Public bug reported:
Hi!
My Lenovo Thinkpad Z61m runs on a fresh install of "Edgy 6.10" (kernel
2.6.17-10-generic). The Z81m has a built-in Intel 802.11abg WLAN
adapter, which is supported "out of the box" in "Edgy" by the module
"ipw3945". I installed the package "wpasupplicant" and could "see" my
WLAN router with "iwlist scanning", but couldn't connect to it with
DHCP.
I found the solution by looking at my laptop's WLAN status LED: I
couldn't connect to the router when this LED was flickering madly.
Everthing started to work the moment I set "scan_ssid=0" in
"wpa_supplicant.conf", unloaded "ipw3945" and ran
sudo modprobe ipw3945
sudo ipup eth1
To shut down the connection, I ran
sudo ipdown eth1
sudo modprobe -r ipw3945
because the status LED started to flicker again on "ipdown".
Once in a while, the connection still dies out of nowhere, but this can
be monitored by the flickering LED as well.
Martin
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Rejected
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Problems with WLAN and "ipw3945"
https://launchpad.net/bugs/72925
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