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PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:45 pm    Post subject: ipw2200 wirless driving me mad! Reply with quote

Hello all, since I moved into my new flat I started using the wifi exclusively, that means that if there was something wrong before I've never noticed it
What happens?
I'm connected on my AP that is using WPA2+PSK and encryption using both CCMP and TKIP (automatic setting, not forcing it client-side)
at a certain point the connection drops and I enter in a temporary loop of connection disconnection that seems to last for a random length of time (from 1 loop to 20? probably more) in a completely random manner.
Code:
Mar 17 23:38:59 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED
Mar 17 23:39:00 lemontree dhcpcd[27039]: eth1: received SIGHUP, releasing lease
Mar 17 23:39:14 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED
Mar 17 23:39:14 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting
Mar 17 23:39:14 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease
Mar 17 23:39:18 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: carrier lost
Mar 17 23:39:19 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: carrier acquired
Mar 17 23:39:19 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease
Mar 17 23:39:19 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: offered 192.168.66.140 from 1.1.1.1
Mar 17 23:39:19 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.66.140 from 1.1.1.1
Mar 17 23:39:19 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: checking 192.168.66.140 is available on attached networks
Mar 17 23:39:22 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: carrier lost
Mar 17 23:39:25 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: carrier acquired
Mar 17 23:39:25 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: rebinding lease of 192.168.66.140
Mar 17 23:39:26 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.66.140 from 1.1.1.1
Mar 17 23:39:26 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: checking 192.168.66.140 is available on attached networks
Mar 17 23:39:27 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: carrier lost
Mar 17 23:39:29 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: carrier acquired
Mar 17 23:39:29 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: rebinding lease of 192.168.66.140
Mar 17 23:39:29 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.66.140 from 1.1.1.1
Mar 17 23:39:29 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: checking 192.168.66.140 is available on attached networks
Mar 17 23:39:30 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: carrier lost
Mar 17 23:39:35 lemontree kernel: [15702.200330] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:39:38 lemontree kernel: [15705.629142] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:39:42 lemontree kernel: [15708.933351] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:39:45 lemontree kernel: [15712.355164] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:39:48 lemontree kernel: [15715.745652] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:39:52 lemontree kernel: [15719.121671] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:39:54 lemontree dhcpcd[27310]: eth1: timed out
Mar 17 23:39:54 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED
Mar 17 23:39:55 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED
Mar 17 23:39:56 lemontree kernel: [15722.962182] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:39:59 lemontree kernel: [15726.303484] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:40:00 lemontree dhcpcd[27588]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting
Mar 17 23:40:00 lemontree dhcpcd[27588]: eth1: waiting for carrier
Mar 17 23:40:01 lemontree dhcpcd[27588]: eth1: carrier acquired
Mar 17 23:40:01 lemontree dhcpcd[27588]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease
Mar 17 23:40:13 lemontree dhcpcd[27588]: eth1: offered 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:40:13 lemontree dhcpcd[27588]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:40:13 lemontree dhcpcd[27588]: eth1: checking 192.168.52.92 is available on attached networks
Mar 17 23:40:18 lemontree dhcpcd[27588]: eth1: leased 192.168.52.92 for 86400 seconds
Mar 17 23:40:19 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED
Mar 17 23:40:19 lemontree dhcpcd[27627]: eth1: received SIGHUP, releasing lease
Mar 17 23:40:19 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED
Mar 17 23:40:19 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting
Mar 17 23:40:19 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease
Mar 17 23:40:19 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: offered 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:40:19 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:40:19 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: checking 192.168.52.92 is available on attached networks
Mar 17 23:40:22 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: carrier lost
Mar 17 23:40:32 lemontree kernel: [15759.009354] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:40:35 lemontree kernel: [15762.444137] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:40:38 lemontree kernel: [15765.720051] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:40:42 lemontree kernel: [15769.135462] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:40:45 lemontree kernel: [15772.524369] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:40:49 lemontree kernel: [15776.021482] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:40:53 lemontree kernel: [15779.891882] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:40:56 lemontree kernel: [15783.211964] ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Mar 17 23:40:58 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: carrier acquired
Mar 17 23:40:58 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: rebinding lease of 192.168.52.92
Mar 17 23:40:59 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: failed to rebind
Mar 17 23:40:59 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease
Mar 17 23:41:03 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: offered 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:41:03 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:41:03 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: checking 192.168.52.92 is available on attached networks
Mar 17 23:41:07 lemontree dhcpcd[27895]: eth1: leased 192.168.52.92 for 86400 seconds
Mar 17 23:41:07 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED
Mar 17 23:41:07 lemontree dhcpcd[27925]: eth1: received SIGHUP, releasing lease
Mar 17 23:41:08 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED
Mar 17 23:41:08 lemontree dhcpcd[28194]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting
Mar 17 23:41:08 lemontree dhcpcd[28194]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease
Mar 17 23:41:08 lemontree dhcpcd[28194]: eth1: offered 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:41:08 lemontree dhcpcd[28194]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:41:08 lemontree dhcpcd[28194]: eth1: checking 192.168.52.92 is available on attached networks
Mar 17 23:41:13 lemontree dhcpcd[28194]: eth1: leased 192.168.52.92 for 86400 seconds
Mar 17 23:41:13 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED
Mar 17 23:41:13 lemontree dhcpcd[28220]: eth1: received SIGHUP, releasing lease
Mar 17 23:41:13 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED
Mar 17 23:41:13 lemontree dhcpcd[28488]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting
Mar 17 23:41:14 lemontree dhcpcd[28488]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease
Mar 17 23:41:14 lemontree dhcpcd[28488]: eth1: offered 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:41:14 lemontree dhcpcd[28488]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:41:14 lemontree dhcpcd[28488]: eth1: checking 192.168.52.92 is available on attached networks
Mar 17 23:41:18 lemontree dhcpcd[28488]: eth1: leased 192.168.52.92 for 86400 seconds
Mar 17 23:41:19 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED
Mar 17 23:41:19 lemontree dhcpcd[28514]: eth1: received SIGHUP, releasing lease
Mar 17 23:41:19 lemontree wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED
Mar 17 23:41:19 lemontree dhcpcd[28783]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting
Mar 17 23:41:19 lemontree dhcpcd[28783]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease
Mar 17 23:41:19 lemontree dhcpcd[28783]: eth1: offered 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:41:23 lemontree dhcpcd[28783]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.52.92 from 192.168.52.1
Mar 17 23:41:23 lemontree dhcpcd[28783]: eth1: checking 192.168.52.92 is available on attached networks
Mar 17 23:41:28 lemontree dhcpcd[28783]: eth1: leased 192.168.52.92 for 86400 seconds

until it becomes stable for a while then out of blue starts again with this never ending loop of connection/disconnection
Mind that the "firmware error detected" is rarely appearing so I'm not exactly sure the problem comes from there... :twisted:
some config files:
wpa_supplicant.conf:
network={
        ssid="aphome"
        scan_ssid=1
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        psk="mypsk"
        priority=5
}

/etc/conf.d/net:
wpa_supplicant_eth1="-Dwext -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf"
modules_eth1="wpa_supplicant"

and
ipw2200-firmware-3.1 installed and kernel tuxonice-2.6.30-r6
consider that the other pc doesn't have any problem (on wifi with a different nic).
please help me, before I start considering wasting some money on some other piece of hardware...
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wireless can be a pain in the ass.

At least you have a connection when it's working. Just talk to someone who has a Broadcom-sta driver and he will say that your connection is working pretty good.

For your problem, did you try kernel 2.6.31 or 2.6.32. Maybe it's kernel related.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have the same problem for years, and can't resolve it by upgrade kernel. Maybe should try other distro.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did you guys try tuning the module parameters from the ipw2200, I had succes with that on another case on this thread.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rexilion wrote:
Did you guys try tuning the module parameters from the ipw2200, I had succes with that on another case on this thread.


Think that might of been me. It did work beautifully for about 2 weeks after those changes, but then slowly degraded over the next week or so back to where it was before I started. I've tried all the different module params again but haven't got it to work well again.

I still haven't tried nl80211 instead of wext as yet. Anyone else with ipw2200 tried this?

Oddly, I've also noticed that it disconnects more frequently if I am really close to the access point (like 0.5m away) as opposed to being in another room.

It is really annoying.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If the parameters don't do anything. Would it maybe be better to try different firmware versions?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are you using the latest firmware ?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi there

I seem to have exactly the same problem. :(

Wireless network access worked fine until recently. Unfortunately I can't link a specific action to when the wireless network stopped working, however I do suspect a recent kernel upgrade from linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r5 to linux-2.6.32-gentoo-r7. Note that I never got a stable wireless network behaviour also on linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r10.

To answer some likely questions:

I have a DELL Latitude D610 with an Intel Wireless card:
lspci -v | grep -i wire
Code:

03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)


dmesg | grep ipw2200
Code:

ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2k
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2200 0000:03:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200 0000:03:03.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
ipw2200: Detected geography ZZD (13 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)


At boot I get errors in the modul loading section about some firmware loading problems, also at least the following library is not loaded:

  • lib80211_crypt_ccmp


However, listing moduls once the system is up reveals the module to be present:
lsmod
Code:
                                                         
Module                  Size  Used by                                     
i915                  226794  1                                           
drm_kms_helper         21801  1 i915                                     
fb                     37012  2 i915,drm_kms_helper                       
cfbcopyarea             3257  1 i915                                     
cfbimgblt               2201  1 i915                                     
cfbfillrect             3109  1 i915                                     
nfs                   241637  0                                           
lockd                  56925  1 nfs                                       
auth_rpcgss            30234  1 nfs                                       
sunrpc                157041  4 nfs,lockd,auth_rpcgss                     
lib80211_crypt_ccmp     4047  3                                           
snd_pcm_oss            34051  0                                           
snd_mixer_oss          12181  1 snd_pcm_oss                               
snd_seq_oss            23205  0
snd_seq_midi_event      4364  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                39097  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          4193  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
nls_iso8859_1           2989  1
nls_cp437               4521  1
vfat                    7940  1
fat                    43359  1 vfat
aes_i586                6856  3
cryptomgr              86998  0
crypto_hash             9731  1 cryptomgr
aead                    4059  1 cryptomgr
pcompress                945  1 cryptomgr
crypto_blkcipher        8351  1 cryptomgr
aes_generic            26162  1 aes_i586
crypto_algapi          10458  7 aes_i586,cryptomgr,crypto_hash,aead,pcompress,crypto_blkcipher,aes_generic
cryptoloop              1635  0
loop                   10819  1 cryptoloop
usbhid                 15853  0
bluetooth              46352  0
snd_intel8x0           22803  2
snd_ac97_codec         89488  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                 758  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                58791  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
dell_laptop             1721  0
video                  14597  1 i915
snd_timer              15454  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
yenta_socket           19103  0
snd                    39691  13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
ehci_hcd               32697  0
backlight               2928  2 dell_laptop,video
ipw2200               119402  0
sr_mod                 10470  0
uhci_hcd               19259  0
rfkill                 11671  2 bluetooth,dell_laptop
rsrc_nonstatic          8261  1 yenta_socket
usbcore               114684  4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
dcdbas                  4352  1 dell_laptop
tg3                   107380  0
soundcore               4591  1 snd
libipw                 22789  1 ipw2200
rng_core                2514  0
libphy                 12990  1 tg3
output                  1252  1 video
pcmcia_core            24335  2 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
evdev                   6749  13
sg                     20157  0
snd_page_alloc          5465  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
nls_base                5105  5 nls_iso8859_1,nls_cp437,vfat,fat,usbcore
lib80211                3214  3 lib80211_crypt_ccmp,ipw2200,libipw
cdrom                  29303  1 sr_mod


iwconfig
Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"pujan"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.452 GHz  Access Point: 00:0F:66:DA:09:A0
          Bit Rate:36 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:A060-E6FF-949B-A0B3-811A-CC52-CA7F-F827   Security mode:open
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=86/100  Signal level=-41 dBm  Noise level=-89 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:1  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:2


As said before, I can connect to my wireless network, but as described by Peach, I loose network connectivty at random intervals but manage to reconnect after while.

Sniplet from /var/log/messages:
Code:

Apr 25 15:55:55 gozilla dhcpcd[17493]: eth1: checking 192.168.1.118 is available on attached networks
Apr 25 15:56:00 gozilla dhcpcd[17493]: eth1: leased 192.168.1.118 for 120 seconds                   
Apr 25 15:56:00 gozilla sm-notify[17687]: Already notifying clients; Exiting!                       
Apr 25 15:56:49 gozilla dhcpcd[17510]: eth1: carrier lost                                           
Apr 25 15:56:49 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED                                         
Apr 25 15:57:00 gozilla dhcpcd[17510]: eth1: renewing lease of 192.168.1.118                         
Apr 25 15:57:45 gozilla dhcpcd[17510]: eth1: failed to renew, attempting to rebind                   
Apr 25 15:57:50 gozilla dhcpcd[17510]: eth1: carrier acquired                                       
Apr 25 15:57:50 gozilla dhcpcd[17510]: eth1: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.118                       
Apr 25 15:57:50 gozilla dhcpcd[17510]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1             
Apr 25 15:57:50 gozilla dhcpcd[17510]: eth1: leased 192.168.1.118 for 120 seconds                   
Apr 25 15:57:51 gozilla dhcpcd[17510]: eth1: received SIGTERM, stopping                             
Apr 25 15:57:51 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED                                           
Apr 25 15:57:52 gozilla rc-scripts: Configuration not set for eth1 - assuming DHCP                   
Apr 25 15:57:52 gozilla dhcpcd[18645]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting                                 
Apr 25 15:57:52 gozilla dhcpcd[18645]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease                               
Apr 25 15:57:52 gozilla dhcpcd[18645]: eth1: offered 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1                 
Apr 25 15:57:52 gozilla dhcpcd[18645]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1             
Apr 25 15:57:52 gozilla dhcpcd[18645]: eth1: checking 192.168.1.118 is available on attached networks
Apr 25 15:57:57 gozilla dhcpcd[18645]: eth1: leased 192.168.1.118 for 120 seconds                   
Apr 25 15:57:57 gozilla sm-notify[18839]: Already notifying clients; Exiting!                       
Apr 25 15:58:57 gozilla dhcpcd[18662]: eth1: renewing lease of 192.168.1.118                         
Apr 25 15:58:57 gozilla dhcpcd[18662]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1             
Apr 25 15:58:57 gozilla dhcpcd[18662]: eth1: leased 192.168.1.118 for 120 seconds                   
Apr 25 15:59:22 gozilla dhcpcd[18662]: eth1: carrier lost                                           
Apr 25 15:59:22 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED                                         
Apr 25 15:59:52 gozilla dhcpcd[18662]: eth1: renewing lease of 192.168.1.118                         
Apr 25 16:00:23 gozilla dhcpcd[18662]: eth1: carrier acquired                                       
Apr 25 16:00:23 gozilla dhcpcd[18662]: eth1: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.118                       
Apr 25 16:00:23 gozilla dhcpcd[18662]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1             
Apr 25 16:00:23 gozilla dhcpcd[18662]: eth1: leased 192.168.1.118 for 120 seconds                   
Apr 25 16:00:24 gozilla dhcpcd[18662]: eth1: received SIGTERM, stopping                             
Apr 25 16:00:24 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED                                           
Apr 25 16:00:25 gozilla rc-scripts: Configuration not set for eth1 - assuming DHCP                   
Apr 25 16:00:25 gozilla dhcpcd[19807]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting                                 
Apr 25 16:00:25 gozilla dhcpcd[19807]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease                               
Apr 25 16:00:25 gozilla dhcpcd[19807]: eth1: offered 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1                 
Apr 25 16:00:25 gozilla dhcpcd[19807]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1             
Apr 25 16:00:25 gozilla dhcpcd[19807]: eth1: checking 192.168.1.118 is available on attached networks
Apr 25 16:00:25 gozilla dhcpcd[19807]: eth1: carrier lost                                           
Apr 25 16:01:05 gozilla dhcpcd[19807]: eth1: timed out                                               
Apr 25 16:01:05 gozilla wpa_cli: executing '/etc/init.d/net.eth1 --quiet start' failed               
Apr 25 16:01:05 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED                                         
Apr 25 16:01:26 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED                                           
Apr 25 16:01:26 gozilla rc-scripts: Configuration not set for eth1 - assuming DHCP                   
Apr 25 16:01:26 gozilla dhcpcd[20685]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting                                 
Apr 25 16:01:26 gozilla dhcpcd[20685]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease                               
Apr 25 16:01:26 gozilla dhcpcd[20685]: eth1: offered 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1                 
Apr 25 16:01:26 gozilla dhcpcd[20685]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1             
Apr 25 16:01:26 gozilla dhcpcd[20685]: eth1: checking 192.168.1.118 is available on attached networks
Apr 25 16:01:31 gozilla dhcpcd[20685]: eth1: leased 192.168.1.118 for 120 seconds                   
Apr 25 16:01:51 gozilla dhcpcd[20702]: eth1: carrier lost                                           
Apr 25 16:01:51 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED                                         
Apr 25 16:01:51 gozilla dhcpcd[20702]: eth1: received SIGTERM, stopping                             
Apr 25 16:02:52 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED                                           
Apr 25 16:02:52 gozilla rc-scripts: Configuration not set for eth1 - assuming DHCP                   
Apr 25 16:02:52 gozilla dhcpcd[21613]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting                                 
Apr 25 16:02:52 gozilla dhcpcd[21613]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease                               
Apr 25 16:02:52 gozilla dhcpcd[21613]: eth1: offered 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1                 
Apr 25 16:02:52 gozilla dhcpcd[21613]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1             
Apr 25 16:02:52 gozilla dhcpcd[21613]: eth1: checking 192.168.1.118 is available on attached networks
Apr 25 16:02:57 gozilla dhcpcd[21613]: eth1: leased 192.168.1.118 for 120 seconds                   
Apr 25 16:03:39 gozilla dhcpcd[21630]: eth1: carrier lost                                           
Apr 25 16:03:39 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED                                         
Apr 25 16:03:40 gozilla dhcpcd[21630]: eth1: received SIGTERM, stopping                             
Apr 25 16:04:39 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED                                           
Apr 25 16:04:40 gozilla rc-scripts: Configuration not set for eth1 - assuming DHCP                   
Apr 25 16:04:40 gozilla dhcpcd[22542]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting                                 
Apr 25 16:04:40 gozilla dhcpcd[22542]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease                               
Apr 25 16:04:40 gozilla dhcpcd[22542]: eth1: offered 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1                 
Apr 25 16:04:40 gozilla dhcpcd[22542]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1             
Apr 25 16:04:40 gozilla dhcpcd[22542]: eth1: checking 192.168.1.118 is available on attached networks
Apr 25 16:04:45 gozilla dhcpcd[22542]: eth1: leased 192.168.1.118 for 120 seconds                   
Apr 25 16:04:55 gozilla dhcpcd[22559]: eth1: carrier lost                                           
Apr 25 16:04:55 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 DISCONNECTED                                         
Apr 25 16:04:55 gozilla dhcpcd[22559]: eth1: received SIGTERM, stopping                             
Apr 25 16:05:55 gozilla wpa_cli: interface eth1 CONNECTED                                           
Apr 25 16:05:56 gozilla rc-scripts: Configuration not set for eth1 - assuming DHCP                   
Apr 25 16:05:56 gozilla dhcpcd[23471]: eth1: dhcpcd 4.0.15 starting                                 
Apr 25 16:05:56 gozilla dhcpcd[23471]: eth1: broadcasting for a lease                               
Apr 25 16:05:56 gozilla dhcpcd[23471]: eth1: offered 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1                 
Apr 25 16:05:56 gozilla dhcpcd[23471]: eth1: acknowledged 192.168.1.118 from 192.168.1.1             
Apr 25 16:05:56 gozilla dhcpcd[23471]: eth1: checking 192.168.1.118 is available on attached networks
Apr 25 16:06:01 gozilla dhcpcd[23471]: eth1: leased 192.168.1.118 for 120 seconds


Some further info:
equery l wireless
Code:

[ Searching for package 'wireless' in all categories among: ]
 * installed packages
[I--] [  ] net-wireless/wireless-tools-29 (0)


equery l ipw
Code:

[ Searching for package 'ipw' in all categories among: ]
 * installed packages
[I--] [  ] net-wireless/ipw2200-firmware-3.1 (0)


cat /etc/conf.d/net
Code:

# This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d.  To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
config_eth0=( "dhcp" )

# Prefer wpa_supplicant over wireless-tools
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )

# It's important that we tell wpa_supplicant which driver we should
# be using as it's not very good at guessing yet
wpa_supplicant_eth1="-Dwext"

# Make sure DHCP does not overwrite NTP settings
dhcpcd_eth0="-N"
dhcpcd_eth1="-N"


cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=2
network={
        ssid="pujan"
        proto=RSN
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        pairwise=CCMP
        group=CCMP
        psk=****
}


And finally, using the same laptop with Win2K, all works, so it can't be a hardware or wireless access point problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have an ipw2200-compatible Intel wireless card. With my previous AP, I had to make sure there is no re-keying for WPA2, otherwise I had connection issues when the re-keying occurred. My new AP doesn't seem to have this issue (and yes, it is re-keying)...
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Would you know where I could adjust my my settings such that re-keying wouldn't happen anymore? Can you elaborate what this actually means? I thought re-keying was necessary to maintain a high security standard but maybe I'm mixing things (could well be).

That said, I haven't changed anything on my AP and all other devices that use the (unchanged) AP continue to work normally.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oooh, turning of the key renewal seems to be working for me. Fingers crossed.

I don't think I'll know for sure for a few days yet, but iwconfig is now reporting the link quality consistently, which it wouldn't do earlier and i hasn't dropped for an hour or so now. Thanks Sven!

Janusch. It's labelled 'Group Key Renewal' on my router. I just set it to 0.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Janusch wrote:
Would you know where I could adjust my my settings such that re-keying wouldn't happen anymore? Can you elaborate what this actually means? I thought re-keying was necessary to maintain a high security standard but maybe I'm mixing things (could well be).

That said, I haven't changed anything on my AP and all other devices that use the (unchanged) AP continue to work normally.


dunno, but I have a D610 as well, and it's been quite stable for a good while.

I haven't updated the kernel recently, I will say that. If you care to take a look, I've doc'd most of the relevant bits for it - http://whitehathouston.com/hardware/Laptop/Dell%20Latitude%20D610/updates/

(if you go up one directory it's older stuff, from when i used gentoo-sources rather than zen-sources)
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did find a key renewing setting on my router, however, the input range is [1-99999] (this is seconds, BTW, default being 3600) indicating I can't turn it off. Ok, I can set it to longer than a day.

What troubles me is that even with my current setting of one hour I loose my wireless connection every few minutes. Something is not adding up here ... :(
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Janusch,

i don't know if you are still following this thread (ok, maybe someone else could also be happy about it :wink: ), but i also hit exactly that failure a few weeks ago and now noticed that it's firmware related... =net-wireless/ipw2200-firmware-3.0 is working quite good for me! :P

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nativemad,

Many thanks for this suggestion. I did add the 3.1 firmware to the masked packages which effectively made 3.0 to be installed on my system and indeed, the errors seem to have gone.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Going back to ipw2200-firmware-3.0 worked for me too, currently using kernel 2.6.37 and laptop minipci card and an open ad-hoc setup:
"Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)"

The 3.1 firmware would regularly crash (with a traceback dumped to my syslog, which i should post) usually during heavy wifi usage.
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