The network indicator shows no signal strenght (empty icon)
The correct connection is selected, a wealth of other SSIDs are in the
list.
A reconnect opens up the password dialog (which is an indication that the old
error was reintroduced into the code).
I reported this bug several times. The reason at the time was that
reconnection would try to fetch the encrypted password and reencrypt it leading
to a wrong password.
There is a workaround:
Disabling and Enabling the network connection reconnects correctly. In the
code (as I analyzed then), this is due to the fact that the password from
searing is taken as is and forwarded to the authentication code (not
reencrypted). The connection gets established again.
This issue did not occur in 12.04 and 12.10 (due to less connection
problems or due to a fix is beyond me, I simple confirmed there were
no connection aborts). It reappeared in 13.x and now is back as an
annoyance.
The error numbers then were around 460.000 - 490.000 as far is I
remember (I have deleted bug reports I considered solved).
I observed this issue on any Ubuntu machine. I also observed that the
list of SSIDs is extremely long when this incident arises (approx. 15
- 20). Maybe a storm of SSID broadcasts is the basic cause but I have
not done any research beyond what I described here.
Hope this gets fixed for good now.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-25.33-generic 3.16.7
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Dec 6 10:27:42 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-17 (567 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64+mac
(20130424)
SourcePackage: wpa
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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