[ltp] Wifi keeps dropping on W500

Jason Brooks linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:51:11 -0700


wpa_supplicant output log is needed.

its probably beacause the cypher is wrong.
ie : aes+tkip instead of just aes.
check your settings

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Daniel Castro <castromd@tcd.ie> wrote:
> Hi All,
> Hope someone here can help me find the cause of this problem.
> I have a Thinkpad W500 with:
> Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5300
> I have Ubuntu 10.04 32bit installed:
> Linux danicast-laptop 2.6.32-25-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 19:48:22
> UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
> It has been working fine since I installed 10.04 but recently (end of last
> week I think) it stared dropping the wireless connection very often. So it
> will disconnect and reconnect.
> Can someone here please help me in debugging this issue?
> I have attached an extract of syslogs from when this happens. But not sure
> if what I need is there... only weird thing I can see is:
> Oct 27 18:58:33 username-laptop wpa_supplicant[1296]:
> CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
> Any help is much appreciated!
>
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