OK thanks for your help. On 3 May 2011 14:49, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Misoldgit, please file a new bug instead of adding information here. > What you're seeing is most likely a totally different issue. > > FWIW, I've been running NM in wifi only with IPv6 set to Automatic for > the past few days with no issues at all; and previously for a few months > with both wired and wifi with IPv6 enabled and "Automatic", with no > issues either. I'll set this back to Invalid because IPv6 does not > appear to cause an issue with wireless itself and because this bug was > filed a long time ago, when NM didn't even really support IPv6 so much. > > If you're still seeing issues, please don't hesitate to file a new, > separate bug so that it can be looked into. The easiest way to do this > is with the command: "ubuntu-bug network-manager" > > ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Invalid > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158481 > > Title: > IPv6 causes wireless to disconnect/reconnect often > > Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: network-manager > > I have had the following bug since Ubuntu 6.10: > > - I connect to a wireless network with Network Manager (doesn't matter > whether it's hidden or has any type of encryption) > - After a few minutes my connection goes down (usually around 10-30 > minutes) > - I can immediately see nm-applet trying to reconnect or connect to > another network > > My computer is a Thinkpad T60 with an Atheros-based internal wireless > interface (more specifically, AR5212 802.11abg NIC) using the default > MadWifi drivers that are shipped with Ubuntu. > > This is a big problem when doing long downloads, or using SSH or VNC. > At times, nm-applet would even fail to reconnect to any of the > available networks, requiring me to restart the NetworkManager process > by hand. > > This does not happen on the same machine when running Windows, so > malfunctioning hardware and anything external to the computer are > obviously not the underlying cause. Other (Windows) computers on the > same wireless networks operate without any problems. > > Also, the problem survived through clean installs of Ubuntu 7.04 and, > later, 7.10. So this is not an issue related to my specific settings. > > After a while looking for a solution for almost 1 year, I finally > found a temporary fix: to disable IPv6. I'm not sure *why* this works, > but the fact is that it *does*. I've been happily using my WiFi now > for 20 days without a single reconnect. This is how I disabled it: > > - edit /etc/modprobe.d/aliases > - change line "alias net-pf-10 ipv6" to "alias net-pf-10 off ipv6" > - reboot > > I explained these steps on another bug report > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network- > manager/+bug/64173), but since I'm not sure whether the original > poster's bug was related to mine, I figured it would be better to open > a brand new one. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/158481/+subscribe > -- Best regards, Simon -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158481 Title: IPv6 causes wireless to disconnect/reconnect often -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
