Cannot get Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g to connect w/ Ubuntu 9.10.
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I don't know what to tell you. I know that the log says I'm connected but when I try to go online I get error messages from Firefox, Skype, Thunderbird, etc., etc. Basically, I cannot stay connected and go online despite what the log says. If the problem isn't WICD, what could it be?
You'll notice over and over again that just a few seconds after my wireless connection is established (eth2) WICD tries to connect again. Why is it doing that? How do I make it stop trying to connect after it has successfully connected to my network (Nexus)?
Just a quick note to say that I am stall following this thread but don't have a positive solution - I can't see why your connection keeps dropping - but it appears that WICD is still trying to open eth0 as a wired connection right after wpa_supplicant negotiates an encrypted connection on 192.168.1.3.
I would be interested in seeing the content of your wpa_supplicant.conf IIRC it should be in your /etc/wpa_supplicant directory. If you don't find it there you could try running the command (as root):
# locate wpa | grep .conf
the line therein that I am interested in is 'scan_ssid=' which starts scanning for other access point rather arbitrarily (in my opinion), I think there is a way to stop it but I can't remember if it is setting it to zero rather than 1.
The other suggestion I would make is to turn-off/disable eth0 (your wired connection) in WICD - if that is possible [I don't and haven't ever used WICD, so don't have a clue if it is an option that you can select].
Hope this helps - if not then I might suggest that you download something called wifi-radar which requires manual set-up but doesn't use a network manager and doesn't require dchp to be running even if it is running on your router.
I was talk to forum about WICD and they suggest, to check if there is more then one wireless network with AUTOCONNECT option.
And another suggestion is to " it may help to switch wicd to use dBm mode". Try to find that option in settings, as well as turn off autoconnect and reconnect.
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