$ md5sum /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin fd118c183ad9e11060a6e575b472280e /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
Saw this and also noticed that I had another file (same name, but with .bin.bak extension) that matched the md5sum @Larry posted, so I swapped them around and ran $ sudo rmmod rtl8192ce $ sudo modprobe rtl8192ce No noticeable difference, however. Here's the output from syslog, filtered on the Reason 6 deassociations: Nov 20 09:49:35 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:49:45 <redacted> kernel: [ 1072.963826] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:49:45 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:49:54 <redacted> kernel: [ 1081.877888] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:49:54 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:50:17 <redacted> kernel: [ 1105.164543] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:50:17 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:50:26 <redacted> kernel: [ 1114.050513] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:50:26 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:50:35 <redacted> kernel: [ 1122.749766] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:50:35 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:50:53 <redacted> kernel: [ 1140.669823] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:50:53 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:51:12 <redacted> kernel: [ 1159.897681] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:51:12 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:52:12 <redacted> kernel: [ 1219.900061] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:52:12 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:52:46 <redacted> kernel: [ 1254.185542] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:52:46 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:53:24 <redacted> kernel: [ 1292.437548] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:53:24 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:53:41 <redacted> kernel: [ 1309.370754] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:53:41 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:53:48 <redacted> kernel: [ 1316.014818] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:53:48 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:53:53 <redacted> kernel: [ 1320.938189] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:53:53 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:54:00 <redacted> kernel: [ 1328.013358] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:54:00 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:54:07 <redacted> kernel: [ 1335.240238] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:54:07 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:54:13 <redacted> kernel: [ 1341.306472] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:54:13 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:54:27 <redacted> kernel: [ 1354.853285] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:54:27 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:54:45 <redacted> kernel: [ 1373.149678] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:54:45 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:55:25 <redacted> kernel: [ 1413.420701] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:55:25 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:55:34 <redacted> kernel: [ 1422.217230] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:55:34 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 Nov 20 09:55:43 <redacted> kernel: [ 1430.594009] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6) Nov 20 09:55:43 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6 As you can see, the deauthentication still happens on a very regular basis. The wireless connection is usable, but because of the packet loss that results from the continual disconnects, it's incredibly slow. I'm sitting here right next to the router and showing full signal strength. Here's iwconfig: wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"<redacted>" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: 00:46:9A:02:17:01 Bit Rate=18 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-39 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:87 Missed beacon:0 Here's cat /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8192ce.conf: options rtl8192ce ips=0 fwlps=0 Here's the full md5sum list from the rtlwifi firmware: 3aed09e6385aff0f3809a3949f6c3b64 ./rtl8188efw.bin 748944fbffd3b08b5b1929bb6c7fc537 ./rtl8192cfw.bin fd118c183ad9e11060a6e575b472280e ./rtl8192cfw.fd11 dd371739aa401ea1d615436b24598bc4 ./rtl8192cfwU_B.b 660d5d7e1e1fd985261fb20b2ac283f6 ./rtl8192cfwU.bin 943e9b714a926e630b8152d7aad91d2e ./rtl8192cufw.bin 7a3b61dbd72e0efb22f892ece8020994 ./rtl8192defw_12. 01c66e417fc8dbed78a9edefcd802d9b ./rtl8192defw.bin 2faf6915a0bbb5d15d3bd43618f5347c ./rtl8192sefw.bin bccf9bf2276621770f101a60736b4004 ./rtl8192sefw.old 200fd952db3cc9259b1fd05e3e51966f ./rtl8712u.bin ce50dfe07dbb1bfe9e14bdb315a4b28a ./rtl8723fw_B.bin 69ccaffbe94cc0ef1b89c25290e19b2e ./rtl8723fw.bin Is there anything else I can provide? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/902557 Title: 10ec:8176 Wireless not working in 12.04 for rtl8192ce (RTL8188CE) Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Confirmed Bug description: Wireless no longer seems to work since I upgraded to Precise, it was working (albeit very flaky) ion 11.10, but it never seems to be able to connect to any access points since the upgrade. It can see all the available networks, but it can't seem to connect to any of them. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-3-generic-pae 3.2.0-3.9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-3.9-generic-pae 3.2.0-rc4 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-3-generic-pae i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: beuno 1763 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: country EC: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 20), (3, 17) (5250 - 5330 @ 20), (3, 23), DFS (5735 - 5835 @ 20), (3, 30) Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0244000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 5 Simple ctrls : 1 Card0.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf0240000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20582 (Pebble)' Components : 'HDA:14f15066,17aa21df,00100302' Controls : 8 Simple ctrls : 5 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Sat Dec 10 12:54:26 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) MachineType: LENOVO 05962RU ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-generic-pae root=UUID=c9ef48cc-ddc5-4873-ac9b-2a14fe2329d3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-3-generic-pae N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-3-generic-pae N/A linux-firmware 1.62 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-10 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/25/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8FET31WW (1.15 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 05962RU dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8FET31WW(1.15):bd08/25/2011:svnLENOVO:pn05962RU:pvrThinkPadX120e:rvnLENOVO:rn05962RU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 05962RU dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X120e dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/902557/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp