Bug#492852: Wireless connects, but not to N networks

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 07:50:42PM +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have problems connecting to my home network with the 2.6.25 kernel, to
> which I can connect flawlessly with the 2.6.24 kernel. On my system, it
> does bind to the network, but the following dhcp request fails due to a
> time-out.
> Connecting under the 2.6.25 kernel on my work network (which does not
> support the N-mode wifi) does work fine.
> I really have no idea about what kind of additional information I should
> send. In /var/log/syslog nothing more than the dhcp-time-outs appears.
> Please give me some clues on what to send, so that I can help sorting
> out the problem.
> Thanks in advance!

There have been plenty of lwlwifi fixes in 2.6.26. Does updating to
the current Lenny kernels fix the problem for you?

Cheers,
        Moritz