Bug#650877: [regression 3.0 -> 3.1.1] Intel wireless stops functioning although status shows associated

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Jesse Lang wrote:

> The wireless stops functioning without any indication in the log. Network
> Manager continues to show that the interface is associated and functioning.
>
> Pings and all network over the interface fails. Toggling the kill switch off
> and back on resolves the issue until it happens again. This seems to be a
> regression from linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64.
[...]
> iwlagn                166592  0 
[...]
> 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection [8086:4237]
> 	Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN [8086:1311]
[...]
> pn  firmware-iwlwifi        0.34  

Thanks.  Can you reproduce this using the "iw" tool or wpa_supplicant
directly and get an event log, as described at [1]?

[1] http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/Reporting_bugs