On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 14:13 -0400, Andy Pintar wrote:
> > I'm able to replicate the problem using just wpa_supplicant. After the
> > connection drops (due to bad reception) wpa_supplicant gets stuck trying
> > to re-authenticate. I have to kill wpa_supplicant and start it again to
> > get my connection back.
> 
> Hmm... that's weird.  Can you clarify what you mean by 'stuck' trying to 
> reauth?

The wpa_supplicant debug output is a bit overwhelming, but basically it
just can't re-authenticate for whatever reason.

I see a lot "EAPOL: Supplicant port status: Unauthorized" and some
timeout messages, when I run the "status" command from wpa_cli the
output looks like this:

> status
bssid=00:25:45:34:eb:f0
ssid=ConcordiaUniversity
id=0
mode=station
pairwise_cipher=CCMP
group_cipher=TKIP
key_mgmt=WPA2/IEEE 802.1X/EAP
wpa_state=ASSOCIATED
ip_address=132.205.157.148
Supplicant PAE state=AUTHENTICATING
suppPortStatus=Unauthorized
EAP state=IDLE
selectedMethod=25 (EAP-PEAP)
EAP TLS cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA
EAP-PEAPv0 Phase2 method=MSCHAPV2

So I'm associated with the AP, but the authentication just ain't
happening.

> Do you have wpa_supplicant working for ifup/down?

No, I've been doing running wpa_supplicant and dhclient manually.

> If so does that work to reconnect?

Yup, generally if I kill the wpa_supplicant process and start it up
again then the connection comes back.

> Also are you sure it's not a dhcp thing?

This has nothing to do with dhcp, in fact for this test I don't even
have a dhcp client running (I actually have a wired connection atm). I'm
just testing with wpa_supplicant.

>  Do you know what kind of AP it is?

I think they're Cisco-brand, if that's what you're asking for...

nick



_______________________________________________
mlug mailing list
[email protected]
https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca

Reply via email to