On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:55:23 +0200, Jirka Klimes wrote: > On Wednesday 15 of September 2010 14:52:02 Frederik Himpe wrote: >> I'm using Debian Squeeze kernel 2.6.32-21 (iwlagn 1.3.27ks) with an >> Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 [8086:4235]. >> >> Whenever I use my laptop in a place where different APs provide roaming >> for a wifi network, my system seems to suddenly (without moving) roam >> to another AP, after which the connection stops working completely >> (cannot ping anymore, etc) while NetworkManager shows I'm still >> connected. >> >> I can easily reproduce this, on two different roaming networks. >> >> I also tried kernel 2.6.35-1~experimental.3, but it has the same >> problematic behaviour. >>
> There's a problem with getting IP from DHCP server. See DHCPREQUEST > requests, but no reply. Is the DHCP server properly running, replying? > Try to capture packets in wireshark to see if there is any DHCP server > response. > Or just configure the connection with static IP to verify that the > issues are indeed due to DHCP. No, the issue is not DHCP: the fact that there is no reply to the DHCPREQUEST is just a symptom of my problem, but it is not the cause. The problem already starts from Sep 14 09:14:43, when it decides to roam. >From that moment on, the connection is broken. A few minutes later, when my old DHCP lease expires, and then it fails to get a new one because the wifi connection is broken. -- Frederik Himpe _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
