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[SOLVED] Broken WiFi.

PostPosted: Oct 25th, '11, 03:49
by pnunn
Hi folks,

something I've done recently (in the last few days) with updates seems to have killed my wifi (on an Intel wifi card). In the log file I have continual messages like

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Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost NetworkManager[3731]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> disconnected
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: AU
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: AU
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)

Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost NetworkManager[3731]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost NetworkManager[3731]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> disconnected
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: AU
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: AU
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost kernel: cfg80211:     (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)



and if I do a ifup wlan0 from the command line, I get
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$ ifup wlan0           
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

Determining IP information for wlan0...PING 10.0.100.1 (10.0.100.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 10.0.100.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, +1 errors, 100% packet loss, time 0ms

 failed.




or it complains about the cable being disconnected...

Not sure where to go to try and fix this one, I've looked at the hardware in mcc which shows a Centrino Advanced-N 6200 as the device.

This was all working a few days ago, so its something recent that seems to have upset it.

Any ideas??

Life on the bleeding edge.. :) Always fun.

Ta Peter.

Re: Broken WiFi.

PostPosted: Oct 25th, '11, 12:16
by doktor5000
pnunn wrote:
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Oct 25 12:23:52 localhost NetworkManager[3731]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> disconnected

Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost NetworkManager[3731]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive

Oct 25 12:23:54 localhost NetworkManager[3731]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> disconnected

Just remove all networkmanager packages, should get it working again.

Re: Broken WiFi.

PostPosted: Oct 26th, '11, 00:22
by pnunn
Thank you doktor5000 fixed the problem.

Peter.