Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:25:02 +0200 From: Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, Cy Schubert <cy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r336203 - in head: contrib/wpa contrib/wpa/hostapd contrib/wpa/hs20/client contrib/wpa/patches contrib/wpa/src/ap contrib/wpa/src/common contrib/wpa/src/crypto contrib/wpa/src/drivers c... Message-ID: <ef767aa3-5ac3-35fa-2cda-6139e0821375@daemonic.se> In-Reply-To: <201807191320.w6JDK2hD033732@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <201807191320.w6JDK2hD033732@slippy.cwsent.com>
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On 07/19/18 15:20, Cy Schubert wrote: > In message <2f0ab2c2-b7cc-3dae-2d65-ea3c4a9515cb@daemonic.se>, Niclas > Zeising w > rites: >> [ sending this again since I missed the list the first time, apologies >> if anyone receives a duplicate ] >> >> On 07/19/18 13:57, Kyle Evans wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 4:51 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote >> : >>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 11:48:03AM +0300, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote: >>>>> ... >>>>> Yesterday I updated my notebook (with iwm(4)) and also noticed that >>>>> wi-fi connection periodically breaks. /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant restart >>>>> wlan0 helps. After your message I reinstalled wpa_supplicant from old >>>>> source and now it works stable already about 2 hours. >>>> >>>> So, right now, we have broken wpa_supplicant(8) in -CURRENT? :-/ >>> >>> Well, "broken". It's incredibly stable outside of rekeying events, and >>> further testing shows that I don't actually notice these disconnects >>> most of the time because it reassociates fast enough. I noticed it the >>> first time because apparently I had both SSIDs from my AP uncommented >>> in my wpa_supplicant.conf and it decided at that point to connect to >>> the other one, which took a little longer. >>> >>> Contrary to Andrey's report, though, I don't have to kick >>> wpa_supplicant at all. It will reassociate on its own every single >>> time. >> >> >> Hi! >> I have the exact same problem as Andrey, with the same driver. I've not >> investigated very much, but when using the 2.8 wpa_supplicant the wifi >> network dies after a little while, and I have to restart it (usually >> with /etc/rc.d/netif restart). Then it works for a little while, before >> going down again. With the old wpa_supplicant I didn't have this problem. >> >> I don't have very much else to add except noting that I'm affected as >> well. I haven't had time to debug it properly (which is why I've never >> reported it) > > Do these events happen at regular intervals as Kyle experienced or > randomly? > > What sort of key_mgmt do you connect with to your AP? Could it be > WPA-EAP? > > I do not know if it is random or not, I haven't timed it. It usually happens quite soon after a reboot. All nets I've tested have been WPA2 PSK. I've had the difference connecting to at least two different hotspots, once dual band 2.4/5GHz (although the NIC used 2.4GHz) and one with only 5 GHz. Regards -- Niclas
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