Connected to wireless network canno access any host

[LongJohnSilver]

Hi! I'm having this problem with my sabayon netbook:
I connect to the wireless network, I get an IP address, but cannot reach internet or any other local host.
No help from dmesg:
....
wlan0: authenticate with .....
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with ....
wlan0: RX AssocResp from ..... (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
wlan0: associated

I can connect with my wife's notebook; I do not have access to a wired connection here.

Any suggestion?
Thank you
LJS

[Fitzcarraldo]

You'll need to provide more information, in order for people to try to diagnose what is happening.

Which edition of SL did you install? Was it from the KDE LiveDVD or the GNOME LiveDVD? If not, which edition did you install? Also, was it the x86 (32-bit) or amd64 (64-bit) version?

What model of netbook are you using? Do you know the precise model of the network card in it (a manufacturer uses different chipsets in different models, so the model number is important too)? What is the model of your router?

If you cannot access the Internet from your netbook, you can copy/paste the console output to a text file and copy the file to a USB pen drive then post it here:

Open a Konsole/Terminal window, log in as root user, and enter the following commands:

uname -a
lspci
lsusb
lsmod
ifconfig
iwconfig
rc-status
equo search networkmanager
cat /var/log/messages | grep -i error

[LongJohnSilver]

Ok I see. Here are the outputs of the commands.

uname -a

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Linux pef-netbook 3.2.0-sabayon #1 SMP Thu May 24 15:59:45 UTC 2012 i686 Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

lspci

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet (rev b0)
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

lsusb

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Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0a5c:2151 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan (formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) 64MB QDI U2 DISK

lsmod

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Module                  Size  Used by
ipt_REJECT              1424  1
ipt_LOG                 5016  1
xt_limit                 896  2
xt_tcpudp               1500  9
xt_addrtype             1760  4
xt_state                 692  6
ip6_tables              8176  0
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns      588  0
nf_conntrack_broadcast      789  1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
nf_nat_ftp               988  0
nf_nat                  9649  1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack_ipv4       6798  8 nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4           814  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack_ftp        3788  1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack           39113  7 xt_state,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp
iptable_filter           808  1
ip_tables               7161  1 iptable_filter
x_tables                8420  9 ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,xt_addrtype,xt_state,ip6_tables,iptable_filter,ip_tables
snd_hda_codec_realtek   128764  1
snd_hda_intel          15836  2
snd_hda_codec          49257  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
ath9k                  58965  0
mac80211              155094  1 ath9k
ath9k_common            1381  1 ath9k
i915                  262394  4
ath9k_hw              297459  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
snd_hwdep               3266  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                43250  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
drm_kms_helper         17317  1 i915
snd_timer              10906  1 snd_pcm
snd                    31823  10 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
drm                   120842  5 i915,drm_kms_helper
uvcvideo               45052  0
atl1e                  19844  0
videodev               56326  1 uvcvideo
ath                    10184  3 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
snd_page_alloc          4737  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
media                   6282  2 uvcvideo,videodev
btusb                   7428  0
i2c_algo_bit            3410  1 i915
cfg80211              112379  3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
iTCO_wdt                8748  0
intel_agp               7116  1 i915
i2c_i801                5772  0
iTCO_vendor_support     1245  1 iTCO_wdt
acer_wmi               14844  0
intel_gtt               8333  3 i915,intel_agp
bluetooth              97351  1 btusb
video                   8586  1 i915
acerhdf                 4560  0
serio_raw               2500  0
pcspkr                  1040  0
battery                 7360  0
ac                      2084  0
joydev                  6180  0
sparse_keymap           1853  1 acer_wmi
xts                     1689  0
gf128mul                5170  1 xts
sha512_generic         16269  0
sha1_generic            1375  0
virtio_pci              4319  0
virtio_blk              4238  0
virtio_net              8756  0
virtio_console          9892  0
virtio_balloon          2828  0
virtio_ring             3118  5 virtio_pci,virtio_blk,virtio_net,virtio_console,virtio_balloon
virtio                  2413  5 virtio_pci,virtio_blk,virtio_net,virtio_console,virtio_balloon
sha256_generic         11173  0
iscsi_tcp               6412  0
tg3                   103675  0
e1000                  75184  0
fuse                   47745  1
xfs                   388629  0
nfs                   208850  0
nfs_acl                 1595  1 nfs
auth_rpcgss            26899  1 nfs
lockd                  51869  1 nfs
sunrpc                136515  4 nfs,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss,lockd
jfs                   131889  0
reiserfs              180663  0
ext4                  207722  3
jbd2                   37386  1 ext4
ext3                   91030  0
jbd                    31767  1 ext3
ext2                   45685  0
mbcache                 3537  3 ext4,ext3,ext2
dm_raid                10216  0
scsi_wait_scan           463  0
sl811_hcd               7635  0
ohci_hcd               15524  0
uhci_hcd               15994  0
ehci_hcd               29374  0
sx8                     9527  0
imm                     7089  0
parport                21591  1 imm
pata_pcmcia             6605  0
pcmcia                 24993  1 pata_pcmcia

ifconfig

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eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 00:26:9e:17:9f:9a  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 1  collisions 0
        device interrupt 45 

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 16436
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 840  bytes 74975 (73.2 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 840  bytes 74975 (73.2 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.18  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        ether 00:26:5e:69:8b:58  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 71  bytes 11673 (11.3 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 817  bytes 84472 (82.4 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

iwconfig

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wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"guest" 
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: CC:5D:4E:32:CA:88   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=14 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=41/70  Signal level=-69 dBm 
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:63  Invalid misc:479   Missed beacon:0

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"guest" 
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: CC:5D:4E:32:CA:88   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=14 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=40/70  Signal level=-70 dBm 
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:63  Invalid misc:509   Missed beacon:0

rc-status

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Runlevel: default
 swap                                                              [  started  ]
 syslog-ng                                                         [  started  ]
 alsasound                                                         [  started  ]
 ufw                                                               [  started  ]
 NetworkManager                                                    [  started  ]
 mdadm                                                             [  started  ]
 avahi-daemon                                                      [  started  ]
 cupsd                                                             [  started  ]
 nfsmount                                                          [  started  ]
 cpufrequtils                                                      [  started  ]
 udev-postmount                                                    [  started  ]
 urandom                                                           [  started  ]
 vixie-cron                                                        [  started  ]
 local                                                             [  started  ]
Dynamic Runlevel: hotplugged
Dynamic Runlevel: needed
 sysfs                                                             [  started  ]
 udev-mount                                                        [  started  ]
 rpcbind                                                           [  started  ]
 rpc.statd                                                         [  started  ]
Dynamic Runlevel: manual

equo search networkmanager

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>>  @@ Searching...
>>      @@ Package: net-misc/cnetworkmanager-0.21.1 branch: 5, [sabayon-weekly]
>>         Available:     version: 0.21.1 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 2
>>         Installed:     version: Not installed ~ tag: N/A ~ revision: N/A
>>         Slot:          0
>>         Homepage:      http://vidner.net/martin/software/cnetworkmanager/
>>         Description:   Command line interface for NetworkManager.
>>         License:       GPL-2
>>      @@ Package: net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.4.0-r2 branch: 5, [sabayon-weekly]
>>         Available:     version: 0.9.4.0-r2 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 6
>>         Installed:     version: 0.9.4.0-r2 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 6
>>         Slot:          0
>>         Homepage:      http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
>>         Description:   Network configuration and management
>>                        in an easy way. Desktop environment
>>                        independent.
>>         License:       GPL-2
>>      @@ Package: net-misc/networkmanager-openconnect-0.9.4.0 branch: 5, [sabayon-weekly]
>>         Available:     version: 0.9.4.0 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 0
>>         Installed:     version: Not installed ~ tag: N/A ~ revision: N/A
>>         Slot:          0
>>         Homepage:      http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
>>         Description:   NetworkManager OpenConnect plugin
>>         License:       GPL-2
>>      @@ Package: net-misc/networkmanager-openswan-0.9.3.995 branch: 5, [sabayon-weekly]
>>         Available:     version: 0.9.3.995 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 0
>>         Installed:     version: Not installed ~ tag: N/A ~ revision: N/A
>>         Slot:          0
>>         Homepage:      http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
>>         Description:   NetworkManager Openswan plugin
>>         License:       GPL-2
>>      @@ Package: net-misc/networkmanager-openvpn-0.9.4.0 branch: 5, [sabayon-weekly]
>>         Available:     version: 0.9.4.0 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 0
>>         Installed:     version: 0.9.4.0 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 0
>>         Slot:          0
>>         Homepage:      http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
>>         Description:   NetworkManager OpenVPN plugin
>>         License:       GPL-2
>>      @@ Package: net-misc/networkmanager-pptp-0.9.4.0 branch: 5, [sabayon-weekly]
>>         Available:     version: 0.9.4.0 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 0
>>         Installed:     version: 0.9.4.0 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 0
>>         Slot:          0
>>         Homepage:      http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
>>         Description:   NetworkManager PPTP plugin
>>         License:       GPL-2
>>      @@ Package: net-misc/networkmanager-vpnc-0.9.4.0 branch: 5, [sabayon-weekly]
>>         Available:     version: 0.9.4.0 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 0
>>         Installed:     version: 0.9.4.0 ~ tag: NoTag ~ revision: 0
>>         Slot:          0
>>         Homepage:      http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
>>         Description:   NetworkManager VPNC plugin
>>         License:       GPL-2
>>  Keywords:  networkmanager
>>  Found:     7 entries

cat /var/log/messages | grep -i error

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Binary file (standard input) matches

Thank you again.
LJS

[Fitzcarraldo]

Which DE are you using? KDE? GNOME? Xfce? LXDE?...

What is the manufacturer and model of your netbook?

Looks like you have binary data in the /var/log/messages file, so please repeat the command using the --text option:

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cat /var/log/messages | grep -i --text error

Try unloading the acer_wmi module to see if it is interfering. As root user in a Konsole/Terminal window:

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rmmod acer_wmi

If unloading the module alone does not work, try, in addition, restarting networking afterwards:

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/etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart

If it transpires that the acer_wmi module is indeed the culprit then it can be blacklisted to stop it being loaded in future.