Ubuntu
network-manager package

Network-Manager Won't Connect to Network

Bug #42989 reported by ChrisDesjardins on 2006-05-04

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #37396: orinoco/prism54 cannot connect to WEP networks. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	network-manager (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: network-manager

Network-Manager won't connect to my home wireless network. I have an Orinoco Gold PC Card. It worked flawlessly two updates ago.

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Tim Butler (timbutler) wrote on 2006-05-05:

A few quick ones to help clarify the issue, can you confirm that it still works using the older GNOME network tools?

This page may also help: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WirelessTroubleshootingGuide

Also verify with this site (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperNetworkManager) that you have edited the /etc/network/interfaces.

Changed in network-manager:
status:	Unconfirmed → Needs Info

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ChrisDesjardins (cddesjardins) wrote on 2006-05-05: Re: [Bug 42989] Re: Network-Manager Won't Connect to Network

Hi,
My wireless works with the old GNOME network tools (if you're referring
to network-admin). I connect via the GUI and via running the ifup and
dhclient commands.
When I comment out eth1 from /etc/network/interfaces, NM still fails to
connect. It does however see my wireless network it just cannot
connect. NM works with my wired ethernet connection. Also
my /etc/network/interfaces currently only has those two lines shown on
the wiki that are acceptable (the auto and the dhcp lines) in it so it
should /etc/network/interfaces should be fine without the need to
comment out those lines anyways, right?

below is my /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

Thanks!
Chris

On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 11:48 +0000, Tim Butler wrote:
> A few quick ones to help clarify the issue, can you confirm that it still works using the older GNOME network tools?
>
> This page may also help: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WirelessTroubleshootingGuide
>
> Also verify with this site (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperNetworkManager) that you have edited the /etc/network/interfaces.
>
> ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>

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Michael R. Head (burner) wrote on 2006-05-06:

This may be my problem, too. I have a Belkin F5D6020 orinoco-based PCMCIA card and I've been having a tough time after upgrading to dapper this evening (see bug #43194 for part 1 of my problems).

In the case that I can actually get the kernel to properly handle this card (by plugging it in before booting), I can't get NM to get past wpa_supplicant startup. I have open wireless, and this driver isn't even meant to support WPA, so I'm not sure what's up.

I can definitely use the card by disabling networking in the nm-applet, and doing a "sudo iwconfig eth0 essid my-network; sudo dhclient eth0". It's how I've connected and added this comment.

Changed in network-manager:
status:	Needs Info → Confirmed

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Michael R. Head (burner) wrote on 2006-05-06: syslog output as networkmanager attempts to connect

syslog output as networkmanager attempts to connect Edit (80.7 KiB, text/plain)

This attachment is a copy/paste from /var/log/syslog. It starts when dhclient (run by hand) suceeds in rebinding the IP address.
I killed my hand-run dhclient (using "sudo killall dhclient").
I then right clicked on nm-applet's notification area icon and enabled networking.
Eventually it gives up after losing its connection a few times.
I then ran 'sudo dhclient eth0' from the command line and ended the log there.