Hai All, I am using IBM Thinkpad R51e. As the wireless card is using Atheros. Here's the lspci result
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci 04:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01) I don't know why, the wireless connection is repeatedly connect and disconnect on a period of time. Here I notes the /var/log/daemon.log Which one is wrong? While I am using Windows, the wireless connection is fine Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) started... Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): access point 'ABRAKADABRA' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists. New key needed. Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) New wireless user key requested for network 'ABRAKADABRA'. Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 14 (normal exit) for interface wlan0 Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 11 (unknown) for interface wlan0 Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 14 (normal exit) for interface wlan0 Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) New wireless user key for network 'ABRAKADABRA' received. Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jul 27 14:17:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): access point 'ABRAKADABRA' is encrypted, and a key exists. No new key needed. Jul 27 14:17:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD wlan0^I^Iwext^I/var/run/wpa_supplicant^I' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was '0' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 414252414b414441425241' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 proto WPA' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt WPA-PSK' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 psk <key>' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 27 14:17:14 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jul 27 14:17:21 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change. Jul 27 14:17:54 kafka last message repeated 3 times Jul 27 14:18:05 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change. Jul 27 14:18:11 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Supplicant state changed: 1 Jul 27 14:18:11 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Connected to access point 'ABRAKADABRA'. Jul 27 14:18:11 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. Jul 27 14:18:11 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... Jul 27 14:18:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Beginning DHCP transaction. Jul 27 14:18:12 kafka dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Jul 27 14:18:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 12 (successfully started) for interface wlan0 Jul 27 14:18:12 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka avahi-daemon[2810]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv6 with address fe80::214:a4ff:fe41:208f. Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka avahi-daemon[2810]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv6 for mDNS. Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka avahi-daemon[2810]: Registering new address record for fe80::214:a4ff:fe41:208f on wlan0.*. Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 1 (starting) for interface wlan0 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka avahi-daemon[2810]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.10. Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka avahi-daemon[2810]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS. Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka avahi-daemon[2810]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.10 on wlan0.IPv4. Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 2 (bound) for interface wlan0 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) scheduled... Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) started... Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.10 -- renewal in 1784 seconds. Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Retrieved the following IP4 configuration from the DHCP daemon: Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> address 192.168.1.10 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> netmask 255.255.255.0 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> broadcast 192.168.1.255 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> gateway 192.168.1.1 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> nameserver 192.168.1.1 Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled... Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) complete. Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started... Jul 27 14:18:13 kafka avahi-daemon[2810]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.10 on wlan0. -- Zaki Akhmad _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list