Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: indicator-network
Yesterday I replaced my old TP-LINK router with a new one (TL-WR1043N
type) that supports b,g and n standards and initially left it at the
default mode (mixed bgn, auto-negotiate). When I connected my Dell
Latitude 2100 netbook I found the network indicator icon had vanished,
though the networking was working and it would still flash up the notice
on the network being established or lost.
After messing around with some suggestions from the Ubuntu forum
(assuming it was the netbook and not the change of router) I found that
disabling and re-enabling the wifi card using Fn+F6 keys brought the
icon back, but it was showing the network as disconnected (exclamation
mark next to the signal strength 'fan' pattern) even though it was
connected. On rebooting the icon was almost invisible and several times
wider than usual (yes, very odd!)
Then I tried configuring my router to be limited to only b & g speeds
and then the icon was back to normal, showing the signal strength
correctly and behaving normally if I clicked on it, etc.
I have now tried reverting to 'bgn' and the icon was OK until I
rebooted, and then it was gone again (network fine) and on restoring the
router to limit it to b &g only, it came back to normal.
So clearly there is something about the data that is coming back from
the wifi hardware that is not being parsed properly, and more worrying
(the strange loss of icon and the occasion it was misshaped) probably
corrupting something internally (i.e. not sanitised correctly).
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release: 10.04
$ apt-cache policy indicator-network
W: Unable to locate package indicator-network
$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller
Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML
Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio
Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev
01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev
01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev
01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
#1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
#2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
#3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
#4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
(rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
(rev 01)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI
Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit
Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
When running with 'bgn' enabled:
$ nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: connected
- Device: eth2 [Auto TP-LINK-PSC] ---------------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: wl
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: 70:1A:04:24:CA:8E
Capabilities:
Speed: 54 Mb/s
Wireless Properties
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes
Wireless Access Points
virginmedia8926422: Infra, C4:3D:C7:37:E4:F4, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s,
Strength 20 WPA WPA2
TP-LINK-PSC: Infra, 00:23:CD:1C:85:A8, Freq 2442 MHz, Rate 0 Mb/s,
Strength 80 WPA WPA2
Russelljiveanduptownfive: Infra, 00:22:3F:1A:D0:58, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 0
Mb/s, Strength 20 WPA
JediTemple: Infra, 00:24:B2:79:66:68, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s,
Strength 80 WPA
TALKTALK-6B3F74: Infra, 00:E0:4D:6B:3F:76, Freq 2422 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s,
Strength 80 WPA WPA2
IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.1.101
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 208.67.222.222
DNS: 208.67.220.220
- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: tg3
State: unavailable
Default: no
HW Address: 00:26:B9:07:0F:EC
Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Wired Properties
Carrier: off
When running after restricting to b & g only:
$ nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: connected
- Device: eth2 [Auto TP-LINK-PSC] ---------------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: wl
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: 70:1A:04:24:CA:8E
Capabilities:
Speed: 54 Mb/s
Wireless Properties
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes
Wireless Access Points
TP-LINK-PSC: Infra, 00:23:CD:1C:85:A8, Freq 2442 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s,
Strength 80 WPA WPA2
virginmedia8926422: Infra, C4:3D:C7:37:E4:F4, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s,
Strength 20 WPA WPA2
Russelljiveanduptownfive: Infra, 00:22:3F:1A:D0:58, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 0
Mb/s, Strength 100 WPA
JediTemple: Infra, 00:24:B2:79:66:68, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s,
Strength 80 WPA
TALKTALK-6B3F74: Infra, 00:E0:4D:6B:3F:76, Freq 2422 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s,
Strength 80 WPA WPA2
IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.1.101
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 208.67.222.222
DNS: 208.67.220.220
- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: tg3
State: unavailable
Default: no
HW Address: 00:26:B9:07:0F:EC
Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Wired Properties
Carrier: off
Only obvious difference to me is with 'n' enabled it has my bit rate as
zero, where as with b & g only it reports a realistic value. Still, that
should not kill the icon surely?
** Affects: indicator-network (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Icon missing and/or strange with '11n' router
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