GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 507991
Wireless LAN disassociation, no rejoin when network becomes available
Last modified: 2008-01-24 04:08:36 UTC
Please describe the problem: NetworkManager successfully associates with Wireless LAN using madwifi-0.9.3.3 card. After a random amount of time (minutes to hours), WLAN connection is lost, and does not get restored even if WLAN signal is present (clicking on a signal successfully connects...) Steps to reproduce: 1.Start NetworkManager with WLAN card active 2.Select active network (Open, WPA, WEP, etc) Actual results: Network is attached, after random time period, link is reported as down. Link is never re-established even if signal is present Expected results: Link should remain active, or if lost, re-established when the signal returns. Does this happen every time? Yes, though the time period is variable Other information:
Created attachment 102369 [details] grep Manager /var/log/messages
This happens if the link drops for more than 8 seconds, and indicates a driver problem.