WLAN problems on Thinkpad R60

Tue Sep 19 09:44:12 UTC 2006

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Hello everybody,

I have a strange problem with my WLAN-Interface on my Thinkpad R60 using
Kubuntu 6.06 Dapper

Problem:

Without problems i could configure my WLAN-Interface and it worked quite
fine for a couple of days (I used wlassistant which is a gui for
iwconfig). After activating the Autostart for this connection in the
KDE-Network-settings, my connection needs several minutes to connect
(after reboot).

/var/log/messages :

Sep 19 10:51:43 localhost kernel: [17179780.160000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP):
eth1: link is not ready
Sep 19 10:51:50 localhost kernel: [17179787.472000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:51:58 localhost kernel: [17179795.032000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:52:05 localhost kernel: [17179802.580000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:52:12 localhost kernel: [17179810.136000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:52:20 localhost kernel: [17179817.696000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:52:28 localhost kernel: [17179825.248000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:52:35 localhost kernel: [17179832.808000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:52:43 localhost kernel: [17179840.356000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:52:51 localhost kernel: [17179847.916000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:52:58 localhost kernel: [17179855.464000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:53:06 localhost kernel: [17179863.024000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:53:13 localhost kernel: [17179870.572000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:53:20 localhost kernel: [17179878.128000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:53:28 localhost kernel: [17179885.688000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:53:36 localhost kernel: [17179893.240000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:53:43 localhost kernel: [17179900.800000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:53:51 localhost kernel: [17179908.348000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:53:59 localhost kernel: [17179915.908000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:54:06 localhost kernel: [17179923.540000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:54:13 localhost kernel: [17179931.104000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:54:21 localhost kernel: [17179938.660000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:54:29 localhost kernel: [17179946.216000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:54:36 localhost kernel: [17179953.772000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:54:44 localhost kernel: [17179961.320000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:54:51 localhost kernel: [17179968.880000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:54:59 localhost kernel: [17179976.428000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:58:16 localhost kernel: [17180172.956000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:58:23 localhost kernel: [17180180.504000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:58:30 localhost kernel: [17180188.060000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:58:38 localhost kernel: [17180195.616000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:58:46 localhost kernel: [17180203.172000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:58:53 localhost kernel: [17180210.732000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:59:01 localhost kernel: [17180218.280000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:59:08 localhost kernel: [17180225.832000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:59:16 localhost kernel: [17180233.384000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:59:24 localhost kernel: [17180240.948000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:59:31 localhost kernel: [17180248.504000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:59:38 localhost kernel: [17180256.068000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:59:46 localhost kernel: [17180263.628000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:59:54 localhost kernel: [17180271.188000] ipw3945: Detected
geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels)
Sep 19 10:59:56 localhost kernel: [17180274.044000]
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready

In the last line the connection becomes ready and will work fine (no
disconnects)

iwconfig before beeing connected:
eth1 unassociated  ESSID:"NETGEAR"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=nan kHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:16 dBm
          Retry limit:15   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xx   Security mode:restricted
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:40   Missed beacon:0
(The key was replaced with x)

iwconfig after having connected:
eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"NETGEAR"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:14:6C:E0:E7:AD
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:15 dBm
          Retry limit:15   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xx   Security mode:restricted
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=88/100  Signal level=-44 dBm  Noise level=-45 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:200   Missed beacon:0

I read several posts in the internet where people solved their WLAN
problems with patching their kernel. But I don't think thats the
solution for me, because my WLAN was still working. Does anybody know
which files are affected by the KDE-Network-Settings-Dialog?
My be I can restore them manually

thanks for help...

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Greatings/Viele Grüße

Patrick Heckeler

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