striscio
November 6th, 2011, 11:27 AM
Hi, I have a strange problem with my ibm T41 laptop.
I have a WPA2 wireless network in my home and everything went fine until I decided to upgrade to 11.10.
Now if I decide to join my wireless network I see the popup window which tells me that the network needs a password or a key, but I don't have any box where I can type my password. The 'Connect' button is greyed out and I only can click on Cancel (see attached screenshot)
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ lspci -nn | grep 'Wireless'
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: AIRONET Wireless Communications Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b [14b9:a504]
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:60:b1:38:13
indirizzo inet:192.168.1.110 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Maschera:255.255.255.0
indirizzo inet6: fe80::20d:60ff:feb1:3813/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:18583 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12621 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisioni:0 txqueuelen:1000
Byte RX:17341105 (17.3 MB) Byte TX:2062219 (2.0 MB)
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:8a:f1:f4:f2
indirizzo inet6: fe80::202:8aff:fef1:f4f2/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:15706 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:15706
TX packets:29 errors:29 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisioni:0 txqueuelen:1000
Byte RX:0 (0.0 B) Byte TX:4641 (4.6 KB)
Interrupt:11 Indirizzo base:0x8000
lo Link encap:Loopback locale
indirizzo inet:127.0.0.1 Maschera:255.0.0.0
indirizzo inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:304 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:304 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisioni:0 txqueuelen:0
Byte RX:27479 (27.4 KB) Byte TX:27479 (27.4 KB)
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
irda0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535
Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-103 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:28608 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:125386 Missed beacon:0
wifi0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535
Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-103 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:28608 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:125386 Missed beacon:0
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ lsmod | grep "airo"
airo 77500 0
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ dmesg |grep airo
[ 18.971810] airo(): Probing for PCI adapters
[ 19.574101] airo 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[ 19.574128] airo(): Found an MPI350 card
[ 20.525569] airo(eth1): Firmware version 5.41.00
[ 20.525573] airo(eth1): WPA supported.
[ 20.525577] airo(eth1): MAC enabled 00:02:8a:f1:f4:f2
[ 20.527062] airo(): Finished probing for PCI adapters
[ 628.028952] airo(eth1): cmd:3 status:7f03 rsp0:0 rsp1:0 rsp2:0
[ 634.660572] PM: resume of drv:airo dev:0000:02:02.0 complete after 744.383 msecs
[ 662.385536] airo(eth1): cmd:3 status:7f03 rsp0:0 rsp1:0 rsp2:0
[ 667.364565] PM: resume of drv:airo dev:0000:02:02.0 complete after 743.948 msecs
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for elisa:
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile)
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
logical name: eth0
version: 03
serial: 00:0d:60:b1:38:13
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000 driverversion=7.3.21-k8-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.110 latency=64 link=yes mingnt=255 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:11 memory:c0220000-c023ffff memory:c0200000-c020ffff ioport:8400(size=64) memory:c0240000-c024ffff
*-network:1 DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b
vendor: AIRONET Wireless Communications
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
logical name: eth1
version: 00
serial: 00:02:8a:f1:f4:f2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless logical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=airo latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=4 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11-DS
resources: irq:11 ioport:8000(size=256) memory:c0214000-c0217fff memory:c0400000-c07fffff memory:c0800000-c09fffff
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
irda0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: C0:3F:0E:72:8C:F0
ESSID:"SPRINGFIELD"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=100/100 Signal level=-27 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
wifi0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: C0:3F:0E:72:8C:F0
ESSID:"SPRINGFIELD"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=100/100 Signal level=-27 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ uname -mr
3.0.0-12-generic i686
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
* Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces
* Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]
Hope that this helps.
I have a WPA2 wireless network in my home and everything went fine until I decided to upgrade to 11.10.
Now if I decide to join my wireless network I see the popup window which tells me that the network needs a password or a key, but I don't have any box where I can type my password. The 'Connect' button is greyed out and I only can click on Cancel (see attached screenshot)
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ lspci -nn | grep 'Wireless'
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: AIRONET Wireless Communications Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b [14b9:a504]
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:60:b1:38:13
indirizzo inet:192.168.1.110 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Maschera:255.255.255.0
indirizzo inet6: fe80::20d:60ff:feb1:3813/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:18583 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12621 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisioni:0 txqueuelen:1000
Byte RX:17341105 (17.3 MB) Byte TX:2062219 (2.0 MB)
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:8a:f1:f4:f2
indirizzo inet6: fe80::202:8aff:fef1:f4f2/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:15706 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:15706
TX packets:29 errors:29 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisioni:0 txqueuelen:1000
Byte RX:0 (0.0 B) Byte TX:4641 (4.6 KB)
Interrupt:11 Indirizzo base:0x8000
lo Link encap:Loopback locale
indirizzo inet:127.0.0.1 Maschera:255.0.0.0
indirizzo inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:304 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:304 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisioni:0 txqueuelen:0
Byte RX:27479 (27.4 KB) Byte TX:27479 (27.4 KB)
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
irda0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535
Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-103 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:28608 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:125386 Missed beacon:0
wifi0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535
Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-103 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:28608 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:125386 Missed beacon:0
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ lsmod | grep "airo"
airo 77500 0
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ dmesg |grep airo
[ 18.971810] airo(): Probing for PCI adapters
[ 19.574101] airo 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[ 19.574128] airo(): Found an MPI350 card
[ 20.525569] airo(eth1): Firmware version 5.41.00
[ 20.525573] airo(eth1): WPA supported.
[ 20.525577] airo(eth1): MAC enabled 00:02:8a:f1:f4:f2
[ 20.527062] airo(): Finished probing for PCI adapters
[ 628.028952] airo(eth1): cmd:3 status:7f03 rsp0:0 rsp1:0 rsp2:0
[ 634.660572] PM: resume of drv:airo dev:0000:02:02.0 complete after 744.383 msecs
[ 662.385536] airo(eth1): cmd:3 status:7f03 rsp0:0 rsp1:0 rsp2:0
[ 667.364565] PM: resume of drv:airo dev:0000:02:02.0 complete after 743.948 msecs
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for elisa:
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile)
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
logical name: eth0
version: 03
serial: 00:0d:60:b1:38:13
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000 driverversion=7.3.21-k8-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.110 latency=64 link=yes mingnt=255 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:11 memory:c0220000-c023ffff memory:c0200000-c020ffff ioport:8400(size=64) memory:c0240000-c024ffff
*-network:1 DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b
vendor: AIRONET Wireless Communications
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
logical name: eth1
version: 00
serial: 00:02:8a:f1:f4:f2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless logical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=airo latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=4 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11-DS
resources: irq:11 ioport:8000(size=256) memory:c0214000-c0217fff memory:c0400000-c07fffff memory:c0800000-c09fffff
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
irda0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: C0:3F:0E:72:8C:F0
ESSID:"SPRINGFIELD"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=100/100 Signal level=-27 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
wifi0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: C0:3F:0E:72:8C:F0
ESSID:"SPRINGFIELD"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=100/100 Signal level=-27 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ uname -mr
3.0.0-12-generic i686
elisa@ThinkPad-T41:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
* Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces
* Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]
Hope that this helps.