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FS#20871 - [wpa_supplicant] connection stability

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Unbekandt Leo (Soulou) - Thursday, 16 September 2010, 20:04 GMT
Last edited by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Saturday, 16 October 2010, 00:22 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

wpa_supplicant has been updated in testing 0.6.10-1 --> 0.7.3-1

When I've install the version, my wifi became totally unstable, I can't connect more than 3-4 seconds

My network card uses the ath9k driver.
I've tested with : kernel26 (2.6.35), kernel26-lts (2.6.32), CLI (wpa_supplicant + dhclient), wicd and networkmanager, and they all have the same behavior.

The only error I had in my dmesg, was "deauthentication from AP xx:xx:xx:xx:xx by local choice (reason=3)" each time I was disconnected.

I've rollbacked wpa_supplicant and everything is working fine again.
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Closed by  Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Saturday, 16 October 2010, 00:22 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  ... apparently.
Comment by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Thursday, 16 September 2010, 21:01 GMT
If you use wpa_supplicant manually, can you start it with the '-D nl80211' switch and see if the problem persists?
Comment by Unbekandt Leo (Soulou) - Thursday, 16 September 2010, 21:26 GMT
My first impression is that it is more stable, I have to test it more (WPA at home, WPA2 TTLS - PAP at the university) to see if it works better.

It seems to be normal now, I'll post tomorrow (11h25PM in france now) to tell the results.

Thanks
Comment by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Thursday, 16 September 2010, 21:30 GMT
Please make a logfile using the -d and -f options of wpa_supplicant.
Comment by Unbekandt Leo (Soulou) - Thursday, 16 September 2010, 21:37 GMT
Ok, I post it tomorrow after using wpa_supplicant
Comment by Unbekandt Leo (Soulou) - Friday, 17 September 2010, 12:25 GMT
No more deconnexion, the log is totally normal :

Trying to associate with 00:26:99:37:f4:13 (SSID='osiris-sec' freq=5220 MHz)
Associated with 00:26:99:37:f4:13
CTRL-EVENT-EAP-STARTED EAP authentication started
CTRL-EVENT-EAP-METHOD EAP vendor 0 method 21 (TTLS) selected
CTRL-EVENT-EAP-SUCCESS EAP authentication completed successfully
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:26:99:37:f4:13 [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:26:99:37:f4:13 completed (reauth) [id=0 id_str=]

and nothing more.

So thank you.

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