Wpasupplicant disconnects because of inactivity (reason = 4): #define WLAN_REASON_DISASSOC_DUE_TO_INACTIVITY 4
This can be a number of things, including a kernel issue. Do you have access to the wireless access point? Can you control it, or can you see what happens on its side, in the logs, when you get disconnected? ** Package changed: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) => wpasupplicant (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: wpasupplicant (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: wpasupplicant (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070455 Title: Wireless disconnects repeatedly. Status in “wpasupplicant” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Wireless keeps disconnecting and reconnecting after some time. 12.10 amd64 network-manager-gnome 0.9.6.2-0ubuntu6 Expect wireless to stay connected. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.6.2-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 23 13:12:04 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) IpRoute: default via 192.168.0.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.193 metric 9 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH Wired connection 1 e36e8ccf-8562-4e68-97b6-fd7497708668 802-3-ethernet 1350966279 Tue 23 Oct 2012 12:24:39 AM EDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1 202 ff0c80eb-26d4-48ad-8a46-bc396b9ad0d7 802-11-wireless 1351012180 Tue 23 Oct 2012 01:09:40 PM EDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.6.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/1070455/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp