Public bug reported:

Since moving from 10.04 to 12.04 (via a clean install), my WiFi
connection at work frequently roams from one AP to another (even though
the laptop has not been moved), and ultimately fails to connect at all.

If I move to a different location in the facility, the problem goes
away. Thus, I suspect it's a function of the relative signal quality of
the various APs.

When the laptop is booted into Windows 7, in the location (my office)
that is most problematic, the WiFi connection is stable.  When I'm
running Ubuntu at home or another place where there's a single AP, the
connection is stable.

My adapter is an Intel 5300 with the iwlwifi driver.  Security settings
on the work network are WPA2 Enterprise, PEAP, MSCHAPv2.  The APs are
Cisco, but I don't have access to their configuration or model info.

When I ran apport for this bug report, I also had a wired connection
plugged in, so I could be sure I'd complete the process.  The problem
I'm reporting happens without that wired connection.

I'll attach two syslogs.  One shows the typical sequence when the
connection roams spontaneously.  The other shows the sequence when wifi
ultimately fails to connect at all.

I'm available to try alternative configurations and packages.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 27 09:58:17 2012
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 
(20120823.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 172.31.16.1 dev eth0  proto static 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000 
 172.31.16.0/20 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 172.31.20.32  metric 1 
 172.31.16.0/20 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 172.31.21.152  metric 2
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE     TYPE              STATE         DBUS-PATH                           
       
 wlan0      802-11-wireless   connected     
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1  
 eth0       802-3-ethernet    connected     
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING         VERSION    STATE           NET-ENABLED   WIFI-HARDWARE   WIFI  
     WWAN-HARDWARE   WWAN      
 running         0.9.4.0    connected       enabled       enabled         
enabled    enabled         enabled

** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity

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