I recently installed an Ubuntu 22.04 distribution on my Virtual Machine (VMware Workstation 16 Player) in order to run Docker. In order to connect the VM to the internet, I'm using an USB WiFi Adapter (TP-Link TL-WN823N V3).
Nearly every time, I try to establish an Internet connection, it doesn't work saying "Activation of network connection failed" from the Network popup window. I managed to establish a stable connection twice, all other attempts failed.
I did several restarts and tried out many other suggestions from the web (e.g. https://appuals.com/activation-of-network-connection-failed-in-linux/) - with no effect.
Output of network hardware devices:
$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical ID: 6
bus info: usb@1:1
logical name: wlx7cc2cc60656cc
serial: 7c:c2:c6:06:56:cc
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8xxxu driverversion=5.15.0-30-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
Output of iwconfig
:
$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions
ens33 no wireless extensions
wlx7cc2c60656cc IEEE- 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Status of NetworkManager
:
NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since ...
Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
Main PID: 2718 (NetworkManager)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 4588)
Memory: 3.5M
CPU: 223ms
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
'-2718 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
Mai 24 12:18:00 virtual-machine NetworkManager1[2718]: <info> [1653387480.6275] device (wlx7cc2c60656cc): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
Mai 24 12:18:01 virtual-machine NetworkManager1[2718]: <info> [1653387481.3939] device (wlx7cc2c60656cc): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> disconnected
Mai 24 12:18:11 virtual-machine NetworkManager1[2718]: <info> [1653387491.4318] device (wlx7cc2c60656cc): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Mai 24 12:18:15 virtual-machine NetworkManager1[2718]: <info> [1653387495.0670] device (wlx7cc2c60656cc): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
Mai 24 12:18:15 virtual-machine NetworkManager1[2718]: <info> [1653387495.8433] device (wlx7cc2c60656cc): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> disconnected
Mai 24 12:18:19 virtual-machine NetworkManager1[2718]: <warn> [1653387499.7984] device (wlx7cc2c60656cc): Activation: (wifi) association took too long, failing activation
Mai 24 12:18:19 virtual-machine NetworkManager1[2718]: <info> [1653387499.7985] device (wlx7cc2c60656cc): state change: config -> failed (reason 'ssid-not-found', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mai 24 12:18:19 virtual-machine NetworkManager1[2718]: <info> [1653387499.7989] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
Mai 24 12:18:19 virtual-machine NetworkManager1[2718]: <warn> [1653387499.7990] device (wlx7cc2c60656cc): Activation: failed for connection '<wifi-name>'
Mai 24 12:18:19 virtual-machine NetworkManager1[2718]: <info> [1653387499.7991] device (wlx7cc2c60656cc): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Any help on how to fix this error would be appreciated.