hostapd deauthentication every 5 seconds

2010-09-17 Thread Joe Martel
Hi Misc, I have used OpenBSD 4.7 on a PCEngines ALIX to create a wireless access point (AP). I am running hostapd, primarily to log auth and deauth of stations from my AP. After 72 hours of excellent running, my station loses wireless connectivity. /var/log/daemon reveals that: * AP sends a

Re: hostapd deauthentication every 5 seconds

2010-09-18 Thread Joe Martel
Known problem (see PR 5958), no fix known but it may be connected with wireless stations using power-saving mode. Interesting, thanks for the info - should I post a new bug report as that one is closed? Afaik my stations are not using power-saving mode (they all have a power cord, so I assume

Re: hostapd deauthentication every 5 seconds

2010-09-18 Thread Joe Martel
Known problem (see PR 5958), no fix known but it may be connected with wireless stations using power-saving mode. Interesting, thanks for the info - should I post a new bug report as that one is closed? Afaik my stations are not using power-saving mode (they all have a power cord, so I assume

Re: hostapd deauthentication every 5 seconds

2010-09-19 Thread Joe Martel
AP side: ral0: received assoc_req from xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx rssi 105 mode 11g ral0: sending assoc_resp to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx on channel 6 mode 11g ral0: sending msg 1/4 of the 4-way handshake to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx last message repeated 2 times ral0: station xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx deauthenticate

Re: hostapd deauthentication every 5 seconds

2010-09-20 Thread Joe Martel
Interesting, thanks for the info - should I post a new bug report as that one is closed? If you can repeat it on a -current snapshot, yes please. I'm happy to help by upgrading to a -current snapshot. Have read FAQ 5 but, when 4.8 is released in November, can I upgrade from -current to

Re: hostapd deauthentication every 5 seconds [FIXED]

2010-09-23 Thread Joe Martel
Interesting, thanks for the info - should I post a new bug report as that one is closed? If you can repeat it on a -current snapshot, yes please. I have upgraded to the latest -current snapshot (see dmesg below). My AP has now been up for 48hrs without interruption, so I can confirm that