Andre-D
May 19th, 2008, 03:38 AM
I have major problems connecting to most WLAN's - regardless of encryption.
The DHCP client just does not do it's job.
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 02
serial: 00:18:de:de:59:ac
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 ip=192.168.1.4 latency=0 module=iwl3945 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
I cannot conect to my job's network, nor to it's guest network.
It seems I can't get IP address, and it attempts to fallback to 192.168.1.x (that only works on my home network - and might be the reason I can use it at home)
I also attach the syslog, that displays unsuccessful attempts to connect to both job-networks. Strange thing's is going on there.
Connection at home works, but I think it's only luck, as Ubuntu seems to try my last home-DHCP address everywhere, and it works at home.., and only at home.
lsmod | grep iwl
iwl3945 89844 0
iwlwifi_mac80211 219108 1 iwl3945
cfg80211 15112 1 iwlwifi_mac80211
please see attached log:
I also tried to disable network manager according to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager?#head-1de145d05f957ff659f5fdb58974ec3e5864def5
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager?#head-1de145d05f957ff659f5fdb58974ec3e5864def5)
it did not help.
But here's the result that sums up it all:
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.711738] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.711754] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.712413] wlan0: RX authentication from 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0)
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.712419] wlan0: authenticated
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.712423] wlan0: associate with AP 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.713477] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c (capab=0x1 status=17 aid=0)
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.713485] wlan0: AP denied association (code=17)
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.742260] wlan0: associate with AP 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.743101] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c (capab=0x1 status=0 aid=2)
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.743109] wlan0: associated
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient: Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient: All rights reserved.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient:
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6083]: Got SIGTERM, quitting.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6083]: Callout STOP, address 169.254.9.47 on interface wlan0
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Withdrawing address record for 169.254.9.47 on wlan0.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 169.254.9.47.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6084]: client: RTNETLINK answers: No such process
May 19 09:22:52 Ubuntu dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
May 19 09:22:52 Ubuntu dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:18:de:de:59:ac
May 19 09:22:52 Ubuntu dhclient: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:18:de:de:59:ac
May 19 09:22:52 Ubuntu dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback
May 19 09:22:52 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
May 19 09:22:57 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
May 19 09:23:07 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
May 19 09:23:20 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Found user 'avahi-autoipd' (UID 104) and group 'avahi-autoipd' (GID 112).
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Successfully called chroot().
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Successfully dropped root privileges.
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Starting with address 169.254.9.47
May 19 09:23:27 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Callout BIND, address 169.254.9.47 on interface wlan0
May 19 09:23:27 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 169.254.9.47.
May 19 09:23:27 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
May 19 09:23:27 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Registering new address record for 169.254.9.47 on wlan0.IPv4.
May 19 09:23:31 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Successfully claimed IP address 169.254.9.47
May 19 09:24:34 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
May 19 09:24:39 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
May 19 09:24:48 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
May 19 09:24:57 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu dhclient: Trying recorded lease 192.168.1.5
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: A routable address has been configured.
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Callout UNBIND, address 169.254.9.47 on interface wlan0
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 169.254.9.47.
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.5.
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.5 on wlan0.IPv4.
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Withdrawing address record for 169.254.9.47 on wlan0.
May 19 09:25:08 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: No longer a routable address configured, restarting probe process.
May 19 09:25:08 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.5 on wlan0.
May 19 09:25:08 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.5.
May 19 09:25:08 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
May 19 09:25:08 Ubuntu dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
May 19 09:25:13 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Callout BIND, address 169.254.9.47 on interface wlan0
May 19 09:25:13 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 169.254.9.47.
May 19 09:25:13 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
May 19 09:25:13 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Registering new address record for 169.254.9.47 on wlan0.IPv4.
May 19 09:25:17 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Successfully claimed IP address 169.254.9.47
$dhclient eth0 works pefectly (on eth0)
here's some extra info:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:d4:b2:35:fd
inet addr:172.16.12.203 Bcast:172.16.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:d4ff:feb2:35fd/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:18106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2765 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4202058 (4.0 MB) TX bytes:426442 (416.4 KB)
Interrupt:21
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:325690 (318.0 KB) TX bytes:325690 (318.0 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:de:de:59:ac
inet6 addr: fe80::218:deff:fede:59ac/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:122 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:25240 (24.6 KB)
wlan0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:de:de:59:ac
inet addr:169.254.9.47 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-18-DE-DE-59-AC-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
please see attached log for more attempts to connect to two networks:
The DHCP client just does not do it's job.
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 02
serial: 00:18:de:de:59:ac
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 ip=192.168.1.4 latency=0 module=iwl3945 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
I cannot conect to my job's network, nor to it's guest network.
It seems I can't get IP address, and it attempts to fallback to 192.168.1.x (that only works on my home network - and might be the reason I can use it at home)
I also attach the syslog, that displays unsuccessful attempts to connect to both job-networks. Strange thing's is going on there.
Connection at home works, but I think it's only luck, as Ubuntu seems to try my last home-DHCP address everywhere, and it works at home.., and only at home.
lsmod | grep iwl
iwl3945 89844 0
iwlwifi_mac80211 219108 1 iwl3945
cfg80211 15112 1 iwlwifi_mac80211
please see attached log:
I also tried to disable network manager according to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager?#head-1de145d05f957ff659f5fdb58974ec3e5864def5
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager?#head-1de145d05f957ff659f5fdb58974ec3e5864def5)
it did not help.
But here's the result that sums up it all:
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.711738] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.711754] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.712413] wlan0: RX authentication from 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0)
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.712419] wlan0: authenticated
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.712423] wlan0: associate with AP 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.713477] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c (capab=0x1 status=17 aid=0)
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.713485] wlan0: AP denied association (code=17)
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.742260] wlan0: associate with AP 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.743101] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:17:0f:81:c0:4c (capab=0x1 status=0 aid=2)
May 19 09:22:48 Ubuntu kernel: [ 140.743109] wlan0: associated
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient: Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient: All rights reserved.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient:
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6083]: Got SIGTERM, quitting.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6083]: Callout STOP, address 169.254.9.47 on interface wlan0
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Withdrawing address record for 169.254.9.47 on wlan0.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 169.254.9.47.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
May 19 09:22:51 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6084]: client: RTNETLINK answers: No such process
May 19 09:22:52 Ubuntu dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
May 19 09:22:52 Ubuntu dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:18:de:de:59:ac
May 19 09:22:52 Ubuntu dhclient: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:18:de:de:59:ac
May 19 09:22:52 Ubuntu dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback
May 19 09:22:52 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
May 19 09:22:57 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
May 19 09:23:07 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
May 19 09:23:20 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Found user 'avahi-autoipd' (UID 104) and group 'avahi-autoipd' (GID 112).
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Successfully called chroot().
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Successfully dropped root privileges.
May 19 09:23:23 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Starting with address 169.254.9.47
May 19 09:23:27 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Callout BIND, address 169.254.9.47 on interface wlan0
May 19 09:23:27 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 169.254.9.47.
May 19 09:23:27 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
May 19 09:23:27 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Registering new address record for 169.254.9.47 on wlan0.IPv4.
May 19 09:23:31 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Successfully claimed IP address 169.254.9.47
May 19 09:24:34 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
May 19 09:24:39 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
May 19 09:24:48 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
May 19 09:24:57 Ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu dhclient: Trying recorded lease 192.168.1.5
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: A routable address has been configured.
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Callout UNBIND, address 169.254.9.47 on interface wlan0
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 169.254.9.47.
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.5.
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.5 on wlan0.IPv4.
May 19 09:25:05 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Withdrawing address record for 169.254.9.47 on wlan0.
May 19 09:25:08 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: No longer a routable address configured, restarting probe process.
May 19 09:25:08 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.5 on wlan0.
May 19 09:25:08 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.5.
May 19 09:25:08 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
May 19 09:25:08 Ubuntu dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
May 19 09:25:13 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Callout BIND, address 169.254.9.47 on interface wlan0
May 19 09:25:13 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 169.254.9.47.
May 19 09:25:13 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
May 19 09:25:13 Ubuntu avahi-daemon[5070]: Registering new address record for 169.254.9.47 on wlan0.IPv4.
May 19 09:25:17 Ubuntu avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[6339]: Successfully claimed IP address 169.254.9.47
$dhclient eth0 works pefectly (on eth0)
here's some extra info:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:d4:b2:35:fd
inet addr:172.16.12.203 Bcast:172.16.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:d4ff:feb2:35fd/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:18106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2765 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4202058 (4.0 MB) TX bytes:426442 (416.4 KB)
Interrupt:21
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:325690 (318.0 KB) TX bytes:325690 (318.0 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:de:de:59:ac
inet6 addr: fe80::218:deff:fede:59ac/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:122 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:25240 (24.6 KB)
wlan0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:de:de:59:ac
inet addr:169.254.9.47 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-18-DE-DE-59-AC-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
please see attached log for more attempts to connect to two networks: