I followed the recommendation from day 1 -- use wicd. works fine for me and no dropouts.
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Daniel Castro <castr...@tcd.ie> wrote: > I'm also affected by this. It is really bad, and so annoying. > I have tried all suggestions here and nothing worked... > > Still no word from any developers with a real workaround? > > -- > Wireless connection frequently drops [deauthenticating by local choice > (reason=3)] > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548992 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in Debian GNU/Linux: Confirmed > Status in Fedora: Unknown > Status in “linux” package in openSUSE: New > > Bug description: > Since about 8.04 or 8.10, perhaps when Ubuntu switched over to > NetworkManager, my wireless connection has randomly dropped its association > with the access point, about every ten minutes. For a while, the connection > will just die, then it will be detected and NetworkManager will > re-authenticate and re-associate. > > In Lucid Lynx, this problem is now much more frequent (often exactly every > two or four minutes) and now Ubuntu does not report that the connection has > dropped. Instead, it re-associates in the background, eventually connecting > to the access point again, all behind the scenes. Thus, the only thing that > has changed, aside from the greater frequency, is that Ubuntu now doesn't > report that it has dropped the connection, which seems deceptive from > previous versions. > > This may be the same bug as #429035, but my dmesg output is a bit different. > This problem occurs primarily on a WPA2 Enterprise network, but the problem > has occurred on other network security configurations as well. > > dmesg output after many instances of disconnects: > > [ 5423.541343] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5425.134984] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5425.174916] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5425.177083] wlan0: direct probe responded > [ 5425.177087] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5425.179379] wlan0: authenticated > [ 5425.179399] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5425.182881] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 > status=0 aid=68) > [ 5425.182884] wlan0: associated > [ 5437.562165] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = > 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0 > [ 5480.893417] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5482.475859] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5482.515034] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5482.517187] wlan0: direct probe responded > [ 5482.517190] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5482.518636] wlan0: authenticated > [ 5482.518651] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5482.522378] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 > status=0 aid=68) > [ 5482.522381] wlan0: associated > [ 5508.093339] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5508.107358] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5508.107412] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5508.110595] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 (try 1) > [ 5508.113114] wlan0: direct probe responded > [ 5508.113123] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 (try 1) > [ 5508.115392] wlan0: authenticated > [ 5508.121973] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 (try 1) > [ 5508.127254] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 (capab=0x431 > status=0 aid=16) > [ 5508.127262] wlan0: associated > [ 5525.110100] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = > 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 tid = 0 > [ 5546.029401] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5546.042276] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 (try 1) > [ 5546.042311] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:16:e8:d1 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5546.045656] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5546.048069] wlan0: direct probe responded > [ 5546.048077] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5546.049864] wlan0: authenticated > [ 5546.077267] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5546.080885] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 > status=0 aid=79) > [ 5546.080888] wlan0: associated > [ 5562.875489] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = > 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0 > [ 5571.881150] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5571.928466] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5571.967725] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5571.969866] wlan0: direct probe responded > [ 5571.969870] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5571.971428] wlan0: authenticated > [ 5571.971446] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5571.974650] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 > status=0 aid=79) > [ 5571.974658] wlan0: associated > [ 5579.266995] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = > 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0 > [ 5674.773488] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5674.815768] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5674.855855] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5674.858186] wlan0: direct probe responded > [ 5674.858195] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5674.859768] wlan0: authenticated > [ 5674.859811] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5674.863242] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 > status=0 aid=79) > [ 5674.863249] wlan0: associated > [ 5693.936473] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = > 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0 > [ 5871.177501] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5872.845146] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 5872.884514] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5872.886671] wlan0: direct probe responded > [ 5872.886679] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5872.888855] wlan0: authenticated > [ 5872.888902] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 5872.892134] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 > status=0 aid=79) > [ 5872.892142] wlan0: associated > [ 6091.564428] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = > 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0 > [ 6122.697260] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 6124.304877] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 6124.344923] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 6124.347041] wlan0: direct probe responded > [ 6124.347043] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 6124.348599] wlan0: authenticated > [ 6124.348624] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 6124.352604] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 > status=0 aid=79) > [ 6124.352609] wlan0: associated > [ 6129.588373] iwlagn 0000:0b:00.0: iwl_tx_agg_start on ra = > 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 tid = 0 > [ 6246.053521] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 6246.089232] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 by local choice > (reason=3) > [ 6246.129301] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 6246.131530] wlan0: direct probe responded > [ 6246.131540] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 6246.133188] wlan0: authenticated > [ 6246.133229] wlan0: associate with AP 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (try 1) > [ 6246.136579] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:26:cb:17:bd:41 (capab=0x431 > status=0 aid=79) > [ 6246.136586] wlan0: associated > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/548992/+subscribe > -- Wireless connection frequently drops [deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3)] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548992 You received this bug 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