Can't connect to specific wi-fi network

ArchEdu · 2016-09-23 06:26:05

Tried stopping other network services and then connecting through wpa_cli again. Same problem. And even if I'm running multiple network processes(wpa_supplicant and NetworkManager) should't this be a problem at connecting to other networks? Which I can.

Trilby · 2016-09-23 11:45:01

There is no reason so suspect you've had multiple instances of wpa_supplicant running previously. In the course of troubleshooting in this thread you've started multiple wpa_supplicant processes some of which were not stopped.

But if they were all really stopped and you did this again to get the same error, then I'm not sure where to go next.

ArchEdu · 2016-09-23 12:39:14

My Arch install is basically a fresh install and this has happened since day one. This also happened in every other Linux distro that I have tried, even in the live CD, so I don't think having multiple wpa_supplicant processes is my problem. I keep thinking it is a compatibility issue between my router and my network adapter. This has been a major setback for me and I don't want to reinstall Windows for my wi-fi to work so hopefully I can come to a solution.

V1del · 2016-09-23 13:06:28

Anything in dmesg? These Qualcomm chips tend to have problems/firmware crashes when the router config changes (e.g. frequency changes from 5Ghz to 2.4 vice versa usually leads to a firmware crash) occasionally there are newer firmware files than what's available in linux-firmware in other repositories like https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmwar … 9377/hw1.0

If you see a crash in dmesg due to a frequency change, try to lock your router to a certain frequency or similar.

Last edited by V1del (2016-09-23 13:25:34)

ArchEdu · 2016-09-23 13:49:54

V1del wrote:

Anything in dmesg? These Qualcomm chips tend to have problems/firmware crashes when the router config changes (e.g. frequency changes from 5Ghz to 2.4 vice versa usually leads to a firmware crash) occasionally there are newer firmware files than what's available in linux-firmware in other repositories like https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmwar … 9377/hw1.0
If you see a crash in dmesg due to a frequency change, try to lock your router to a certain frequency or similar.

I recently used those firmware files. Here is my dmesg output:

$ dmesg | grep ath10k_pci
[    7.258141] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[    7.516146] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:03:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[    7.516170] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:03:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[    7.617280] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: qca9377 hw1.1 target 0x05020001 chip_id 0x003821ff sub 105b:e0a1
[    7.617285] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
[    7.617647] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.TF.1.0-00267-1 api 5 features ignore-otp crc32 79cea2c7
[    8.376019] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: board_file api 2 bmi_id N/A crc32 93da0176
[   10.173210] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: htt-ver 3.1 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
[   10.272265] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: renamed from wlan0
[   23.432543] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!
[  327.295985] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[  327.295988] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  327.295990] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  327.333546] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!
[  340.717146] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[  340.717152] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  340.717157] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  340.748456] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!
[  364.695465] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[  364.695468] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  364.695469] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  369.258308] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[  369.258317] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  369.258321] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  369.319091] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!
[  434.235533] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[  434.235539] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  434.235544] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  434.345640] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!
[  442.345357] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[  442.345362] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  442.345365] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  442.435557] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!
[  455.717606] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[  455.717609] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  455.717611] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  455.748050] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!
[  481.433821] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use
[  481.433824] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  481.433826] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[  481.451422] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!

Last edited by ArchEdu (2016-09-23 13:50:50)

ArchEdu · 2016-09-24 23:01:42

Any more information I can provide? I have been doing a lot of research and I can't find a solution. My router doesn't have many options to mess around so hopefully I can do some sort of configuration trick to finally connect to my home nerwork. I can discard that the problem doesn't rely on having multiple network processes as I can connect to my cellphone wi-fi network in the same session that won't allow me to connect to my home network. I can also confirm my password is correct and even without security on my router I won't get internet connection or router access, so it must be a compatibility issue between my network and my network adapter. I did found someone that had the same problem and he basically gave up and ended up buying a new router but this isn't a real solution as I can later encounter this same problem on other networks. I'm using the latest firmware for my adapter, tried connecting using NetworkManager and wpa_supplicant, both return the same error loop saying that my password is incorrect.

ArchEdu · 2016-09-30 04:12:30

Maybe I gave this the wrong approach. I have an old wifi usb adapter that I just connected to my computer to attempt to connect to my home network and it connected immediately after I manually saved the psk of my network. As I said before, disabling security on my router does allow me to connect but I still don't get internet access and I can't even access my router; I can't access the settings page through the browser or ping my router using terminal. So basically my problem has nothing to do with the router having a password, that's just an extension of the original unknown problem. Any suggestions?

Slone · 2016-10-24 10:04:44

Hello, man, did you get any success in it?

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