Wireless: network detected, but no connection

Sun Nov 8 23:24:28 UTC 2009

Hi!

> Looks like it's trying to do wpa authentication. 

OK, the previous log is from the PC running NetworkManager. I noticed
the WPA authentication attempt and I wonder about that. The networks ?im
trying to connect do not require WPA auth.

> What does
> /var/log/wicd.log show?

Here the log from the machine that is running wicd instead of NM.
wlan2 (00:a0:c5:62:7e:e4) is the Zyxel B-220 usb-stick.
It looks like the wlan2 obtains an IP (192.168.10.32), then it
disconnects for some reason and reconnects... in an endless loop.

2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: ---------------------------
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: wicd initializing...
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: ---------------------------
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: wicd is version 1.6.1 426
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: setting backend to external
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: trying to load backend external
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: successfully loaded backend external
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: trying to load backend external
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: successfully loaded backend external
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: Automatically detected wireless interface wlan2
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: setting wireless interface wlan2
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: automatically detected wired interface eth0
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: setting wired interface eth0
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: setting wpa driver wext
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: setting use global dns to False
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: setting global dns
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: global dns servers are None None None
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: domain is None
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: search domain is None
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: setting automatically reconnect when connection
drops True
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: Setting dhcp client to 1
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: Wireless configuration file found...
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: Wired configuration file found...
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: chmoding configuration files 0600...
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: chowning configuration files root:root...
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: Using wireless interface...wlan2
2009/11/09 00:09:49 :: Using wired interface...eth0
2009/11/09 00:09:55 :: Autoconnecting...
2009/11/09 00:09:55 :: No wired connection present, attempting to
autoconnect to wireless network
2009/11/09 00:09:56 :: trying to automatically connect to...OpenNetwork
2009/11/09 00:09:56 :: Connecting to wireless network OpenNetwork
2009/11/09 00:09:56 :: Putting interface down
2009/11/09 00:09:56 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2009/11/09 00:09:56 :: Setting false IP...
2009/11/09 00:09:56 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2009/11/09 00:09:56 :: Flushing the routing table...
2009/11/09 00:09:56 :: Putting interface up...
2009/11/09 00:09:57 :: Running DHCP
2009/11/09 00:09:57 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2
2009/11/09 00:09:57 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
2009/11/09 00:09:57 :: All rights reserved.
2009/11/09 00:09:57 :: For info, please visit
http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
2009/11/09 00:09:57 :: 
2009/11/09 00:09:58 :: Listening on LPF/wlan2/00:a0:c5:62:7e:e4
2009/11/09 00:09:58 :: Sending on   LPF/wlan2/00:a0:c5:62:7e:e4
2009/11/09 00:09:58 :: Sending on   Socket/fallback
2009/11/09 00:09:58 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
interval 3
2009/11/09 00:09:58 :: DHCPOFFER of 192.168.10.32 from 192.168.10.1
2009/11/09 00:09:58 :: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.10.32 on wlan2 to
255.255.255.255 port 67
2009/11/09 00:09:58 :: DHCPACK of 192.168.10.32 from 192.168.10.1
2009/11/09 00:09:58 ::  * Stopping NTP server ntpd
2009/11/09 00:09:58 ::    ...done.
2009/11/09 00:10:00 ::  * Starting NTP server ntpd
2009/11/09 00:10:00 ::    ...done.
2009/11/09 00:10:00 :: bound to 192.168.10.32 -- renewal in 43002
seconds.
2009/11/09 00:10:00 :: DHCP connection successful
2009/11/09 00:10:00 :: Connecting thread exiting.
2009/11/09 00:10:00 :: Sending connection attempt result Success
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: Connecting to wireless network OpenNetwork
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: Putting interface down
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: Setting false IP...
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: Flushing the routing table...
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: Putting interface up...
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: Running DHCP
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: All rights reserved.
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: For info, please visit
http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
2009/11/09 00:10:07 :: 
2009/11/09 00:10:08 :: Listening on LPF/wlan2/00:a0:c5:62:7e:e4
2009/11/09 00:10:08 :: Sending on   LPF/wlan2/00:a0:c5:62:7e:e4
2009/11/09 00:10:08 :: Sending on   Socket/fallback
2009/11/09 00:10:11 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
interval 4
2009/11/09 00:10:11 :: DHCPOFFER of 192.168.10.32 from 192.168.10.1
2009/11/09 00:10:11 :: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.10.32 on wlan2 to
255.255.255.255 port 67
2009/11/09 00:10:11 :: DHCPACK of 192.168.10.32 from 192.168.10.1
2009/11/09 00:10:11 ::  * Stopping NTP server ntpd
2009/11/09 00:10:11 ::    ...done.
2009/11/09 00:10:13 ::  * Starting NTP server ntpd
2009/11/09 00:10:13 ::    ...done.
2009/11/09 00:10:13 :: bound to 192.168.10.32 -- renewal in 37251
seconds.
2009/11/09 00:10:13 :: DHCP connection successful
2009/11/09 00:10:13 :: Connecting thread exiting.
2009/11/09 00:10:13 :: Sending connection attempt result Success
2009/11/09 00:10:16 :: Autoconnecting...
2009/11/09 00:10:16 :: No wired connection present, attempting to
autoconnect to wireless network
2009/11/09 00:10:17 :: trying to automatically connect to...OpenNetwork
2009/11/09 00:10:17 :: Connecting to wireless network OpenNetwork
2009/11/09 00:10:17 :: Putting interface down
2009/11/09 00:10:17 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2009/11/09 00:10:17 :: Setting false IP...
2009/11/09 00:10:17 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2009/11/09 00:10:17 :: Flushing the routing table...
2009/11/09 00:10:17 :: Putting interface up...
2009/11/09 00:10:17 :: Running DHCP
2009/11/09 00:10:18 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2
2009/11/09 00:10:18 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
2009/11/09 00:10:18 :: All rights reserved.
2009/11/09 00:10:18 :: For info, please visit
http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
2009/11/09 00:10:18 :: 
2009/11/09 00:10:19 :: Listening on LPF/wlan2/00:a0:c5:62:7e:e4
2009/11/09 00:10:19 :: Sending on   LPF/wlan2/00:a0:c5:62:7e:e4
2009/11/09 00:10:19 :: Sending on   Socket/fallback
2009/11/09 00:10:21 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
interval 5
2009/11/09 00:10:21 :: DHCPOFFER of 192.168.10.32 from 192.168.10.1
2009/11/09 00:10:21 :: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.10.32 on wlan2 to
255.255.255.255 port 67
2009/11/09 00:10:21 :: DHCPACK of 192.168.10.32 from 192.168.10.1
2009/11/09 00:10:21 ::  * Stopping NTP server ntpd
2009/11/09 00:10:21 ::    ...done.
2009/11/09 00:10:23 ::  * Starting NTP server ntpd
2009/11/09 00:10:23 ::    ...done.
2009/11/09 00:10:23 :: bound to 192.168.10.32 -- renewal in 34352
seconds.
2009/11/09 00:10:23 :: DHCP connection successful
2009/11/09 00:10:23 :: Connecting thread exiting.
2009/11/09 00:10:24 :: Sending connection attempt result Success
2009/11/09 00:10:29 :: Autoconnecting...
2009/11/09 00:10:29 :: No wired connection present, attempting to
autoconnect to wireless network
2009/11/09 00:10:30 :: trying to automatically connect to...OpenNetwork
2009/11/09 00:10:30 :: Connecting to wireless network OpenNetwork
2009/11/09 00:10:30 :: Putting interface down
2009/11/09 00:10:30 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2009/11/09 00:10:30 :: Setting false IP...
2009/11/09 00:10:30 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2009/11/09 00:10:30 :: Flushing the routing table...
2009/11/09 00:10:30 :: Putting interface up...
2009/11/09 00:10:31 :: Running DHCP
2009/11/09 00:10:31 :: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2
2009/11/09 00:10:31 :: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
2009/11/09 00:10:31 :: All rights reserved.
2009/11/09 00:10:31 :: For info, please visit
http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
2009/11/09 00:10:31 :: 
2009/11/09 00:10:32 :: Listening on LPF/wlan2/00:a0:c5:62:7e:e4
2009/11/09 00:10:32 :: Sending on   LPF/wlan2/00:a0:c5:62:7e:e4
2009/11/09 00:10:32 :: Sending on   Socket/fallback
2009/11/09 00:10:35 :: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
interval 5
2009/11/09 00:10:35 :: DHCPOFFER of 192.168.10.32 from 192.168.10.1
2009/11/09 00:10:35 :: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.10.32 on wlan2 to
255.255.255.255 port 67
2009/11/09 00:10:35 :: DHCPACK of 192.168.10.32 from 192.168.10.1
2009/11/09 00:10:35 ::  * Stopping NTP server ntpd
2009/11/09 00:10:35 ::    ...done.
2009/11/09 00:10:37 ::  * Starting NTP server ntpd
2009/11/09 00:10:37 ::    ...done.

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