Daniel, I had similar problems in Ubuntu. With and without WPA. I installed wicd and now all works much better. Give it a try but be aware that wicd will remove your original network manager.
Rob HTTP: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gipukan/ On 09/02/2010 11:03 AM, Daniel Bwente wrote: > Hello Guys > > Over the past few weeks i have had issues connecting to wireless > networks using Suse 11.3, sometimes it connects flawlessly other times > no number or restarts will get it to connect, sometimes it just keeps > requesting for the WPA encryption key despite typing it in right. > There is a bug where DHCP on the wlan interface fails if the SSID ends > in a digit but I changed my home SSID to all letters, it worked for a > while then became intermittent again, can't quite figure out what the > problem is, any ideas would be welcome, below are some of the log > messages ;( > > tail -f /var/log/NetworkManager > > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) > Beginning DHCP transaction (timeout in 45 seconds) > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> dhclient started with > pid 2808 > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage > 4 of 5 (IP6 Configure Get) scheduled... > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage > 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage > 4 of 5 (IP6 Configure Get) started... > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage > 4 of 5 (IP6 Configure Get) complete. > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> DHCP: device wlan0 state > changed (null) -> preinit > Sep 2 08:38:33 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): DHCP > transaction took too long, stopping it. > Sep 2 08:38:33 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): canceled DHCP > transaction, dhcp client pid > 2808 > > > Sep 2 08:38:33 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage > 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Timeout) > scheduled... > > > Sep 2 08:38:33 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage > 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Timeout) > started... > > > Sep 2 08:38:33 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state > change: 7 -> 9 (reason > 5) > > > Sep 2 08:38:33 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) > failed for access point (Campion > ) > > > Sep 2 08:38:33 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> Marking connection > 'Campion ' > invalid. > > > Sep 2 08:38:33 Oscar NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) > failed. > > > ======================================== > > tail -f /var/log/messages > > > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP > Client 4.1.1-P1 > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar dhclient: Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems > Consortium. > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar dhclient: All rights reserved. > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar dhclient: For info, please visit > https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar dhclient: > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:22:5f:ab:01:80 > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar dhclient: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:22:5f:ab:01:80 > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback > Sep 2 08:37:48 Oscar dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2 > Sep 2 08:37:50 Oscar dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 > Sep 2 08:37:55 Oscar dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 > Sep 2 08:38:04 Oscar dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 > Sep 2 08:38:14 Oscar dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 > Sep 2 08:38:24 Oscar dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to > 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval > 9 > > > Sep 2 08:38:33 Oscar kernel: [ 193.873376] wlan0: deauthenticating > from 00:24:b2:43:e7:86 by local choice (reason=3) > > > Cheers > > > > -- > Dan > > +44 7748281942 > > "You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue. you > will wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb and all the dead will > know; This is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles." > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > >
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