Network manager doesn't autoconnect to wireless networks in stable?

[chombee]

Hi,

I've noticed that in Debian 5 network manager doesn't automatically
reconnect to wireless networks that it has connected to before, e.g.
after logging in, you have to use the mouse to tell the applet which
wireless network to connect to. I've been googling and looking through
the man files but I can't seem to find out why the behaviour is disabled
or how to re-enable it. Is there a way to enable network manager's usual
automatic reconnecting behaviour in Debian 5?

Thanks


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[Umarzuki Mochlis]

Does this happened once or most of the time?

I had this problem once when reinstalling Debian after I found out Sid is not quite usable on my lappy with a few driver problems but it reconnects automatically the second time and afterwards.

2009/10/27 chombee <chombee@...>

Hi,

I've noticed that in Debian 5 network manager doesn't automatically
reconnect to wireless networks that it has connected to before, e.g.
after logging in, you have to use the mouse to tell the applet which
wireless network to connect to. I've been googling and looking through
the man files but I can't seem to find out why the behaviour is disabled
or how to re-enable it. Is there a way to enable network manager's usual
automatic reconnecting behaviour in Debian 5?

Thanks


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[Mark Marcacci]

>>>>>
chombee wrote:

Hi,

I've noticed that in Debian 5 network manager doesn't automatically
reconnect to wireless networks that it has connected to before, e.g.
after logging in, you have to use the mouse to tell the applet which
wireless network to connect to.
>>>>

I have a similar issue; I also did a lot of Googling but with minimal results.

I have this problem on 2 different Dell laptops with Lenny 5x; they both have to use the b43-fwcutter package for the Broadcom wireless so I've assumed it is due to the lack of a real Broadcom driver (this might be an incorrect assumption).  It is pretty random, sometimes it connects 3 boots in a row, sometimes one boot, before it won't connect the next time.

I thought it might have to do with ifconfig since it must be "up" for any wireless to work (I think) but it is "up" upon login, since it detects the wireless signals.  All I could figure is maybe sometimes it gets "up" fast enough to connect automatically and sometimes it's a bit slower?

Mark

[Mark Marcacci]

>>>>>
Mark wrote:

I thought it might have to do with ifconfig since it must be "up" for any wireless to work (I think) but it is "up" upon login, since it detects the wireless signals.  All I could figure is maybe sometimes it gets "up" fast enough to connect automatically and sometimes it's a bit slower?
>>>>>

2 things:

1) Apologies for posting to list and direct back to Umarzuki.  Just one of those days...
2) That should be iwconfig instead of ifconfig in my email.  Seriously, just one of those days...

Mark

[chombee]

For me it happens every time I boot up the laptop -- it does not
automatically connect to my wireless network. Apart from not
automatically connecting network manager works perfectly, detects all
the wireless networks, connects to my network when I click on it, so it
feels more like a configuration issue than a driver one. I'm running
Debian stable, when I was running testing recently on the same laptop it
_was_ automatically re-connecting.

The laptop in question is an OLPC XO-1 running DebXO, a build of debian
for the XO-1 with a custom kernel. I tried the ifconfig and iwconfig
commands but I don't seem to have them installed. Not sure about
installing wireless tools and whether they might mess with network
manager.


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[chombee]

Does no one know the answer to this? Is not reconnecting automatically
the default behaviour of network manager in Debian 5 stable or am I the
only one who has this behaviour?

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:26:14PM +0000, chombee wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've noticed that in Debian 5 network manager doesn't automatically
> reconnect to wireless networks that it has connected to before, e.g.
> after logging in, you have to use the mouse to tell the applet which
> wireless network to connect to. I've been googling and looking through
> the man files but I can't seem to find out why the behaviour is disabled
> or how to re-enable it. Is there a way to enable network manager's usual
> automatic reconnecting behaviour in Debian 5?
>
> Thanks
>
>
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[pw-3]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:44 AM, chombee <chombee@...> wrote:

> Does no one know the answer to this? Is not reconnecting automatically
> the default behaviour of network manager in Debian 5 stable or am I the
> only one who has this behaviour?
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:26:14PM +0000, chombee wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've noticed that in Debian 5 network manager doesn't automatically
>> reconnect to wireless networks that it has connected to before, e.g.
>> after logging in, you have to use the mouse to tell the applet which
>> wireless network to connect to. I've been googling and looking through
>> the man files but I can't seem to find out why the behaviour is disabled
>> or how to re-enable it. Is there a way to enable network manager's usual
>> automatic reconnecting behaviour in Debian 5?

Can't you right-click on the app and choose edit connections, and then
select any connection to which you wish to autoconnect?  (I'm on
testing, not stable, so maybe that's not an option for you.)

Patrick


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[Klistvud]

Dne, 02. 11. 2009 16:44:55 je chombee napisal(a):

> Does no one know the answer to this? Is not reconnecting
> automatically
>
> the default behaviour of network manager in Debian 5 stable or am I
> the
> only one who has this behaviour?
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:26:14PM +0000, chombee wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've noticed that in Debian 5 network manager doesn't automatically
> > reconnect to wireless networks that it has connected to before,
> e.g.
>
> > after logging in, you have to use the mouse to tell the applet
> which
>
> > wireless network to connect to. I've been googling and looking
> through
> > the man files but I can't seem to find out why the behaviour is
> disabled
> > or how to re-enable it. Is there a way to enable network manager's
> usual
> > automatic reconnecting behaviour in Debian 5?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
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Actually, it does reconnect. Every once in a while, I have to select my
network by hand (LEFT-clicking on the little network icon on the
panel), but that's it. Maybe editing your "Default Networks" would
help, as suggested by Patrick Wiseman?

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[chombee]

I don't see any way to set my default networks or autoconnect
properties. If I right-click on the network manager applet there is
"Connection Information" which is entirely passive and "Edit Wireless
Networks" which brings up a dialog that contains an entry for my
wireless network but there's no apparent way to make that network a
default one or to tell it to autoconnect to that network. Maybe this is
because you both have a newer version of network manager than I do or
maybe I'm missing a package although if I am I can't find it.

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 11:07:31AM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:44 AM, chombee <chombee@...> wrote:
> > Does no one know the answer to this? Is not reconnecting automatically
> > the default behaviour of network manager in Debian 5 stable or am I the
> > only one who has this behaviour?
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:26:14PM +0000, chombee wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've noticed that in Debian 5 network manager doesn't automatically
> >> reconnect to wireless networks that it has connected to before, e.g.
> >> after logging in, you have to use the mouse to tell the applet which
> >> wireless network to connect to. I've been googling and looking through
> >> the man files but I can't seem to find out why the behaviour is disabled
> >> or how to re-enable it. Is there a way to enable network manager's usual
> >> automatic reconnecting behaviour in Debian 5?
>
> Can't you right-click on the app and choose edit connections, and then
> select any connection to which you wish to autoconnect?  (I'm on
> testing, not stable, so maybe that's not an option for you.)
>
> Patrick
>
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On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 05:45:12PM +0100, Klistvud wrote:

> Dne, 02. 11. 2009 16:44:55 je chombee napisal(a):
> > Does no one know the answer to this? Is not reconnecting
> > automatically
> >
> > the default behaviour of network manager in Debian 5 stable or am I
> > the
> > only one who has this behaviour?
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:26:14PM +0000, chombee wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've noticed that in Debian 5 network manager doesn't automatically
> > > reconnect to wireless networks that it has connected to before,
> > e.g.
> >
> > > after logging in, you have to use the mouse to tell the applet
> > which
> >
> > > wireless network to connect to. I've been googling and looking
> > through
> > > the man files but I can't seem to find out why the behaviour is
> > disabled
> > > or how to re-enable it. Is there a way to enable network manager's
> > usual
> > > automatic reconnecting behaviour in Debian 5?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
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> Actually, it does reconnect. Every once in a while, I have to select my
> network by hand (LEFT-clicking on the little network icon on the
> panel), but that's it. Maybe editing your "Default Networks" would
> help, as suggested by Patrick Wiseman?
>
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>
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[deloptes]

Klistvud wrote:

> Dne, 02. 11. 2009 16:44:55 je chombee napisal(a):
>> Does no one know the answer to this? Is not reconnecting
>> automatically
>>
>> the default behaviour of network manager in Debian 5 stable or am I
>> the
>> only one who has this behaviour?
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:26:14PM +0000, chombee wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I've noticed that in Debian 5 network manager doesn't automatically
>> > reconnect to wireless networks that it has connected to before,
>> e.g.
>>
>> > after logging in, you have to use the mouse to tell the applet
>> which
>>
>> > wireless network to connect to. I've been googling and looking
>> through
>> > the man files but I can't seem to find out why the behaviour is
>> disabled
>> > or how to re-enable it. Is there a way to enable network manager's
>> usual
>> > automatic reconnecting behaviour in Debian 5?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
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>
> Actually, it does reconnect. Every once in a while, I have to select my
> network by hand (LEFT-clicking on the little network icon on the
> panel), but that's it. Maybe editing your "Default Networks" would
> help, as suggested by Patrick Wiseman?
>

The problem with the network manager for me was that it works after a user
logon. I have the users home on an nfs server and I need a connection over
wifi+WPA before user log on to be able to mount the home dir first. So
network manager is worthless to me. All I have done then is to enable the
interface in /etc/network/interfaces and create a /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
client.

cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

# allow frontend (e.g., wpa_cli) to be used by all users in 'wheel' group
#ctrl_interface="DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant" GROUP=wheel
#
#home network; allow all valid ciphers
   network={
       ssid="<your SSID>"
       scan_ssid=1
       key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
       psk="<your wpa key>"
   }


For the network manager you have to put the user into the net group
(plugdev,netdev)

hope this helps.

regards


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