Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:24:07 +0100 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> To: Eugene Dzhurinsky <bofh@redwerk.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wpa_supplicant, Atheros AR9285 and FreeBSD 8.0 issue -> wpa_supplicant hangs Message-ID: <9D7A21BF-4E8F-4A87-937A-6FA71D5140B6@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20100327211200.GA36060@office.redwerk.com> References: <20100324202639.GA3194@localhost> <20100327122015.GA31437@office.redwerk.com> <20100327211200.GA36060@office.redwerk.com>
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On 27 Mar 2010, at 21:12, Eugene Dzhurinsky wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 02:20:15PM +0200, Eugene Dzhurinsky wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:26:39PM +0200, Eugeny N Dzhurinsky wrote:
>>
>> I realized that it fails after group rekeying completes. If is set rekeying to
>> occur in 30 minutes on AP host - for 30 minutes I am not getting any issue.
>>
>> With my DLink WiFi USB stick powered by if_rum driver such problem does not
>> appear.
>>
>> If I should provide some additional information to help someone understand and
>> fix this issue - please let me know :)
>
> Finally I was able to find out the case which makes my wifi to stop working.
> The problem is easily reproducible if second laptop is associated with AP.
>
> My AP configuration (PC with FreeBSD 7.2) is listed below:
>
> interface=ral0
> debug=2
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
> ctrl_interface_group=wheel
> ssid=freebsdap
> wpa=1
> wpa_passphrase=*************
> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> wpa_group_rekey=1800
> wpa_pairwise=CCMP TKIP
>
> local wpa_supplicant.conf is like below:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=wheel
> fast_reauth=0
> eapol_version=2
> network={
> ssid="freebsdap"
> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> auth_alg=OPEN
> psk="*************"
> scan_ssid=1
> }
>
> My primary laptop is ASUS K40IN with wifi card on AR9285 chipset, another
> laptop is ASUS K40IJ with wifi card on AR9285 chipset too.
>
> And once second laptop gets associated with AP - my one stops to recognize
> wifi connection. But it's still listed as associated in ifconfig output. And
>
> wpa_cli reassociate
>
> doesn't solve the problem - I have to restart wpa_supplicant.
>
> Does this make any sense? Should I submit PR or there is some
> misconfiguration?
You can try with a more simple config. Just:
network={
ssid="freebsdap"
psk="..."
scan_ssid=1
}
If this doesn't work you should send-pr.
--
Rui Paulo
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