From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 9 22:16:09 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66C0EFC1 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 22:16:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qe0-x22e.google.com (mail-qe0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c02::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24359159F for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 22:16:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qe0-f46.google.com with SMTP id a11so3422944qen.33 for ; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 14:16:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=pnuJTSaZAg99zxJsnRDY30Xcg5KlVaT8Pe/4Ssvhu9g=; b=QaeN3K5L69IGHezM7/OPKJd/3wIKLT94Pck9xpr/0Egqsw+u84O3OPDG24i288MI05 G7YTC6qSB+qS326crqF8+JJLleZaGZ13PEb2gE/oA3WpPHWiscejM63m1u7RIf19ds30 78u8VL2T9+7mtfguOof1jZkxpfvDGSV9Mkg5C8veT8Lo+Rnb1czAMVjt6d2BrzaKu7jN KmydqOjylYl6WzFz7Od+zWAReGM3e6mpWnjV8ygnmQMcfsEWBtExXXNXly3siCfxetSO C3zg/CM6wroxNMm+30GFwZiz07Y4ADlov3wGHyBsWQMRelQAfVDSDrUO5/55+WkRFOTR M0aA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.80.129 with SMTP id t1mr149319766qak.95.1386627368350; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 14:16:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.53.200 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 14:16:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.53.200 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 14:16:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20131209215929.GB8233@kiwi.corp.lookout.com> References: <20131209215929.GB8233@kiwi.corp.lookout.com> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 14:16:08 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Transitioning between multiple APs with iwn(4) From: Adrian Chadd To: "R. Tyler Croy" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:16:09 -0000 Unfortunately our WPA supplicant isn't doing pre auth or implementing the roaming logic fully. It would be nice for someone to fill in that gap. adrian On Dec 9, 2013 2:00 PM, "R. Tyler Croy" wrote: > I've been experimenting today with using my iwn(4) (PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN > [Shiloh]) based wireless card, moving around the office. > > Overall we probably have 30 APs floating around, all broadcasting the same > essid, which uses WPA2 with TKIP/PEAP. I find that my wlan0 device falls > into a > "no-carrier" status when I move too far away from the AP I origianlly > connected > too. > > I'm wondering if there's something specific with wpa_supplicant that needs > to > be done to maintain connections, or if the wireless driver itself is not > properly identifying duplicate AP names and switching when I move around. > > > Any suggestions for improving my in-office wireless experience? > > > Cheers > - R. Tyler Croy > ------------------ > Code: https://github.com/rtyler > Chatter: https://twitter.com/agentdero > rtyler@jabber.org > >