Comment 16 for bug 331103

I haven't a clue! For whatever reason it only does it once a while for me
now - I think I did a clean install & it was better. When ever it does
happen, a restart seems to fix it.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Endolith <email address hidden> wrote:

> Does anyone have any idea how to troubleshoot this? I'm just running an
> Ethernet cable from my computer to the router at this point.
>
> --
> Wireless network disconnects randomly, won't reconnect
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331103
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> Status in “linux-firmware” package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> My computer occasionally disconnects from my wireless router, and I can't
> get it to reconnect unless I reboot. It used to work completely fine.
> Something has been changed in the last month or two to make it stop working
> and I have no idea where to look.
>
> Two times it has disconnected around the same time, 8:15 in the morning,
> which is suspicious. I don't know of any event at that time that would
> cause that.
>
> Logs show things like:
>
> WPA: 4-Way Handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect
>
> though the key is correct. I also saw this:
>
> ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
>