ssh not working over wireless

[shivkrish22]

Hi
I have ubuntu 8.04 installed on my vostro 1500 laptop. ssh does not work over the wireless connection. However if i connect through the wired connection it works for the same server. i found this bug report in launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ha...24/+bug/259816

Is there any workaround for this right now? or do i have to wait till the next update?

[Peter09]

try ssh -v <command>. This is verbose mode and will provide more information on what is going on. I have it working over a wireless connection as standard.

[shivkrish22]

<username>@<server's> password:
debug1: Authentication succeeded (password).
debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug1: Sending environment.
debug1: Sending env LANG = en_US.UTF-8


thats the last few lines of the output when i use the -v option. it seems that authentication works, but does not proceed after that. any ideas?

[Peter09]

Its funny, because there is someone else on the forum with basically the same problem

here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=909599

not sure why this is happening, I have had no problems. What have the two of you in common?

[shivkrish22]

i read the other thread and it does seem to be the same problem. I also found the bug report in the link i have put up in the first post. I was wondering if someone could look up the bug report at launchpad and confirm if there is a fix or not, simply because i am not sure how launchpad works and how to locate the proper fix if any. the bug report can be found here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ha...24/+bug/259816

the output pasted in the comment here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ha...816/comments/6 is exactly what i get.

Maybe its a bug with Dell laptops? because the person in the other thread as well as the person reporting the bug in launchpad have it installed on a Dell, same as mine.

Thanks

[Peter09]

This LaunchPad Bug suggests this as a fix. (Although some say it does not work)

The workaround for this in Intrepid (don't know if it will work for hardy) is to first see if you have the ioctls:

root@moltar:/home/pgraner# iwpriv
lo no private ioctls.

eth0 no private ioctls.

eth1 Available private ioctls :
set_leddc (8BE0) : set 1 int & get 0
set_vlanmode (8BE1) : set 1 int & get 0
set_pm (8BE2) : set 1 int & get 0

then actually set it:

pgraner@moltar:~$ sudo iwpriv eth1 set_vlanmode 0

Note this has to be done as root.

[shivkrish22]

shivkrish@shivkrish-laptop:~$ iwpriv
lo no private ioctls.

eth0 no private ioctls.

wlan0 no private ioctls.

thats the output of iwpriv. Im not sure how to proceed further.

[willca]

Hi

Just wondering if you try this way and see how it goes or what it tells.

disable wired nic / ifdown eth0 or eth1?
then verify your wifi is running and you can connect to places (surf or ping or something).
then try to ssh locally / ssh -v localhost

If that goes well, then try it now remotely.

[Eduardo Mercovich]

i read the other thread and it does seem to be the same problem. [...] the bug report can be found here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ha...24/+bug/259816

Hello shivkrish22, hello Peter09.

Yes, we have the same case (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=909599). Just connect via cable and it works.
The ioctl proposal in launchpad didn't worked for me neither.

In the meantime (if a cable connection is cumbersome, like in my case), Putty works ok.

And again, my public thanks to Peter09 for his tireless help.

Best regards...

--
EM

[shivkrish22]

i tried putty and it seems to work. so i guess i will have to manage with putty till this bug gets sorted out. i also use a program called NxClient to access the GUI and even that doesnt seem to work over wireless. So putty seems to be the solution for now.
Thanks for all the help.