[kwlug-disc] More wi-fi adventures

[CrankyOldBugger]

Well..  I didn't even get this far.  I tried several different distros.
The ones based on Ubuntu all showed the same issue: it would say it was
connecting to the wi-fi but it just kept spinning on and on then timing
out.  With auto-connect on, it just kept trying over and over to connect.
I tried the tricks suggested by the group but no luck.  However I did
notice the weird DNS entry (127.0.0.53).  Changing that to my router and
restarting networking didn't seem to help, though.

Fedora based distros didn't seem to have any issues with the wi-fi.  So I'm
thinking that I will switch back to Fedora for that laptop, but next time
I'm out and about with the laptop I might try a USB Ubuntu Live session to
see if I can connect to other routers, just for fun.

Thanks, for the tips, though, they were interesting.


On 23 August 2018 at 23:18, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

> Speculation on my part, but I think the problem may have something to do
> with the WPA2 handshake vulnerability from 2017 (or rather, the fix for
> it):
>
> https://youtu.be/mYtvjijATa4
> Krack Attacks (WiFi WPA2 Vulnerability) - Computerphile
>
>
>
> --Bob.
>
>
> On 2018-08-23 11:12 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> > Hi Cranky: I assume you're using NetworkManager. Try adding a connection
> > for your access point manually, first with "Automatically Connect" off.
> > Then you'll be able to pick that connection from the list and all the
> > settings are already there. If it works, then you can change
> > "Automatically Connect" to "On".
> >
> > I've been having the same problem with Ubuntu 16.04 since about 16.04.3
> > or so...  Annoying, but less annoying than re-installing the OS.
> >
> > --Bob.
> >
> >
> > On 2018-08-23 02:31 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> >> If some of you recall, I was unable to get the wi-fi working on my
> laptop
> >> after installing Ubuntu 18.04.  It works fine with any Fedora derivative
> >> distro, however.  Well, after 18.04.01 came out I thought I'd try my
> luck
> >> again but still no-go.  I can not connect to my home network via wi-fi
> >> (ethernet cable works fine, btw).  This is tested using a Live CD as
> well
> >> as the actual install process.  I think the wireless card is an Intel
> >> n-2230 (but I'm not at home right now so I can't confirm that).  Ubuntu
> >> sees the NIC, and installs the drivers, etc., but it just won't connect.
> >> It sees several SSIDs so that much of it is working.  It keeps asking me
> >> for the wifi password over and over when I try to connect.  I've tried
> both
> >> my personal and guest wi-fi, and I even lowered the security on the
> router
> >> a little bit to see if that helps.  No change...
> >>
> >> So for fun I install Solus OS and it connects fine, but for some reason
> it
> >> won't come back from hibernating cleanly so that's it for that distro..
> >>
> >> I'm going to try some other distros just to see what I end up with but I
> >> wanted to vent a little bit in here...  This isn't my main machine so I
> can
> >> afford to experiment, but it is getting a little frustrating now...
> >>
> >>
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