WiFi bizarre connection problem

Hello

I have problems connecting my HP 6730s to a Conceptronic C300BRS4 access point+switch via WiFi.

In Linux, I can connect to another open WiFi, but not to mine. Strange enough, Windows Vista connects flawlessly to both of them!

I have tried both with DHCP and static IP, even downgrading the WiFi server to an “11g” without any encryption.

My configuration:

  • HP 6730s laptop
  • Intel Wireless Wifi Link 5100AGN
  • OpenSUSE 11.1
  • Kernel 2.6.27-0.1-default
  • 192.168.1.1 -> ADSL router (gateway & DHCP server)
  • 192.168.1.6 -> Conceptronic C300BRS4 Access Point
  • 192.168.1.5 -> laptop

And several logs. Any help would be really appreciated. Oscar

Problem trying to connect to my WiFi via DHCP

Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:5a:5a:e2:ff
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire kernel: wlan0: authenticated
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:5a:5a:e2:ff
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:80:5a:5a:e2:ff (capab=0x421 status=0 aid=1)
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire kernel: wlan0: associated
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient: All rights reserved.
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient:
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:21:6b:50:8e:4c
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient: Sending on   LPF/wlan0/00:21:6b:50:8e:4c
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient: Sending on   Socket/fallback
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
Jul  4 10:31:54 seafire dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1
Jul  4 10:31:59 seafire dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Jul  4 10:32:01 seafire dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Jul  4 10:32:04 seafire dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Jul  4 10:32:08 seafire dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Jul  4 10:32:13 seafire dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
Jul  4 10:32:18 seafire dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
Jul  4 10:32:32 seafire dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
Jul  4 10:32:39 seafire kernel: wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
Jul  4 10:32:39 seafire kernel: wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:00:00:00:00:00 try 1
Jul  4 10:32:39 seafire kernel: wlan0 direct probe responded
Jul  4 10:32:39 seafire kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00

Problem trying to connect to my WiFi with static IP

Jul  4 10:58:34 seafire kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:5a:5a:e2:ff
Jul  4 10:58:34 seafire kernel: wlan0: authenticated
Jul  4 10:58:34 seafire kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:5a:5a:e2:ff
Jul  4 10:58:34 seafire kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:80:5a:5a:e2:ff (capab=0x421 status=0 aid=1)
Jul  4 10:58:34 seafire kernel: wlan0: associated
Jul  4 10:58:34 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.5.
Jul  4 10:58:34 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
Jul  4 10:58:34 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.5 on wlan0.IPv4.
Jul  4 10:58:36 seafire nm-dispatcher.action: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/autofs' exited with error status 1.
Jul  4 10:58:36 seafire SuSEfirewall2: Setting up rules from /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 ...
Jul  4 10:58:36 seafire SuSEfirewall2: using default zone 'ext' for interface wmaster0
Jul  4 10:58:36 seafire SuSEfirewall2: batch committing...
Jul  4 10:58:36 seafire SuSEfirewall2: Firewall rules successfully set
Jul  4 10:58:36 seafire sm-notify[7474]: Already notifying clients; Exiting!
Jul  4 10:58:36 seafire nm-dispatcher.action: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/nfs' exited with error status 6.
Jul  4 10:58:36 seafire dbus-daemon: Rejected send message, 11 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.86" (uid=0 pid=7217 comm="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dispatcher.action ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination=":1.6" (uid=0 pid=3255 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager "))

* pinging my Access Point *

oscar@seafire:~> ping 192.168.1.6
PING 192.168.1.6 (192.168.1.6) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.5 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable

oscar@seafire:~/faq> ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:21:6B:50:8E:4C
          inet addr:192.168.1.5  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:261 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:24486 (23.9 Kb)  TX bytes:64200 (62.6 Kb)

* NOTE *: Received data was from the other working connection

oscar@seafire:~/faq>  iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"Escaner"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:80:5A:5A:E2:FF
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=100/100  Signal level:-34 dBm  Noise level=-87 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0


*DISCONNECT*

Jul  4 11:02:10 seafire kernel: wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
Jul  4 11:02:10 seafire kernel: wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:00:00:00:00:00 try 1
Jul  4 11:02:10 seafire kernel: wlan0 direct probe responded
Jul  4 11:02:10 seafire kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
Jul  4 11:02:10 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.5 on wlan0.
Jul  4 11:02:10 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.5.
Jul  4 11:02:10 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Jul  4 11:02:10 seafire nm-dispatcher.action: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/autofs' exited with error status 1.
Jul  4 11:02:10 seafire dbus-daemon: Rejected send message, 11 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.89" (uid=0 pid=7611 comm="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dispatcher.action ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination=":1.6" (uid=0 pid=3255 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager "))

A successful connection to another WiFi:

Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:18:84:12:3e:bd
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire kernel: wlan0: authenticated                         
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:18:84:12:3e:bd   
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:18:84:12:3e:bd (capab=0x421 status=0 aid=1)
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire kernel: wlan0: associated                                                      
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1                       
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire dhclient: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.                     
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire dhclient: All rights reserved.
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire dhclient:
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:21:6b:50:8e:4c
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire dhclient: Sending on   LPF/wlan0/00:21:6b:50:8e:4c
Jul  4 10:27:50 seafire dhclient: Sending on   Socket/fallback
Jul  4 10:27:52 seafire dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
Jul  4 10:27:55 seafire dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
Jul  4 10:27:55 seafire kernel: martian source 255.255.255.255 from 192.168.182.1, on dev wlan0
Jul  4 10:27:55 seafire kernel: ll header: 00:21:6b:50:8e:4c:00:18:84:12:3e:bd:08:00
Jul  4 10:27:55 seafire dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.182.1
Jul  4 10:27:57 seafire dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Jul  4 10:27:57 seafire kernel: martian source 255.255.255.255 from 192.168.182.1, on dev wlan0
Jul  4 10:27:57 seafire kernel: ll header: 00:21:6b:50:8e:4c:00:18:84:12:3e:bd:08:00
Jul  4 10:27:57 seafire dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.182.1
Jul  4 10:27:57 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.182.49.
Jul  4 10:27:57 seafire dhclient: bound to 192.168.182.49 -- renewal in 230 seconds.
Jul  4 10:27:57 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
Jul  4 10:27:57 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: Registering new address record for 192.168.182.49 on wlan0.IPv4.
Jul  4 10:27:58 seafire nm-dispatcher.action: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/autofs' exited with error status 1.
Jul  4 10:27:58 seafire SuSEfirewall2: Setting up rules from /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 ...
Jul  4 10:27:58 seafire SuSEfirewall2: using default zone 'ext' for interface wmaster0
Jul  4 10:27:58 seafire SuSEfirewall2: batch committing...
Jul  4 10:27:58 seafire SuSEfirewall2: Firewall rules successfully set
Jul  4 10:27:58 seafire sm-notify[6224]: Already notifying clients; Exiting!
Jul  4 10:27:58 seafire nm-dispatcher.action: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/nfs' exited with error status 6.
Jul  4 10:27:58 seafire dbus-daemon: Rejected send message, 11 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.64" (uid=0 pid=5985 comm="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dispatcher.action ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination=":1.6" (uid=0 pid=3255 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager "))

*DISCONNECT*

Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire kernel: wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire kernel: wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:80:5a:5a:e2:ff try 1
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire kernel: wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:80:5a:5a:e2:ff try 1
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire kernel: wlan0 direct probe responded
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:5a:5a:e2:ff
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire kernel: wlan0: authenticated
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:5a:5a:e2:ff
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:80:5a:5a:e2:ff (capab=0x421 status=0 aid=1)
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire kernel: wlan0: associated
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire kernel: wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.182.49 on wlan0.
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.182.49.
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire avahi-daemon[3169]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire nm-dispatcher.action: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/autofs' exited with error status 1.
Jul  4 10:31:07 seafire dbus-daemon: Rejected send message, 11 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.67" (uid=0 pid=6374 comm="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dispatcher.action ") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination=":1.6" (uid=0 pid=3255 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager "))

This is from the boot:

iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27ks
iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
vendor=8086 device=2942
iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
iwlagn: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN REV=0x54
iwlagn: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
...]
pci 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
pci 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
...]
firmware: requesting iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode
Registered led device: iwl-phy0::radio
Registered led device: iwl-phy0::assoc
Registered led device: iwl-phy0::RX
Registered led device: iwl-phy0::TX
NET: Registered protocol family 17
iwlagn: Error sending REPLY_ADD_STA: time out after 500ms.