Yes, that is probably the case and it was probably just by chance that after downgrading the firmware I managed connecting for a couple of times consecutively. Now, I cannot connect again and the only reliable way of connecting seems to be by letting the mobile phone connect and using cable or bluetooth tethering from android :-<
The problem is that the messages from Network manager are pure nonsense: The applet hangs on "configuring the interface" for some time (which I believe means it cannot complete the association and then it errors out with "The interface cannot be found" or "No secrets were provided". Also the systems log do not seem to provide any information on what part of the negotiation is going wrong. All this has started in the week beginning with Jul 15th and the local network administrators here say that nothing has changed on their side (also phones, window and apple computers can connect properly), so the issue must be on my side and must follow some package update on my system or some fault in my wifi card (but this seems strange because I can connect to regular/non enterprise networks). Any hint at trying to debug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1837440 Title: linux firmware 1.178.3 seems to break WPA enterprise Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Seen on intel Wireless-N 2230 BGN (rev c4). After the update to said linux firmware version I had issues in connecting to the WPA enterprise wifi networks EDUROAM and ALMAWIFI. EDUROAM is the European universities Wi-Fi network. Ability to connect to non enterprise network is unaffected. Downgrading to 1.178 seems to restore proper functionality. In the next days I'll try further checks to see if the firmware is really the sole trigger for the issue. In the meantime, I am tentatively opening the bug in case others have my same issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: linux-firmware 1.178 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-20.21-generic 5.0.8 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Mon Jul 22 19:27:16 2019 Dependencies: EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-12 (2047 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: linux-firmware UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-06-12 (40 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1837440/+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
