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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange iwl3945 behavior (possibly wpa_supplicant related?)
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:10:11
Message-Id: 200911071209.09741.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Strange iwl3945 behavior (possibly wpa_supplicant related?) by Mike Edenfield
1 On Saturday 07 November 2009 04:20:09 Mike Edenfield wrote:
2 > Thanks to some good advice from here, I've narrowed down my wireless
3 > problems to one specific configuration. Unfortunately it's the one I
4 > really need to work (of course).
5 >
6 > My laptop has an Intel 3954, using the iwlwifi driver, which I am trying
7 > to get working with NetworkManager. At home and on the few public AP's
8 > I've connected to, everything works fine. At work, if I run
9 > wpa_supplicant via Gentoo's init script, or if wicd runs it, everything
10 > works there as well.
11 >
12 > When using NetworkManager on my work network, however, things go
13 > horribly wrong. I get tons of this in my kernel logs:
14 >
15 > wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec
16 > wlan0: authenticated
17 > wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec
18 > wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec (capab=0x411 status=12 aid=1)
19 > wlan0: AP denied association (code=12)
20 > wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec
21 > wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec (capab=0x411 status=12 aid=1)
22 > wlan0: AP denied association (code=12)
23 > wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec
24 > wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec (capab=0x411 status=12 aid=1)
25 > wlan0: AP denied association (code=12)
26 > wlan0: association with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec timed out
27 > wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec
28 > wlan0: authenticated
29 > wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec
30 > wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
31 > wlan0: associated
32 >
33 > Once associated, it stays connected for about a minute, then :
34 >
35 > wlan0: disassociated (Reason: 14)
36 > wlan0: deauthenticated (Reason: 6)
37 >
38 > and the cycle starts again. Does anyone recognize those error codes or
39 > what they're trying to tell me is wrong with the network?
40 >
41 > So far, the only notable difference between nm and the working
42 > configurations is wpa_supplicant. Both Gentoo's init script and wicd
43 > run wpa_supplicant directly on the interface, passing a configuration
44 > file. NetworkManager launches wpa_supplicant with a -u parameter, which
45 > makes it run in the background and accept configuration data from DBus.
46 > Should this really make that much difference?
47
48 If it works everywhere else and not at home, the difference is obviously with
49 your home router.
50
51 What config does it have and how does it differ from what everywhere else has?
52
53 --
54 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] Strange iwl3945 behavior (possibly wpa_supplicant related?) Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org>