Bug 207080

Summary: wifi drops and cannot be restarted without a reboot. wifi leds can be turned on/off using ifconfig up/down but it won't actually allow reconnection or pings to the router. This happens on connection of any usb external memory device to a usb port. Typical
Product: [Unmaintained] knemo Reporter: warp.factor.three
Component: generalAssignee: John Stamp <jstamp>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: crash CC: freevo_SVO
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description warp.factor.three 2009-09-11 14:01:18 UTC 
Version:           0.4.8 (using 3.5.10, Debian Package 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2 (5.0.2))
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp

Wifi network connection drops shortly after connection of any usb device but especially usb memory sticks.If you boot with memory stick connected, it works correctly.

If the wifi router is power-cycled. the same error happens. The network conection drops and cannot be restarted without a reboot. Curiously, using ifconfig wlan0 down and up do turn the wifi leds on and off but still no connection is possible.

Also you cannot ping the router on 192.168.0.1
Comment 1 John Stamp 2009-09-11 16:59:28 UTC 
KNemo just polls interface statistics.  What you're describing sounds like a hardware or driver problem instead.

You'll probably want to search around or post a question in the mepis forums about your hardware setup.
Comment 2 SSSS 2016-11-16 15:28:19 UTC 
In addition, wifi is disabled when joining a LAN and not turn on back when LAN disconnect. To restore, restart computer.
Comment 3 SSSS 2016-11-16 15:28:41 UTC 
In addition, wifi is disabled when joining a LAN and not turn on back when LAN disconnect. To restore, restart computer.
Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-10-29 22:08:10 UTC 
Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years so I will be closing this bug.