[gentoo-user] Wireless: deauthenticating by local choice
I'm on the road connecting to various wireless access points and sometimes I'm unable to connect and I get the (try 1) (try 2) (try 3) (timed out) messages in dmesg which makes sense. Other times I get a different series of messages in dmesg when I'm unable to connect which don't make sense to me. The interface connects, then disconnects, then connects, then disconnects, over and over until it finally decides to fail permanently. I can run iwconfig throughout this process and see that the interface periodically becomes fully associated with a good bitrate. I've tried iwconfig and wicd. The log looks like this: wlan2: authenticate with 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (try 1) wlan2: authenticated wlan2: associate with 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (try 1) wlan2: RX AssocResp from 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (capab=0x471 status=0 aid=2) wlan2: associated wlan2: deauthenticating from 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 by local choice (reason=3) cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain wlan2: authenticate with 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (try 1) wlan2: authenticated wlan2: associate with 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (try 1) wlan2: RX AssocResp from 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (capab=0x471 status=0 aid=2) wlan2: associated wlan2: deauthenticated from 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (Reason: 7) cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain wlan2: authenticate with 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (try 1) wlan2: authenticated wlan2: associate with 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (try 1) wlan2: RX AssocResp from 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (capab=0x471 status=0 aid=2) wlan2: associated wlan2: deauthenticating from 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 by local choice (reason=3) cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain wlan2: authenticate with 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (try 1) wlan2: authenticated wlan2: associate with 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (try 1) wlan2: RX AssocResp from 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (capab=0x471 status=0 aid=2) wlan2: associated wlan2: deauthenticated from 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (Reason: 7) cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain wlan2: authenticate with 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (try 1) wlan2: authenticated wlan2: associate with 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (try 1) wlan2: RX AssocResp from 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 (capab=0x471 status=0 aid=2) wlan2: associated wlan2: deauthenticating from 40:4a:03:d2:f5:71 by local choice (reason=3) cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain Does anyone know why this happens? - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: deauthenticating by local choice
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm on the road connecting to various wireless access points and sometimes I'm unable to connect and I get the (try 1) (try 2) (try 3) (timed out) messages in dmesg which makes sense. Other times I get a different series of messages in dmesg when I'm unable to connect which don't make sense to me. The interface connects, then disconnects, then connects, then disconnects, over and over until it finally decides to fail permanently. Have you tried disabling power saving mode? Something like: iwconfig wlan0 power off
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: deauthenticating by local choice
I'm on the road connecting to various wireless access points and sometimes I'm unable to connect and I get the (try 1) (try 2) (try 3) (timed out) messages in dmesg which makes sense. Other times I get a different series of messages in dmesg when I'm unable to connect which don't make sense to me. The interface connects, then disconnects, then connects, then disconnects, over and over until it finally decides to fail permanently. Have you tried disabling power saving mode? Something like: iwconfig wlan0 power off I love this list. I don't want to speak too soon, but Paul, it looks like you fixed it. I've been struggling with this for a very long time. The problem would manifest with 2 different rt73 USB wireless adapters. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: deauthenticating by local choice
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm on the road connecting to various wireless access points and sometimes I'm unable to connect and I get the (try 1) (try 2) (try 3) (timed out) messages in dmesg which makes sense. Other times I get a different series of messages in dmesg when I'm unable to connect which don't make sense to me. The interface connects, then disconnects, then connects, then disconnects, over and over until it finally decides to fail permanently. Have you tried disabling power saving mode? Something like: iwconfig wlan0 power off I love this list. I don't want to speak too soon, but Paul, it looks like you fixed it. I hope so! I've been struggling with this for a very long time. The problem would manifest with 2 different rt73 USB wireless adapters. I had unstable connections and poor speeds on my laptop, and power saving turned out to be the reason why. Some cards have intermediate power-saving levels, too, which might give you a good compromise between performance and battery life, if battery life is even a concern.
