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

[Thomas Kallenberg]

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.
>