On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:32 PM, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I was away for a few days but this evening returned and updated a > laptop which has ipw2200 wireless - and the updates included > NetworkManager 0.9.6 - after rebooting the machine the wireless > connection fails within seconds - despite ifconfig and ifconfig > showing a normal connection - this is for a KDE D.E. with plasma > networkmanagement which was also updated this evening. This now shows > what appears to be a normal wireless signal strength which has not > been the case for a long time - but the connection is a major bug. > > I have seen another post on the forums where a user has similar > problems to me but with different wireless hardware. > > It is odd - the key indicators seem to show that the connection is > fine but a browser fails to connect - ssh will connect but the > connection will hang within seconds. pacman fails to connect to the > servers except very very slowly and times out - despite another arch > machine working perfectly well with different wireless hardware! > > Anyone else seeing something similar? I guess I will need to > downgrade networkmanager till this is fixed. > Oddly today it is working fine - I am now wondering if it is a hardware fault that is intermittent... further testing needed - and maybe replace wifi card! -- mike c
