Fixing IP Renewal After Laptop Suspend

Question

I have a Macbook Pro 5.5 running Ubuntu 10.04, and I've noticed that with some wifi networks, but not all, I'm unable to reconnect after coming out of suspension. I've tried both Network Manager and Wicd management daemons, and both get through validation, but get hung up on "Acquiring IP address...". The only solution I've found is to reboot the machine, after which it acquires an IP address very quickly.

What's the underlying issue here? What would be a more efficient way to resolve the problem?

EDIT: I've noticed that if I open Wicd and manually press "Connect", it fails to acquire an IP. However, if I do nothing and let it automatically try and connect, it acquires an IP and connects just fine...

EDIT: Note, this problem is dependent on the wireless router I'm trying to connect to. I have no problems with a basic Linksys wifi router, or the wireless router simulated by an Android wireless tethering app. However, old crappy Cisco/Comcast/Verizon home wireless routers always seem to give me headaches with connecting only after I suspend. If I reboot, I can connect to them immediately.

EDIT: I tried adjusting the DHCP Client setting in Wicd.

Originally, it was using dhclient, and a failed connection attempt would create a log like:

2011/07/28 20:55:35 :: Listening on LPF/eth2/00:26:bb:1b:90:cc
2011/07/28 20:55:35 :: Sending on   LPF/eth2/00:26:bb:1b:90:cc
2011/07/28 20:55:35 :: Sending on   Socket/fallback
2011/07/28 20:55:35 :: DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
2011/07/28 20:55:40 :: DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
2011/07/28 20:55:50 :: DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
2011/07/28 20:56:01 :: DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
2011/07/28 20:56:19 :: DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17
2011/07/28 20:56:36 :: No DHCPOFFERS received.
2011/07/28 20:56:36 :: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
2011/07/28 20:56:45 :: DHCP connection failed
2011/07/28 20:56:45 :: exiting connection thread
2011/07/28 20:56:45 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed
2011/07/28 20:56:45 :: attempting to set hostname with dhclient
2011/07/28 20:56:45 :: using dhcpcd or another supported client may work better
2011/07/28 20:56:45 :: attempting to set hostname with dhclient
2011/07/28 20:56:45 :: using dhcpcd or another supported client may work better

Noting the recommendation to try dhcpcd instead, I installed, restarted the wicd service, and set it to use dhcpcd. Unfortunately, the problem remains, with an even less helpful log:

2011/08/01 19:44:56 :: Connecting to wireless network CrappyCiscoRouter
2011/08/01 19:44:56 :: Putting interface down
2011/08/01 19:44:56 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2011/08/01 19:44:56 :: Setting false IP...
2011/08/01 19:44:56 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2011/08/01 19:44:56 :: Flushing the routing table...
2011/08/01 19:44:56 :: Putting interface up...
2011/08/01 19:44:58 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2011/08/01 19:45:02 :: Running DHCP with hostname localhost
2011/08/01 19:45:22 :: err, eth2: timed out
2011/08/01 19:45:22 :: 
2011/08/01 19:45:22 :: DHCP connection failed
2011/08/01 19:45:22 :: exiting connection thread
2011/08/01 19:45:22 :: Sending connection attempt result dhcp_failed

EDIT: I'm 99% convinced this is some sort of bug with the proprietary Broadcom STA driver and how it handles power management (i.e. suspending), since rebooting my entire system fixes it, and I've never experienced the problem on Linux devices with non-Broadcom wireless drivers. Which is frustrating...because that doesn't leave me with much recourse since I can't find any open source alternative to Broadcom's crappy driver.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '11 at 11:35

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If you run

sudo dhclient -r
sudo dhclient

do you get a new IP address? This will drop your current lease and attempt to acquire a new one.

You might also be able just to restart networking, rather than your whole machine:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

answered Mar 29 '11 at 11:35

Steve Mayne

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Unfortunately, neither of these worked. I also tried restarting the wireless router, and then reattempting these steps, but still had the same problem. – Cerin Mar 30 '11 at 14:38
Restarting the networking daemon solves the problem for me. Joakim Koed has provided a way to automate this. – Michael Schmid Nov 26 '18 at 07:13

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 04 '11 at 05:33

I had a similar issue that I think I finally resolved. I did several things to try and fix the issue but I think I finally got it.

I uninstalled then reinstalled Network Manager. I was able to get connected without it but I didn't really care for the alternatives or using the command line. I also, not totally recalling the reason for this, removed eth0 as a wired network connection (think I removed it via Network Manager). One or the other seemed to do the trick, not much else had changed.

This doesn't work for me. Also...I need my wired interface on occassion. — Cerin, Oct 15 '11 at 14:47

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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Have a look at this solution Slow Wireless Reconnect After Suspend

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

Community

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answered Apr 21 '11 at 15:16

user14731

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This doesn't really apply to me. My wireless isn't slow to connect. It won't connect, even after hours of trying. – Cerin Aug 01 '11 at 23:53

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 17 '14 at 15:20

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This worked for me, for my LAN:

sudo dhclient -r
sudo dhclient eth0

This should work for Wifi:

sudo dhclient -r
sudo dhclient wlan0

answered Feb 17 '14 at 15:20

Leo Gallucci

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Fixing IP Renewal After Laptop Suspend

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