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Re: Buster on laptop cannot find Nokia 3 hotspot...

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On Thu, 2019-08-08 at 01:02 +0100, nektarios wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Aug 2019 23:05:13 +0200Nimrod <nimrod@virgilio.it> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2019-08-07 at 14:45 -0400, bw wrote:
> > > In-Reply-To:<
> > > c5618c98-2bad-490f-8ae5-61191e1d9e7d@email.android.com>  
> > > > >     2) The output of `iwlist scan` to see if the network
> > > > > youre  looking for is detected from the hardware.  
> > > > This is interesting, I didn't know this command. It would
> > > > ratherstrange if the hotspot is shown by the above command but
> > > > not byNetwork Manager.  
> > > 
> > > No, it would not be strange at all.  Network-manager is in it's
> > > owntime-zone, and is often rather strange and hard to
> > > figureout.  Sometimes you must be patient, it does not scan
> > > immediately.For CLI tools I prefer 'iw' to the older iwlist
> > > command, but eithermay help you.  If the device is scanning and
> > > finding other ap, thenit probably is a network-manager quirk.  It
> > > oftenmisses/adds/deletes aps from the list IME.  
> > 
> > I tried iw while Network Manager was not finding my hotspot, and
> > iwfound it instead.But suddenly NM found it too! Last time it
> > worked was several daysago. I really can't understand. I'm happy
> > it's working now, but I'mafraid it will stop working sooner or
> > later. I restarted severaltimes both laptop and hotspot, using both
> > Gnome Shell and Mate, andthe hotspot always appeared almost
> > immediately, as it was used to dobefore. I then turned on another
> > Nokia 3 hotspot (I have threeidentical smartphone, mine and those
> > of my sons). The second one isstill invisible, while other devices,
> > including my own smartphone, canconnect to it with no
> > problems.Issuing iw scan now has no effect.For everyone who
> > answered here is the output of dmesg | grep wl:[   10.811861]
> > wlan0: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid WirelessController
> > 6.30.223.271 (r587334)[   11.084358] wl 0000:02:00.0 wls1:renamed
> > from wlan0[   16.562792] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wls1: linkis
> > not ready[   17.614802] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wls1: link isnot
> > ready[  161.102549] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wls1:
> > linkbecomes ready[  725.746601] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wls1:
> > link isnot ready[  725.770340] ERROR @wl_cfg80211_scan :
> > [  729.858749] IPv6:ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wls1: link becomes
> > ready[ 1264.074169] IPv6:ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wls1: link is not
> > ready[ 1537.300735] IPv6:ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wls1: link
> > becomes ready[ 1540.111204] IPv6:ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wls1: link is
> > not ready[ 1655.286877] IPv6:ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wls1: link
> > becomes ready[ 1821.082896] IPv6:ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wls1: link is
> > not ready[ 1845.425123] IPv6:ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wls1: link
> > becomes ready[ 1849.392169] IPv6:ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wls1: link is
> > not ready[ 1909.187372] IPv6:ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wls1: link is not
> > ready[ 1909.219378] ERROR@wl_cfg80211_scan : [ 1909.248580] ERROR
> > @wl_cfg80211_scan : After the link became ready, I disabled wifi
> > intentionally, andreenabled after some seconds. Also, I tried many
> > time "iw scan".I can provide other data if you need it, just tell
> > me.Many thanks.
> > > Good Luck,bw  
> 
> `iwlist` command was very useful to me once debugging a raspberi
> piwith failing wireless adapter (networks appearing and
> disappearing).

Sorry for the long delay, I had no connection till now.
iwlist doesn't show the Nokia 3 hotspot, while it shows any other kind
of hotspot, AP, SSID etc... round here.
> Tbh the errors there don't look good but not serious either. If the
> related output from `iwlist scan` shows only 2.4 Ghz networks
> (itmaybe detecting only networks in the 2.4 GHz - if your nic is
> old).
> `lshw` output might be of use if you know what hardware you have in
> thelaptop as a driver/device mismatch might cause the device not work
> verywell (I ve seen it once only with usb wireless adapter).

Here is the output of lshw, limited to the wireless interface:
*-network             description: Wireless
interface                product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-
PHY                vendor: Broadcom Limited                physical id:
0                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0                logical
name: wls1                version: 01                serial:
00:21:00:81:d9:85                width: 64 bits                clock:
33MHz                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master
cap_list ethernet physical wireless                configuration:
broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.271 (r587334) latency=0
multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11                resources: irq:17
memory:d4700000-d4703fff
Best regards.
> Regards

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Re: Buster on laptop cannot find Nokia 3 hotspot... bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2019-08-07 21:10 +0200
  Re: Buster on laptop cannot find Nokia 3 hotspot... Nimrod <nimrod@virgilio.it> - 2019-08-07 23:10 +0200
    Re: Buster on laptop cannot find Nokia 3 hotspot... nektarios <nektarios@mail.nektarioskatakis.xyz> - 2019-08-08 02:10 +0200
      Re: Buster on laptop cannot find Nokia 3 hotspot... Nimrod <nimrod@virgilio.it> - 2019-08-24 18:00 +0200

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