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Date:      Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:14:49 -0700
From:      Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org>
To:        Daniel Thiele <dthiele@gmx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Wireless connection (WPA-EAP) stops working after a while
Message-ID:  <49C93F39.7080804@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <49C83038.40300@gmx.net>
References:  <49C83038.40300@gmx.net>

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Daniel Thiele wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem with my wireless connection. I am running FreeBSD
> 8.0-CURRENT (from Mar 22) with wpa_supplicant v0.6.8 using an Atheros
> based ExpressCard (D-Link DWA-643 via ath(4)) and alternatively a Ralink
> based USB adapter (Linksys WUSB54GC-EU via rum(4)).
> 
> At home using the Atheros card together with a FreeBSD (7.1) based
> access point (using rum(4) in hostap mode) and the wpa_supplicant.conf
> (attached at the end of this email) settings for SSID="home" I don't
> have any problems. With a Linksys WRT54GL-DE access point
> running the OpenWRT White Russian 0.9 firmware and OpenVPN over an open
> wireless LAN also works flawlessly.
> 
> At the university, however, (SSID="IDA" in the wpa_supplicant.conf at
> the end of this email) the wireless connection only works for about an
> hour. The vague term "wireless connection" in this case means, that the
> WPA connection is opened and associated, then I get an IP address via
> dhclient. There is a message about "OpenSSL: tls_connection_handshake -
> Failed to read possible Application Data
> error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)" and "TLS: Unsupported Phase2
> EAP method 'MSCHAPv2'" but the authentication seems to succeed:
> 

Do you know if this is a regression w/ the 0.6.8 supplicant I recently
imported (i.e. relative to 0.5.11+HEAD)?  Jouni just released a 0.6.9
version and it appeared to have a fix that might be appropriate.  I need
to digest your logs to understand but you can try importing 0.6.9 yourself.

	Sam



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