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brunox

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Registered: 2011-02-10

Posts: 5

[Solved] WPA association/authentication failure when trying to connect

Hi!

I booted up my laptop this morning, and since then I am not able to connect via wireless anywhere.

I use netctl (and ntctl-auto) to manage my connections, my cards are

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 [Rainbow Peak] (rev 34)

These are the lines journalctl adds when I am trying to connect to my home wifi:

feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr NetworkManager[453]: <info>  (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr NetworkManager[453]: <info>  (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associated -> disconnected
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211:   (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211:   (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211:   (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211:   (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 0 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 0 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211:  DFS Master region: unset
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr NetworkManager[453]: <warn>  Connection disconnected (reason -3)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr NetworkManager[453]: <info>  (wlan0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> associated
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: wlan0: deauthenticating from e8:94:f6:bb:56:20 by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: wlan0: associated
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from e8:94:f6:bb:56:20 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=3)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: wlan0: associate with e8:94:f6:bb:56:20 (try 1/3)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: wlan0: associating with AP with corrupt beacon
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: wlan0: authenticated
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: wlan0: send auth to e8:94:f6:bb:56:20 (try 1/3)
feb 05 16:43:01 LaptopJr kernel: wlan0: authenticate with e8:94:f6:bb:56:20

They're not much different when I try to connect to other networks. The disconnection reason is the same. Wired connections work fine.

It used to connect fine until yesterday. I updated the system between then and this boot, which updated the kernel. I tried downgrading but it still didn't work. I don't remember if I updated something network related then too.

Thank you!

Last edited by brunox (2015-02-05 19:13:28)

Alad

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Re: [Solved] WPA association/authentication failure when trying to connect

Why are you using NetworkManager together with netctl? Use one or the other.

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brunox

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Registered: 2011-02-10

Posts: 5

Re: [Solved] WPA association/authentication failure when trying to connect

well, that was odd. Also that was it.

No idea why, but something kept starting it on boot (I didn't enable it, and it wasn't enabled).

Thank you!