12.04 wireless connected but no connection to network

**mgerber** · August 14th, 2012

Hi all,

I have a very weird case which i tried solving by browsing this and other forums and howtos. But i can't find anything similar.

The difference is that i know the wireless connection works on a specific wireless access point, but not on another one. But other devices connect fine to the second access point.

What's more, during the installation process it seems to work fine. I've tested a new installation and it's still not changed (even tried with KUbuntu, but it's the same).

Here's some code:

lspci -nnk

Code:

$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10f5] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:024d]
        Kernel driver in use: e1000e
--
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 [8086:4232]
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN [8086:1321]
        Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi

ifconfig

Code:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:b9:d0:c7:cb  
          UP BROADCAST 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)
          Interrupt:22 Memory:f6ae0000-f6b00000 

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:4419 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4419 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:295790 (295.7 KB)  TX bytes:295790 (295.7 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:d6:87:84:00  
          inet addr:192.168.1.35  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:d6ff:fe87:8400/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:5536 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6741 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2629058 (2.6 MB)  TX bytes:2226396 (2.2 MB)

ping 192.168.1.1 (gw)

Code:

$ ping 192.168.1.1 -c4
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2999ms

route -n

Code:

$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 wlan0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 wlan0
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     2      0        0 wlan0

iwconfig

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"katewyfy"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:02:CF:EF:2D:98   
          Bit Rate=13.5 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=47/70  Signal level=-63 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth0      no wireless extensions.

nm-tool

Code:

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: wlan0  [katewyfy] ----------------------------------------------------
  Type:              802.11 WiFi
  Driver:            iwlwifi
  State:             connected
  Default:           yes
  HW Address:        00:24:D6:87:84:00

  Capabilities:
    Speed:           121 Mb/s

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption:  yes
    WPA Encryption:  yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points (* = current AP)
    vinci:           Infra, 00:19:E3:FB:93:DB, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 85 WPA WPA2
    wireless-cassowary: Infra, 00:24:37:04:C5:30, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 84 WPA WPA2
    fdi-85550:       Infra, 00:24:93:02:61:20, Freq 2427 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 82 WPA WPA2
    dyy-83591:       Infra, 00:24:37:B1:87:00, Freq 2442 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 69 WPA WPA2
    orj-40411:       Infra, 00:24:C8:6A:77:30, Freq 2447 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 44 WPA WPA2
    iks-03429:       Infra, DC:0B:1A:AF:7C:B9, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 42 WPA WPA2
    slx-23794:       Infra, 64:87:D7:28:45:09, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 40 WPA WPA2
    Paulino:         Infra, E0:46:9A:8D:42:22, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 40 WPA2
    PJI-65914:       Infra, 00:26:42:16:6E:B0, Freq 2447 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 34 WPA WPA2
    ucb-29174:       Infra, 64:87:D7:02:0A:B9, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 30 WPA WPA2
    cestdelaballe:   Infra, 50:67:F0:53:DA:38, Freq 2417 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 30 WPA WPA2
    isamota:         Infra, 00:24:93:2B:8A:60, Freq 2467 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 30 WPA WPA2
    FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7390: Infra, C0:25:06:D5:7D:11, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 30 WPA WPA2
    traitotraito:    Infra, 00:1B:11:61:3F:2B, Freq 2452 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 29 WPA2
    WBN2:            Infra, C0:C1:C0:30:59:36, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WPA
    ydw-34783:       Infra, 00:24:37:0E:ED:A0, Freq 2472 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WPA WPA2
    lyj-33474:       Infra, 00:24:37:B7:8B:F0, Freq 2427 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WPA WPA2
    ldy-12588:       Infra, 64:87:D7:39:2A:B9, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WPA WPA2
    Simmit_Network:  Infra, B8:C7:5D:09:59:A1, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WPA2
    LRI-58808:       Infra, 64:87:D7:00:9D:39, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 25 WPA WPA2
    fuz-46863:       Infra, 00:24:C8:52:2C:80, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 24 WPA WPA2
    Medical_Oceane:  Infra, 00:26:42:19:0C:D0, Freq 2427 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 24 WPA WPA2
    voa-38624:       Infra, 00:24:37:84:69:10, Freq 2472 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 22 WPA WPA2
    XXI-49559:       Infra, 00:21:43:5D:6E:D0, Freq 2472 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 19 WPA WPA2
    Internet:        Infra, 00:0F:CC:F8:9D:B4, Freq 2442 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WEP
    Marco:           Infra, 00:26:5A:20:B6:A0, Freq 2457 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 22 WEP
    ZyXEL:           Infra, CC:5D:4E:2E:9E:1C, Freq 2442 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 32
    *katewyfy:       Infra, 00:02:CF:EF:2D:98, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 61 WPA

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address:         192.168.1.35
    Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway:         192.168.1.1

    DNS:             91.233.182.2
    DNS:             194.230.1.39


- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type:              Wired
  Driver:            e1000e
  State:             unavailable
  Default:           no
  HW Address:        00:26:B9:D0:C7:CB

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect:  yes

  Wired Properties
    Carrier:         off

rfkill list all

Code:

$ sudo rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no

There's not much i can think of...

Before i go travelling, i'd like to know if it's an issue with this router or something more general which might happen with older routers (probably having them in Africa)

**chili555** · August 14th, 2012

As a temporary experiment, please try:

Code:

sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi
sudo modprobe iwlwifi 11n_disable=1

Any improvement?

**mgerber** · August 14th, 2012

It works great !! thanks.

How can i do the setting permanently ?

Do you know why this setting prevents wireless from working ?

**chili555** · August 14th, 2012

Originally Posted by mgerber

It works great !! thanks.

How can i do the setting permanently ?

Do you know why this setting prevents wireless from working ?

There is a long-standing bug somewhere in the driver iwlwifi and, for that matter, its predecessor iwlagn.

Here is the step that makes it persistent:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf

Add a single line:

Code:

options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1

Use leafpad, kate, vim or any text editor if you don't have gedit. Proofread, save and close gedit.

Please use thread tools at the top to mark Solved.

**mgerber** · August 14th, 2012

Very nice

Thanks !

**stangdaman** · December 23rd, 2012

Hey, sorry to reopen an old post. I am visiting my parents for the holidays and was having this same issue. This solved it. However, I am not having these issues at home or at work. Will making these changes permanent cause any problems with connections that were previously working fine?

**anspectrum** · January 8th, 2013

Originally Posted by chili555

As a temporary experiment, please try:

Code:

sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi
sudo modprobe iwlwifi 11n_disable=1

Any improvement?

Thank you Chili.

**stangdaman** · January 11th, 2013

Delayed thank you by the way.

So, if I want to go back to n speeds I can just remove the file or can I even just comment out that line in the file so that if I want to use it again at a later time, next time I'm at their house, I can?

**chili555** · January 11th, 2013

If you remove the file or comment out the line, I suspect you will go back to:

and was having this same issue.

You could certainly try and report your results.

**stangdaman** · January 14th, 2013

I haven't had the issue at my own house on my router it was only when I was visiting family for the holidays. So, I'd be surprised if anything happens but I might want to keep it so I can use that when visiting in the future.