[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#386090: scanning, mode changing influences
problem with association
Thomas Kallenberg
thomas at no-more-secrets.ch
Fri Dec 15 13:46:55 CET 2006
Hi Kel!
I added my observations to the madwifi ticket 1030.
http://madwifi.org/ticket/1030
thx
Thomas
Kel Modderman wrote:
> 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.
>
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