WIFI connectivity issues with WPA2 enterprise and Lubuntu 13.10 and up

Fri Oct 24 13:04:38 UTC 2014

Hi Marc,
I just remembered
>From this page
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes/Lubuntu

Network indicator on the panel may not start at login. You can start it
manually by launching "nm-applet" in a terminal. Some others autostarted
applications may also be affected (such as automatic updates). See
1308348 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308348> for the details and
the ETA for the fix. To turn on nm-applet in autostart, follow these
instructions
<http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/fix-lubuntu-1404-network-manager.html>
It may need two reboots to fully work.

But, you are saying you can try installing ANY derivative of Ubuntu
14.04 and have this issue?  I have also tried, and installed Xubuntu and
Ubuntu 14.04 also and have only had this issue in Lubuntu.

It is always a good idea to read the release notes, for issues like this
one.  Also, it is a good idea to make sure you have the full image, by
checking the md5sum.
I usually install zsync.  That way if my md5sum is off I can just zsync
the file and it will fix it, without having to re-download everything.

On 10/24/2014 07:50 AM, Marc Tremblay wrote:
>
> Hi Israel and Andre,
>
>
> The connectivity issue occurs on all of our laptops no matter what
> make or model. In general at our school board the older laptops and
> netbooks we are converting are Toshiba Tecra A9, A10 and A11's. The
> Netbooks are NB 200's, 250's and 350's. We also have Dell laptops and
> HP laptops in smaller numbers.
>
>
> In every case, If I install any derivative of ubuntu based on 12.04
> LTS I am able to see my school boards network and then put in the WPA2
> enterprise configuration with user credentials and I get a connection
> right away.
>
>
> If I install any derivative of ubuntu that is *newer* than 12.04 I can
> sometimes see our network but when I try connecting, it just loops and
> continues to ask for the username and password for the network.
>
>
> Yesterday I installed Lubuntu 12.04 on a Toshiba Tecra A9. After the
> installation I see the little WIFI icon in the lower left hand corner
> and i am able to connect to the network. I then installed Lubuntu 14.4
> and then did not see the WIFI icon at the lower right hand side.
>
>
> I am honestly no expert at this but it does not seem to be a hardware
> issue since the same problem occurs no matter what machine we are
> using. Would it still be helpful to send you the network controller info?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* lubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> <lubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf of Israel
> <israeldahl at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:14 PM
> *To:* lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> *Subject:* Re: WIFI connectivity issues with WPA2 enterprise and
> Lubuntu 13.10 and up
>  
> Hi Marc,
> I agree with Andre that we need to know more about the hardware.
> This:
>
> lspci |grep [nN]et
>
> Should display all your network controllers.  Please report back what
> ones you are having issues with!
>
> On 10/23/2014 09:07 PM, Andre Rodovalho wrote:
>> What about the hardware you are using? The same on all machines?
>>
>> 2014-10-23 16:45 GMT-02:00 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>> <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>     Good evening Marc,
>>
>>     Alongside asking here, you can try in the Ubuntu Networking Forum
>>
>>     http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=336
>>
>>     Some very knowledgeable people might be able to help you there.
>>
>>     Good luck :-)
>>
>>     Best regards
>>     Nio (alias sudodus at the Ubuntu Forums)
>>
>>     Den 2014-10-23 20:34, Marc Tremblay skrev:
>>     > Good afternoon,
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > We have been converting our older fleet of desktops and laptops to
>>     > Lubuntu and Ubuntu at our school board and the process has been
>>     going
>>     > well but I have ran into a strange problem. For us to get
>>     connectivity
>>     > on our laptops and Netbooks we are forced to use version 12.04
>>     LTS of
>>     > Lubuntu in order to get a WIFI connection. We have the same
>>     issue if we
>>     > try to use kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, or Ubuntu. Any version
>>     newer that
>>     > 12.04.4 will not allow us to connect to our WIFI network.
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Here are the setting we are using:
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > WPA2 Enterprise
>>     >
>>     > PEAP version automatic
>>     >
>>     > Inner authentication: MSCHAPv2
>>     >
>>     > CA certificate: none
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > When I upgraded one of the laptops from 12.04 to 14.4 it did
>>     however
>>     > keep the WIFI connectivity but I really don’t want to have to do an
>>     > install of 12.04 and then upgrade to 14.4.
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Any help would be greatly appreciated
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Marc Tremblay
>>     >
>>     > Educational Services Dept
>>     >
>>     > Lester B. Pearson School Board
>>     >
>>     > 1925 Brookdale
>>     >
>>     > Dorval, H9P 2Y7
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca <mailto:mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca>
>>     <mailto:mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca <mailto:mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca>>
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>
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