Hi,
I have enabled hotspot on my mobile device (Moto G), but the wifi connection fails on the CentOS 8 when connecting using the Network Manager GUI.
The pop up message on top of the screen.
"Connection Failed.
Activation of network connection failed."
More information
uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 09:19:46 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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dmesg -w
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[ 65.469372] usb 5-4: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 65.595770] usb 5-4: New USB device found, idVendor=2357, idProduct=0109, bcdDevice= 2.00
[ 65.595772] usb 5-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 65.595774] usb 5-4: Product: 802.11n NIC
[ 65.595775] usb 5-4: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 65.595776] usb 5-4: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[ 65.643089] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
[ 65.643506] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
[ 65.643562] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
[ 65.643563] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
[ 65.747878] usb 5-4: Vendor: Realtek
[ 65.747879] usb 5-4: Product: 802.11n NI
[ 65.747880] usb 5-4: Serial:
[ 65.747881] usb 5-4: rtl8192eu_parse_efuse: dumping efuse (0x200 bytes):
[ 65.747883] usb 5-4: 00: 29 81 00 7c 01 40 03 00
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[ 65.747928] usb 5-4: 1f8: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 65.747929] usb 5-4: RTL8192EU rev B (SMIC) 2T2R, TX queues 3, WiFi=1, BT=0, GPS=0, HI PA=0
[ 65.747931] usb 5-4: RTL8192EU MAC: 18:d6:c7:1a:ba:7d
[ 65.747931] usb 5-4: rtl8xxxu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic.bin
[ 65.748603] usb 5-4: Firmware revision 19.0 (signature 0x92e1)
[ 66.840479] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8xxxu
[ 66.848124] rtl8xxxu 5-4:1.0 wlp9s0f3u4: renamed from wlan0
[ 66.868763] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp9s0f3u4: link is not ready
[ 66.914501] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp9s0f3u4: link is not ready
[ 66.965207] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp9s0f3u4: link is not ready
[ 66.981764] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp9s0f3u4: link is not ready
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rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
0 wlan phy0 unblocked unblocked
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lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 2357:0109 TP-Link TL WN823N RTL8192EU
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 046d:c07e Logitech, Inc. G402 Gaming Mouse
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c33a Logitech, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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nmcli con show
NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
virbr0 3aaf7a5a-b54e-46ea-a06d-845a0e653554 bridge virbr0
enp6s0 59766213-0226-4db9-9443-705f5450e808 ethernet --
Moto G (4) 6723 2033a35b-843c-49c6-8d2a-d8b1526df03d wifi --
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nmcli dev show
GENERAL.DEVICE: virbr0
GENERAL.TYPE: bridge
GENERAL.HWADDR: 52:54:00:22:9B:D7
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 100 (connected)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: virbr0
GENERAL.CON-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1
IP4.ADDRESS[1]: 192.168.122.1/24
IP4.GATEWAY: --
IP4.ROUTE[1]: dst = 192.168.122.0/24, nh = 0.0.0.0, mt = 0
IP6.GATEWAY: --
GENERAL.DEVICE: wlp9s0f3u4
GENERAL.TYPE: wifi
GENERAL.HWADDR: CA:23:42:9B:33:50
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 30 (disconnected)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
GENERAL.DEVICE: enp6s0
GENERAL.TYPE: ethernet
GENERAL.HWADDR: 4C:ED:FB:7A:0B:43
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 20 (unavailable)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: off
GENERAL.DEVICE: lo
GENERAL.TYPE: loopback
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:00:00:00:00:00
GENERAL.MTU: 65536
GENERAL.STATE: 10 (unmanaged)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
IP4.ADDRESS[1]: 127.0.0.1/8
IP4.GATEWAY: --
IP6.ADDRESS[1]: ::1/128
IP6.GATEWAY: --
IP6.ROUTE[1]: dst = ::1/128, nh = ::, mt = 256
GENERAL.DEVICE: virbr0-nic
GENERAL.TYPE: tun
GENERAL.HWADDR: 52:54:00:22:9B:D7
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 10 (unmanaged)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
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nmcli device status
DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
virbr0 bridge connected virbr0
wlp9s0f3u4 wifi disconnected --
enp6s0 ethernet unavailable --
lo loopback unmanaged --
virbr0-nic tun unmanaged --
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nmcli dev wifi list
IN-USE SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY
Moto G (4) 6723 Infra 1 65 Mbit/s 100 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
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nmcli general status
STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
connected (local only) limited enabled enabled enabled enabled
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lshw -C network
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*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@5:4
logical name: wlp9s0f3u4
serial: be:a7:af:ee:87:f4
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8xxxu driverversion=4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64 firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes
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cat /var/log/messages | grep -i Network
Jan 13 08:27:44 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884264.5871] wifi-nl80211: (wlan0): using nl80211 for WiFi device control
Jan 13 08:27:44 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884264.5882] manager: (wlan0): new 802.11 WiFi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/5)
Jan 13 08:27:44 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884264.5913] rfkill0: found WiFi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.1/0000:09:00.3/usb5/5-4/5-4:1.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill0) (driver rtl8xxxu)
Jan 13 08:27:44 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884264.5924] supplicant: wpa_supplicant running
Jan 13 08:27:44 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884264.6063] device (wlan0): interface index 5 renamed iface from 'wlan0' to 'wlp9s0f3u4'
Jan 13 08:27:44 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884264.6141] device (wlp9s0f3u4): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jan 13 08:27:44 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884264.6654] device (wlp9s0f3u4): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to BA:0A:82:97:BA:F0 (scanning)
Jan 13 08:27:44 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884264.7269] sup-iface[0x55692ac7cad0,wlp9s0f3u4]: supports 4 scan SSIDs
Jan 13 08:27:44 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884264.7274] device (wlp9s0f3u4): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
Jan 13 08:27:44 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884264.7274] device (wlp9s0f3u4): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jan 13 08:33:28 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884608.8115] device (wlp9s0f3u4): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to CA:23:42:9B:33:50 (scanning)
Jan 13 08:33:28 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884608.8201] device (wlp9s0f3u4): supplicant interface state: ready -> disabled
Jan 13 08:33:28 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884608.8365] device (wlp9s0f3u4): supplicant interface state: disabled -> inactive
Jan 13 08:38:43 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884923.7973] device (wlp9s0f3u4): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to BE:A7:AF:EE:87:F4 (scanning)
Jan 13 08:38:43 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884923.8435] device (wlp9s0f3u4): supplicant interface state: inactive -> disabled
Jan 13 08:38:43 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578884923.8625] device (wlp9s0f3u4): supplicant interface state: disabled -> inactive
Jan 13 08:43:50 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578885230.8112] device (wlp9s0f3u4): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 06:47:94:2D:74:C8 (scanning)
Jan 13 08:43:50 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578885230.8198] device (wlp9s0f3u4): supplicant interface state: inactive -> disabled
Jan 13 08:43:50 localhost NetworkManager[1187]: <info> [1578885230.8357] device (wlp9s0f3u4): supplicant interface state: disabled -> inactive
Any help to get the connection sorted.
Thanks
Wifi USB adapter - TP-Link TL WN823N RTL8192EU
Re: Wifi USB adapter - TP-Link TL WN823N RTL8192EU
can you connect this computer to another wifi router? and can another computer connect to your moto?
Re: Wifi USB adapter - TP-Link TL WN823N RTL8192EU
can you connect this computer to another wifi router?
Will try that.
and can another computer connect to your moto?
Yes. Works on Windows 10.
Will try that.
and can another computer connect to your moto?
Yes. Works on Windows 10.
Re: Wifi USB adapter - TP-Link TL WN823N RTL8192EU
As suggested connecting to another phone hotspot fails with the same result.
Failure connecting after 3 attempts.
Thankfully USB tethering works.
Failure connecting after 3 attempts.
Thankfully USB tethering works.