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1 Kubuntu 16.10 - wifi stuck on 'waiting for authorization'

networking wireless kubuntu

It used to work but I guess one of the updates broke it. I can connect to the wifi on my phone and
other OS's. Unsure of what would cause this. I have tried deleting the profile for each connection
and re-entering passwords but nothing. IF I remove passwords for the connections it will work.

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Derek asked
111 ● 8 Jan 9 '17 at 19:50

Recently I had a similar problem. I had disabled WMM on the router and this caused the problem. There was
some info about it in dmesg . Try to sign into the network and then check dmesg for any new info. If you
don't find any useful info, please post the info described here: askubuntu.com/questions/425155/… thanks!
– mchid Jan 9 '17 at 19:59

I have WMM enabled. I have this error "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp3s0: link is not ready" when I run
dmesg – Derek Jan 9 '17 at 23:51

Okay, just follow the instructions outlined in the following link to provided the information needed to
diagnose the issue please: askubuntu.com/a/425205/167115 thanks! – mchid Jan 10 '17 at 13:53

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 Try this if you have network-manager enabled :
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sudo nmcli dev wifi (to find your wifi ssid)

and

sudo nmcli dev wifi connect "your ssid" password "your pass"

look like network-manager is waiting for root permission.

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user3545361 answered
31 ● 3 Apr 21 '17 at 19:38

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May 19 '17 at 17:46

It worked! Thanks, although the only bad thing is that, in your bash history the wifi password, will remain
visible. – Edenshaw Nov 27 '17 at 12:44

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