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slavik262

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Wireless AP working with every OS except Arch

I'm visiting my girlfriend in Japan and unable to connect to her wireless access point when running Linux on my laptop. There are no problems connecting with my Android phone, her iPhone, and even my laptop when running Windows (I dual boot), so even if the AP is doing something wrong, every other OS seems to have no issue with it. The AP is an unsecured* Netgear WGT634U provided by her ISP, and my laptop is a Lenovo ThinkPad L530. lspci gives the following:

06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2200 (rev c4)

I usually use NetworkManager, and the system log contains the following when I try to connect:

Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Activation (wlp6s0) starting connection 'NETGEAR'
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Activation (wlp6s0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Activation (wlp6s0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Activation (wlp6s0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Activation (wlp6s0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Activation (wlp6s0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Activation (wlp6s0/wireless): connection 'NETGEAR' requires no security.  No secrets needed.
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'NETGEAR'
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Config: added 'bssid' value '00:0f:b5:36:4b:58'
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE'
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Activation (wlp6s0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticate with 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: send auth to 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58 (try 1/3)
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> associating
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticated
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: waiting for beacon from 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 19:21:06 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected
Jan 01 19:21:16 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jan 01 19:21:16 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticate with 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 19:21:16 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: send auth to 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58 (try 1/3)
Jan 01 19:21:16 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Jan 01 19:21:16 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticated
Jan 01 19:21:16 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 19:21:16 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 19:21:16 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: waiting for beacon from 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 19:21:16 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected
Jan 01 19:21:26 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jan 01 19:21:31 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <warn> Activation (wlp6s0/wireless): association took too long, failing activation.
Jan 01 19:21:31 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): device state change: config -> failed (reason 'supplicant-timeout') [50 120 11]
Jan 01 19:21:31 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
Jan 01 19:21:31 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <warn> Activation (wlp6s0) failed for connection 'NETGEAR'
Jan 01 19:21:31 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <warn> Couldn't disconnect supplicant interface: This interface is not connected.
Jan 01 19:21:31 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Jan 01 19:21:31 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]
Jan 01 19:21:31 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <warn> Couldn't disconnect supplicant interface: This interface is not connected.
Jan 01 19:21:32 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> inactive
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch polkitd[333]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1968:36906 (system bus name :1.31 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch polkitd[333]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1968:36906 (system bus name :1.31, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch gnome-keyring-daemon[478]: g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch login[325]: pam_unix(login:session): session closed for user mrkline
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch sudo[716]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> wpa_supplicant stopped
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> down
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): device state change: disconnected -> unavailable (reason 'supplicant-failed') [30 20 10]
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (wlp6s0): deactivating device (reason 'supplicant-failed') [10]
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch dbus[318]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1' unit='wpa_supplicant.service'
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <warn> (wlp6s0): add_pending_action (2): 'waiting for supplicant' already pending
Jan 01 19:22:38 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: file devices/nm-device.c: line 6324 (nm_device_add_pending_action): should not be reached
Jan 01 19:22:39 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> caught signal 15, shutting down normally.
Jan 01 19:22:39 mrkline-arch NetworkManager[316]: <info> (enp12s0): device state change: unavailable -> unmanaged (reason 'removed') [20 10 36]

I did some searching and found some links suggesting that the problem was related to NetworkManager and its GUI, so I disabled it and tried using wifi-menu/netctl instead. No luck:

-- Subject: Unit system-netctl.slice has begun with start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit system-netctl.slice has begun starting up.
Jan 01 20:25:50 mrkline-arch systemd[1]: Created slice system-netctl.slice.
-- Subject: Unit system-netctl.slice has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit system-netctl.slice has finished starting up.
-- 
-- The start-up result is done.
Jan 01 20:25:50 mrkline-arch systemd[1]: Starting Networking for netctl profile wlp6s0-NETGEAR...
-- Subject: Unit netctl@wlp6s0\x2dNETGEAR.service has begun with start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit netctl@wlp6s0\x2dNETGEAR.service has begun starting up.
Jan 01 20:25:50 mrkline-arch network[780]: Starting network profile 'wlp6s0-NETGEAR'...
Jan 01 20:25:50 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
Jan 01 20:25:50 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: Radio type=0x2-0x0-0x0
Jan 01 20:25:51 mrkline-arch kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp6s0: link is not ready
Jan 01 20:25:51 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticate with 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 20:25:51 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: send auth to 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58 (try 1/3)
Jan 01 20:25:51 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticated
Jan 01 20:25:51 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 20:25:51 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 20:25:51 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: waiting for beacon from 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 20:25:52 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticate with 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 20:25:52 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: send auth to 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58 (try 1/3)
Jan 01 20:25:52 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticated
Jan 01 20:25:52 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 20:25:52 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 20:25:52 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: waiting for beacon from 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 20:25:53 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticate with 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 20:25:53 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: send auth to 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58 (try 1/3)
Jan 01 20:25:53 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticated
Jan 01 20:25:53 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 20:25:53 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 20:25:53 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: waiting for beacon from 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 20:25:55 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticate with 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 20:25:55 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: send auth to 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58 (try 1/3)
Jan 01 20:25:55 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticated
Jan 01 20:25:55 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 20:25:55 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 20:25:55 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: waiting for beacon from 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 20:26:06 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticate with 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 20:26:06 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: send auth to 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58 (try 1/3)
Jan 01 20:26:06 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: authenticated
Jan 01 20:26:06 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 20:26:06 mrkline-arch kernel: iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
Jan 01 20:26:06 mrkline-arch kernel: wlp6s0: waiting for beacon from 00:0f:b5:36:4b:58
Jan 01 20:26:06 mrkline-arch network[780]: WPA association/authentication failed for interface 'wlp6s0'
Jan 01 20:26:07 mrkline-arch network[780]: Failed to bring the network up for profile 'wlp6s0-NETGEAR'
Jan 01 20:26:07 mrkline-arch systemd[1]: netctl@wlp6s0\x2dNETGEAR.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 01 20:26:07 mrkline-arch systemd[1]: Failed to start Networking for netctl profile wlp6s0-NETGEAR.
-- Subject: Unit netctl@wlp6s0\x2dNETGEAR.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit netctl@wlp6s0\x2dNETGEAR.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Jan 01 20:26:07 mrkline-arch systemd[1]: Unit netctl@wlp6s0\x2dNETGEAR.service entered failed state.
Jan 01 20:26:07 mrkline-arch systemd[1]: netctl@wlp6s0\x2dNETGEAR.service failed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

* I thought of enabling security to see if that would help at all (and because you should generally avoid running unsecured access points), but she said doing so has caused her problems in the past, so I'm not messing with it for now.

Last edited by slavik262 (2015-01-02 06:29:30)

Strike0

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-09-05

Posts: 1,489

Re: Wireless AP working with every OS except Arch

That's strange, yes. What happens when you try to associate manually?
After stopping all active NM/netctl/dhcp (explanations in the wiki):

rfkill unblock all 
ip link set wlp6s0 up
iw dev wlp6s0 scan 
iw dev wlp6s0 connect "NETGEAR" 

Last edited by Strike0 (2015-01-02 09:36:03)