Bug#386090: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#386090: scanning, mode changing influences problem with association

[Kel Modderman]

On Thursday 14 December 2006 22:19, Thomas Kallenberg wrote:
> Could this be a driver issue? I have the same problem and I'm using the
> madwifi-svn driver with wpasupplicant driver from unstable and
> network-manager from etch.

It is almost 100% likely to be an issue with the madwifi driver.

>
> I found this bugreport from madwifi driver: http://madwifi.org/ticket/1030
>
> The issue can also be temporarily fixed by setting the driver in "g" mode
> only: iwpriv $wlan mode 3,
> then the network-manager can connect to the unencrypted network.
>
> If I dont do this, i can see with iwconfig, the "a"-mode is more often
> scanned by iwconfig than the "b/g"-mode

Interesting observation. and no real surprise to the madwifi people I think. 
Scanning and mode changing is currently a big pile of mess for those familiar 
with the internal code of the madwifi driver.

Thanks, Kel.