[Bug 1554725] [NEW] Wireless Wi-Fi USB connection works and then suddently drops connection

[grofaty]

Public bug reported:

Hi,
I have installed ndiswrapper after having several problems like bug 1550915 on Ubuntu 14.04.4 (with latest updates).

All details I have performed are stored on forum:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2315366 (I don't want to waste
too much space on bug report).

Two commands output:
lsusb | grep Wireless
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 13b1:0039 Linksys AE1200 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43235]

sudo ndiswrapper -l
bcmwlhigh5 : driver installed
	device (13B1:0039) present


And wireless USB Wi-Fi key is working fine. But problem I have that wireless connection is frequently dropped. For example I execute command: sudo apt-get update 
to update packages and command is executed successfully and informations from various data sources gets downloaded, but just in the middle of this download wireless connection is dropped and update packages command output freezes in the middle of download.

Sometimes I can make it work again like reboot Ubuntu, but sometimes it
just stops working and reboot does not help, then after some time
several try and fail wireless starts to work again. But only for couple
of minutes.

I am not an expert on this field, so I don't know if this is a driver
problem or ndiswrapper bug or even something else.

I hope some expert can look into this problem.

P.S. I am attaching a print-screen to prove that sometimes wireless
works fine.

Thanks a lot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 1.59-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-79.123-generic 3.13.11-ckt33
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-79-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: hid_generic floppy usbhid e1000e hid ptp pps_core pata_acpi
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Mar  8 21:56:41 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-08 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1)
SourcePackage: ndiswrapper
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ndiswrapper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

** Attachment added: "wireless-info.jpg"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1554725/+attachment/4593101/+files/wireless-info.jpg

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Title:
  Wireless Wi-Fi USB connection works and then suddently drops
  connection

Status in ndiswrapper package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,
  I have installed ndiswrapper after having several problems like bug 1550915 on Ubuntu 14.04.4 (with latest updates).

  All details I have performed are stored on forum:
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2315366 (I don't want to
  waste too much space on bug report).

  Two commands output:
  lsusb | grep Wireless
  Bus 002 Device 006: ID 13b1:0039 Linksys AE1200 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43235]

  sudo ndiswrapper -l
  bcmwlhigh5 : driver installed
  	device (13B1:0039) present

  
  And wireless USB Wi-Fi key is working fine. But problem I have that wireless connection is frequently dropped. For example I execute command: sudo apt-get update 
  to update packages and command is executed successfully and informations from various data sources gets downloaded, but just in the middle of this download wireless connection is dropped and update packages command output freezes in the middle of download.

  Sometimes I can make it work again like reboot Ubuntu, but sometimes
  it just stops working and reboot does not help, then after some time
  several try and fail wireless starts to work again. But only for
  couple of minutes.

  I am not an expert on this field, so I don't know if this is a driver
  problem or ndiswrapper bug or even something else.

  I hope some expert can look into this problem.

  P.S. I am attaching a print-screen to prove that sometimes wireless
  works fine.

  Thanks a lot.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 1.59-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-79.123-generic 3.13.11-ckt33
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-79-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: hid_generic floppy usbhid e1000e hid ptp pps_core pata_acpi
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Mar  8 21:56:41 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-08 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1)
  SourcePackage: ndiswrapper
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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