Network connection drops after a few seconds
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Solution 1
Such problems normally arise due to IP address conflicts, even though you have DHCP set up in the LAN. Try to set a free IP and then try to ping the other machine. You can also check the DHCP log file at server.
Solution 2
The problem is Network Manager. As Keith commented, get rid of it.
You can clearly see the problem in line 1 of your syslog output:
Jan 5 16:38:29 patina dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth2 for sub-path eth2.dbus.get.reason
You say that it's a static configuration, but your system is trying to configure the interface via dhcp after you have configure it manually and thus removing your manual configuration.
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Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' over 1 year
I am on Debian. I configured my NIC with a static IP (192.168.1.56).
When I try to connect to a network, initially with
ifconfig eth2I get (correctly):eth2 inet addr:192.168.1.56 .... inet6 addr: fe80:221:ff:fe96:4598/64but after a few seconds the
192.168.1.56disappears and after some other seconds the inet6 address disappears too. When I press in thenm-appletit requires a password, but in the meantime it tries to connect.At my university, the connection is a DHCP one. It works for the first few seconds but after it doesn't. How do I go about fixing this?
Here it is the relevant part of the syslog: (static ip configuration)
Jan 5 16:38:29 patina dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth2 for sub-path eth2.dbus.get.reason Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <debug> [1294245509.629163] nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_activation_ap(): Forcing AP 'Cagei2' Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth2 / Cagei2 Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth2. Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_device_802_11_wireless_set_wep_enc_key(): error setting key for device eth2: Invalid argument Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> Device eth2 activation scheduled... Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) started... Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2/wireless): access point 'Cagei2' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists. New key needed. Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) New wireless user key requested for network 'Cagei2'. Jan 5 16:38:29 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jan 5 16:40:15 patina dhclient: There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 2304 Jan 5 16:40:15 patina dhclient: killed old client process, removed PID file Jan 5 16:40:15 patina dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1 Jan 5 16:40:15 patina dhclient: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. Jan 5 16:40:15 patina dhclient: All rights reserved. Jan 5 16:40:15 patina dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Jan 5 16:40:15 patina dhclient: Jan 5 16:40:15 patina dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth0/00:23:8b:54:96:5d Jan 5 16:40:15 patina dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth0/00:23:8b:54:96:5d Jan 5 16:40:15 patina dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback Jan 5 16:40:15 patina dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 Jan 5 16:40:15 patina avahi-autoipd(eth0)[2133]: Got SIGTERM, quitting. Jan 5 16:40:15 patina avahi-autoipd(eth0)[2133]: Callout STOP, address 169.254.6.95 on interface eth0 Jan 5 16:40:48 patina dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth2 for sub-path eth2.dbus.get.reason Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <debug> [1294245648.742672] nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_activation_ap(): Forcing AP 'Cagei2' Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth2 / Cagei2 Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth2. Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2): cancelling... Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) cancellation handler scheduled... Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2): waiting for device to cancel activation. Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) cancellation handled. Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2): cancelled. Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_device_802_11_wireless_set_wep_enc_key(): error setting key for device eth2: Invalid argument Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Device eth2 activation scheduled... Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) started... Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2/wireless): access point 'Cagei2' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists. New key needed. Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) New wireless user key requested for network 'Cagei2'. Jan 5 16:40:48 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jan 5 16:40:54 patina kernel: [ 1397.945334] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions Jan 5 16:41:06 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) New wireless user key for network 'Cagei2' received. Jan 5 16:41:06 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jan 5 16:41:06 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jan 5 16:41:06 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jan 5 16:41:06 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jan 5 16:41:06 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jan 5 16:41:06 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2/wireless): access point 'Cagei2' is encrypted, and a key exists. No new key needed. Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth2#011#011wext#011/var/run/wpa_supplicant#011' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina kernel: [ 1411.596736] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth2: link becomes ready Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was '0' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 436167656932' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 proto WPA2' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt WPA-PSK' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 psk <key>' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> Supplicant state changed: 1 Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2/wireless) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Connected to access point 'Cagei2'. Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. Jan 5 16:41:08 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... Jan 5 16:41:09 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Beginning DHCP transaction. Jan 5 16:41:09 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. Jan 5 16:41:09 patina NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 12 (successfully started) for interface eth2 Jan 5 16:41:09 patina dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.1-P1 Jan 5 16:41:09 patina dhclient: Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium. Jan 5 16:41:09 patina dhclient: All rights reserved. Jan 5 16:41:09 patina dhclient: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Jan 5 16:41:09 patina dhclient: Jan 5 16:41:09 patina dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth2/00:21:00:96:45:98 Jan 5 16:41:09 patina dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth2/00:21:00:96:45:98 Jan 5 16:41:09 patina dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback Jan 5 16:41:10 patina dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 Jan 5 16:41:17 patina dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 Jan 5 16:41:18 patina kernel: [ 1421.604521] eth2: no IPv6 routers present Jan 5 16:41:29 patina dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19 Jan 5 16:41:48 patina dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 Jan 5 16:41:54 patina NetworkManager: <info> Device 'eth2' DHCP transaction took too long (>45s), stopping it. Jan 5 16:41:54 patina dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.1-P1 Jan 5 16:41:54 patina dhclient: Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium. Jan 5 16:41:54 patina dhclient: All rights reserved. Jan 5 16:41:54 patina dhclient: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Jan 5 16:41:54 patina dhclient: Jan 5 16:41:54 patina dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth2/00:21:00:96:45:98 Jan 5 16:41:54 patina dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth2/00:21:00:96:45:98 Jan 5 16:41:54 patina dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback Jan 5 16:41:54 patina dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on eth2 to 137.222.253.66 port 67 Jan 5 16:41:54 patina dhclient: send_packet: Network is unreachable Jan 5 16:41:54 patina dhclient: send_packet: please consult README file regarding broadcast address. Jan 5 16:41:55 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) scheduled... Jan 5 16:41:55 patina NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 14 (normal exit) for interface eth2 Jan 5 16:41:55 patina NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 14 (normal exit) for interface eth2 Jan 5 16:41:55 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) started... Jan 5 16:41:55 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) failure scheduled... Jan 5 16:41:55 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) complete. Jan 5 16:41:55 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) failed for access point (Cagei2) Jan 5 16:41:55 patina NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth2) failed. Jan 5 16:41:55 patina NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth2. Jan 5 16:41:55 patina NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_device_802_11_wireless_set_wep_enc_key(): error setting key for device eth2: Invalid argument Jan 5 16:41:56 patina kernel: [ 1460.455299] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth2: link becomes ready Jan 5 16:42:07 patina kernel: [ 1471.332129] eth2: no IPv6 routers present Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1703.976186] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.120840] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=13fe, idProduct=1e00 Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.120851] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.120858] usb 1-3: Product: USB DISK 2.0 Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.120863] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.120868] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 078203000F3C Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.121082] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Jan 5 16:46:00 patina NetworkManager: <debug> [1294245960.538897] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_13fe_1e00_078203000F3C'). Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.328698] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.328913] scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.329254] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.329263] USB Mass Storage support registered. Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.331074] usb-storage: device found at 2 Jan 5 16:46:00 patina kernel: [ 1704.331080] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Jan 5 16:46:00 patina NetworkManager: <debug> [1294245960.740962] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_13fe_1e00_078203000F3C_if0'). Jan 5 16:46:00 patina NetworkManager: <debug> [1294245960.742373] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_13fe_1e00_078203000F3C_if0_scsi_host'). Jan 5 16:46:05 patina kernel: [ 1709.329094] usb-storage: device scan complete Jan 5 16:46:05 patina kernel: [ 1709.379165] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB DISK 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS Jan 5 16:46:05 patina kernel: [ 1709.380922] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Jan 5 16:46:05 patina NetworkManager: <debug> [1294245965.792242] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_13fe_1e00_078203000F3C_if0_scsi_host_0'). Jan 5 16:46:05 patina NetworkManager: <debug> [1294245965.795336] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_13fe_1e00_078203000F3C_if0_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0'). Jan 5 16:46:05 patina NetworkManager: <debug> [1294245965.799318] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_13fe_1e00_078203000F3C_if0_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0_scsi_generic'). Jan 5 16:46:06 patina kernel: [ 1710.042152] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 8060928 512-byte logical blocks: (4.12 GB/3.84 GiB) Jan 5 16:46:06 patina kernel: [ 1710.043009] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Jan 5 16:46:06 patina kernel: [ 1710.043020] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 Jan 5 16:46:06 patina kernel: [ 1710.043026] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Jan 5 16:46:06 patina kernel: [ 1710.047632] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Jan 5 16:46:06 patina kernel: [ 1710.047643] sdb: sdb1 Jan 5 16:46:06 patina kernel: [ 1710.113494] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Jan 5 16:46:06 patina kernel: [ 1710.113504] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk Jan 5 16:46:06 patina NetworkManager: <debug> [1294245966.835564] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial__USB_DISK_2_0_078203000F3C_0_0'). Jan 5 16:46:07 patina NetworkManager: <debug> [1294245967.016379] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_BCD8_97AF'). Jan 5 16:46:07 patina kernel: [ 1710.696802] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!-
Admin over 13 years@dany: If you're using a static IP address, there shouldn't be a DHCP request. It looks like Network Manager is misconfigured. How did you configure it? Did you also configure the interface in/etc/network/interfaces? Is this Debian lenny or squeeze? By the way, there's nothing wrong with usingifconfighere.
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