Comment 25 for bug 331103

Hi Endolith,

You are right, it is a bug for sure, and changing the channel will help ...
I still had some problems after that maybe once or twice a day, now
EVERYTHING is solved.

Here is what I did:

I upgraded to a new Kernel: 2.6.30.5

you can find this kernel here, just download and double click the file:

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

I use WEP now, didnt try going back to WPA ...

I never had problems anymore ...

Give it a try ...
ps. I did not upgrade to 2.6.31 because that kernel does not work for my
build in webcam.

Cheers, good luck

Geert

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Endolith <email address hidden> wrote:

> This didn't start happening until Jaunty, but alright, I'll try changing
> the channel. I've just been using a cable. My router's site survey
> sees 6 people on channel 6, 1 on 11, and 1 on 1 (weakest). All are
> weak, and I had been using channel 1.
>
> --
> Wireless network disconnects randomly, won't reconnect
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331103
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> of the bug.
>
> 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.
>