Re: [BLUG] Xfinity, Ubuntu woes

WAG: disable anything related to IPV6 in both the computer and the router.

On 08/11/2014 10:06 PM, Lawrence Bottorff wrote:
> It only has happened here and now on this home Xfinity wifi. Here's a
> "bad" session:
>
> $ cat /var/log/syslog | grep -e wlan -e iwl -e etwork | tail -n25
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> (wlan2): DHCPv4 state changed nbi -> preinit
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 dhclient: Listening on
> LPF/wlan2/58:94:6b:79:8a:68
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 dhclient: Sending on Â
> LPF/wlan2/58:94:6b:79:8a:68
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST of
> 172.15.255.28 on wlan2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 (xid=0x2ffa2ef)
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> (wlan2): DHCPv4 state changed preinit -> reboot
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info> Â
> address 172.15.255.28
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info> Â
> prefix 24 (255.255.255.0)
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info> Â
> gateway 172.15.255.1
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info> Â
> hostname 'hercynia-ThinkPad-T61'
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info> Â
> nameserver '172.15.255.1'
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Activation (wlan2) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Commit) scheduled...
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Activation (wlan2) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) started...
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: Joining mDNS
> multicast group on interface wlan2.IPv4 with address 172.15.255.28.
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: New relevant
> interface wlan2.IPv4 for mDNS.
> Aug 11 21:59:15 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: Registering
> new address record for 172.15.255.28 on wlan2.IPv4.
> Aug 11 21:59:16 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> (wlan2): device state change: ip-config -> secondaries (reason 'none')
> [70 90 0]
> Aug 11 21:59:16 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Activation (wlan2) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) complete.
> Aug 11 21:59:16 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> (wlan2): device state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none')
> [90 100 0]
> Aug 11 21:59:16 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
> Aug 11 21:59:16 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Policy set 'HOME-2D4F-2.4' (wlan2) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
> Aug 11 21:59:16 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Writing DNS information to /sbin/resolvconf
> Aug 11 21:59:17 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: Joining mDNS
> multicast group on interface wlan2.IPv6 with address
> fe80::5a94:6bff:fe79:8a68.
> Aug 11 21:59:17 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: New relevant
> interface wlan2.IPv6 for mDNS.
> Aug 11 21:59:17 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: Registering
> new address record for fe80::5a94:6bff:fe79:8a68 on wlan2.*.
> Aug 11 21:59:21 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Activation (wlan2) successful, device activated.
>
> . . . and here's a "good" session:
>
> $ cat /var/log/syslog | grep -e wlan -e iwl -e etwork | tail -n25
> Aug 11 22:01:27 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info> Â
> address 172.15.255.28
> Aug 11 22:01:27 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info> Â
> prefix 24 (255.255.255.0)
> Aug 11 22:01:27 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info> Â
> gateway 172.15.255.1
> Aug 11 22:01:27 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info> Â
> hostname 'hercynia-ThinkPad-T61'
> Aug 11 22:01:27 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info> Â
> nameserver '172.15.255.1'
> Aug 11 22:01:27 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Activation (wlan2) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Commit) scheduled...
> Aug 11 22:01:27 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Activation (wlan2) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) started...
> Aug 11 22:01:27 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: Joining mDNS
> multicast group on interface wlan2.IPv4 with address 172.15.255.28.
> Aug 11 22:01:27 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: New relevant
> interface wlan2.IPv4 for mDNS.
> Aug 11 22:01:27 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: Registering
> new address record for 172.15.255.28 on wlan2.IPv4.
> Aug 11 22:01:28 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> (wlan2): device state change: ip-config -> secondaries (reason 'none')
> [70 90 0]
> Aug 11 22:01:28 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Activation (wlan2) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) complete.
> Aug 11 22:01:28 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> (wlan2): device state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none')
> [90 100 0]
> Aug 11 22:01:28 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
> Aug 11 22:01:28 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Policy set 'HOME-2D4F-5' (wlan2) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
> Aug 11 22:01:28 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Writing DNS information to /sbin/resolvconf
> Aug 11 22:01:28 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: Joining mDNS
> multicast group on interface wlan2.IPv6 with address
> fe80::5a94:6bff:fe79:8a68.
> Aug 11 22:01:28 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: New relevant
> interface wlan2.IPv6 for mDNS.
> Aug 11 22:01:28 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 avahi-daemon[1518]: Registering
> new address record for fe80::5a94:6bff:fe79:8a68 on wlan2.*.
> Aug 11 22:01:33 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Activation (wlan2) successful, device activated.
> Aug 11 22:01:47 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> (wlan2): IP6 addrconf timed out or failed.
> Aug 11 22:01:47 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Activation (wlan2) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) scheduled...
> Aug 11 22:01:47 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Activation (wlan2) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) started...
> Aug 11 22:01:47 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 NetworkManager[1525]: <info>
> Activation (wlan2) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) complete.
> Aug 11 22:01:48 hercynia-ThinkPad-T61 wpa_supplicant[1714]: wlan2:
> CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED
>
> I don't know what I'm seeing here. It works sometimes and others it
> doesn't without lots of attempts -- and an "everybody off the Internet!"
> order to all my family.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Kiser, Ryan Lee <rlkiser@iu.edu
> <mailto:rlkiser@iu.edu>> wrote:
>
> One basic question: does it happen anywhere else or just that network?
>
> On Aug 11, 2014 8:12 PM, Mark Warner <mhwarner@gmail.com
> <mailto:mhwarner@gmail.com>> wrote:
> WPA & WPA2 Personal is fine.
>
> Perhaps:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2190839
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2179576
>
>
> On 08/11/2014 07:27 PM, Lawrence Bottorff wrote:
> > I'm on "WPA & WPA2 Personal." There's also "WEP 40/128-bit key"
> and "WEP
> > 128-bit passphrase" and "LEAP" and "Dynamic WEP (802.1x)" and "WPA &
> > WPA2 Enterprise."  Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Mark Warner <mhwarner@gmail.com
> <mailto:mhwarner@gmail.com>
> > <mailto:mhwarner@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >Â Â Â Â Try changing your wireless encryption. Some chipsets have
> trouble
> >Â Â Â Â with some encryption levels.
> >
> >
> >Â Â Â Â On 08/11/2014 09:41 AM, Lawrence Bottorff wrote:
> >
> >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Actually, it gives every indication that it's up
> and running.
> >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The wifi symbol is almost full-strength; however,
> the system
> >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â monitor app shows weak or no real net traffic
> incoming. This
> >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â will go on and on with me enabling, disabling,
> rebooting, trying
> >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Web, ssh, ping. But eventually it will work. I've
> got other
> >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â family members on Thinkpads (T61, T410) and U14.04
> and they
> >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â don't have this problem.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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