[arch-general] NetworkManager update - problematic for ipw2200
I was away for a few days but this evening returned and updated a laptop which has ipw2200 wireless - and the updates included NetworkManager 0.9.6 - after rebooting the machine the wireless connection fails within seconds - despite ifconfig and ifconfig showing a normal connection - this is for a KDE D.E. with plasma networkmanagement which was also updated this evening. This now shows what appears to be a normal wireless signal strength which has not been the case for a long time - but the connection is a major bug. I have seen another post on the forums where a user has similar problems to me but with different wireless hardware. It is odd - the key indicators seem to show that the connection is fine but a browser fails to connect - ssh will connect but the connection will hang within seconds. pacman fails to connect to the servers except very very slowly and times out - despite another arch machine working perfectly well with different wireless hardware! Anyone else seeing something similar? I guess I will need to downgrade networkmanager till this is fixed. -- mike c
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:32 PM, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@gmail.com> wrote:
I was away for a few days but this evening returned and updated a laptop which has ipw2200 wireless - and the updates included NetworkManager 0.9.6 - after rebooting the machine the wireless connection fails within seconds - despite ifconfig and ifconfig showing a normal connection - this is for a KDE D.E. with plasma networkmanagement which was also updated this evening. This now shows what appears to be a normal wireless signal strength which has not been the case for a long time - but the connection is a major bug.
I have seen another post on the forums where a user has similar problems to me but with different wireless hardware.
It is odd - the key indicators seem to show that the connection is fine but a browser fails to connect - ssh will connect but the connection will hang within seconds. pacman fails to connect to the servers except very very slowly and times out - despite another arch machine working perfectly well with different wireless hardware!
Anyone else seeing something similar? I guess I will need to downgrade networkmanager till this is fixed.
Oddly today it is working fine - I am now wondering if it is a hardware fault that is intermittent... further testing needed - and maybe replace wifi card! -- mike c
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 6:05 PM, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:32 PM, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@gmail.com> wrote:
I was away for a few days but this evening returned and updated a laptop which has ipw2200 wireless - and the updates included NetworkManager 0.9.6 - after rebooting the machine the wireless connection fails within seconds - despite ifconfig and ifconfig showing a normal connection - this is for a KDE D.E. with plasma networkmanagement which was also updated this evening. This now shows what appears to be a normal wireless signal strength which has not been the case for a long time - but the connection is a major bug.
I have seen another post on the forums where a user has similar problems to me but with different wireless hardware.
It is odd - the key indicators seem to show that the connection is fine but a browser fails to connect - ssh will connect but the connection will hang within seconds. pacman fails to connect to the servers except very very slowly and times out - despite another arch machine working perfectly well with different wireless hardware!
Anyone else seeing something similar? I guess I will need to downgrade networkmanager till this is fixed.
Oddly today it is working fine - I am now wondering if it is a hardware fault that is intermittent... further testing needed - and maybe replace wifi card!
Wifi card replaced and since then the wireless has been flawless - so this is resolved. -- mike c
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