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Date:      Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:24:07 +0100
From:      Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org>
To:        Eugene Dzhurinsky <bofh@redwerk.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wpa_supplicant, Atheros AR9285 and FreeBSD 8.0 issue -> wpa_supplicant hangs
Message-ID:  <9D7A21BF-4E8F-4A87-937A-6FA71D5140B6@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100327211200.GA36060@office.redwerk.com>
References:  <20100324202639.GA3194@localhost> <20100327122015.GA31437@office.redwerk.com> <20100327211200.GA36060@office.redwerk.com>

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On 27 Mar 2010, at 21:12, Eugene Dzhurinsky wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 02:20:15PM +0200, Eugene Dzhurinsky wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:26:39PM +0200, Eugeny N Dzhurinsky wrote:
>>=20
>> I realized that it fails after group rekeying completes. If is set =
rekeying to
>> occur in 30 minutes on AP host - for 30 minutes I am not getting any =
issue.
>>=20
>> With my DLink WiFi USB stick powered by if_rum driver such problem =
does not
>> appear.
>>=20
>> If I should provide some additional information to help someone =
understand and
>> fix this issue - please let me know :)
>=20
> Finally I was able to find out the case which makes my wifi to stop =
working.
> The problem is easily reproducible if second laptop is associated with =
AP.
>=20
> My AP configuration (PC with FreeBSD 7.2) is listed below:
>=20
> interface=3Dral0
> debug=3D2
> ctrl_interface=3D/var/run/hostapd
> ctrl_interface_group=3Dwheel
> ssid=3Dfreebsdap
> wpa=3D1
> wpa_passphrase=3D*************
> wpa_key_mgmt=3DWPA-PSK
> wpa_group_rekey=3D1800
> wpa_pairwise=3DCCMP TKIP
>=20
> local wpa_supplicant.conf is like below:
>=20
> ctrl_interface=3D/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=3Dwheel
> fast_reauth=3D0
> eapol_version=3D2
> network=3D{
>    ssid=3D"freebsdap"
>    key_mgmt=3DWPA-PSK
>    auth_alg=3DOPEN
>    psk=3D"*************"
>    scan_ssid=3D1
> }
>=20
> My primary laptop is ASUS K40IN with wifi card on AR9285 chipset, =
another
> laptop is ASUS K40IJ with wifi card on AR9285 chipset too.
>=20
> And once second laptop gets associated with AP - my one stops to =
recognize
> wifi connection. But it's still listed as associated in ifconfig =
output. And=20
>=20
> wpa_cli reassociate
>=20
> doesn't solve the problem - I have to restart wpa_supplicant.
>=20
> Does this make any sense? Should I submit PR or there is some
> misconfiguration?

You can try with a more simple config. Just:
network=3D{
	ssid=3D"freebsdap"
	psk=3D"..."
	scan_ssid=3D1
}

If this doesn't work you should send-pr.

--
Rui Paulo




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