I get this on both a vostro 3360 laptop and a separate machine with a Ralink corp. RT2561/RT61 802.11g PC card and motherboard network . I did think it was something to do with another possible connection being available but it still happens when you disable that conenction in network settings.
Anyway, whatever is wrong, I think this is more than a medium priority because a consistent wifi connection is a requirement of so many apps, amongst others pidgin breaks as a client for gtalk because missed messages are not later loaded. They are just missed. So pidgin is effectively busted. It doesn't seem to happen when the network is in use, so skype for example stops working but not during calls. Fix is to disable enable wifi sometimes disable onboard network (not plugged in), random fiddle basically. Hopefully broken network can be triaged above medium! jeff@antec:~$ uname -a Linux antec 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri -- 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/1276238 Title: Wifi Connection Dropping/Need to reconnect Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: While connected to wifi, my system will randomly drop the connection and ask me to reconnect. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-6-generic 3.13.0-6.23 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-6.23-generic 3.13.0 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-6-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: jason 2254 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Feb 4 16:25:02 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=60d68a6f-e268-441d-a7b9-8626d1521267 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-06 (455 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MachineType: LENOVO 4286CTO ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-6-generic root=UUID=06af135e-53bd-4ecc-ba8a-471be159d14a ro quiet splash i915.semaphores=0 vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-6-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-6-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.123 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-01-07 (27 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8DET56WW (1.26 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 4286CTO 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:bvr8DET56WW(1.26):bd12/01/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4286CTO:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4286CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 4286CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1276238/+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