Package: linux-2.6
Severity: normal

I am using WEP and need to roam between two access points. This does not
work anymore (it worked fine with ipw3945) and when I hit this condition
I need to remove and reload the driver.

Linux bongo.bofh.it 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Thu Aug 28 12:00:54 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)

This is a Dell D620.


[here I move to another room]
Sep 3 16:48:17 bongo kernel: [11770.044465] wlan0: No ProbeResp from current AP 00:12:17:xx:yy:zz - assume out of range

[I tried to down/up the interface but it's pointless]
Sep 3 16:49:16 bongo kernel: [11829.041934] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:0c:00.0 disabled
Sep 3 16:49:21 bongo kernel: [11834.351642] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0c:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
Sep 3 16:49:21 bongo kernel: [11834.351642] PM: Writing back config space on device 0000:0c:00.0 at offset 1 (was 100102, writing 100106)
Sep 3 16:49:21 bongo kernel: [11834.396496] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:radio
Sep 3 16:49:21 bongo kernel: [11834.396496] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:assoc
Sep 3 16:49:21 bongo kernel: [11834.396496] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:RX
Sep 3 16:49:21 bongo kernel: [11834.396496] Registered led device: iwl-phy0:TX
Sep 3 16:49:21 bongo kernel: [11834.403170] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
Sep 3 16:49:21 bongo kernel: [11834.403170] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:12:17:xx:yy:zz
Sep 3 16:49:21 bongo kernel: [11834.415611] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Sep 3 16:49:21 bongo kernel: [11834.601814] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:12:17:xx:yy:zz
Sep 3 16:49:22 bongo kernel: [11834.800867] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:12:17:xx:yy:zz
Sep 3 16:49:22 bongo kernel: [11835.000062] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:12:17:xx:yy:zz timed out

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT@euro, LC_CTYPE=it_IT@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

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ciao,
Marco

On Sep 03, Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> wrote:

> I am using WEP and need to roam between two access points. This does not
> work anymore (it worked fine with ipw3945) and when I hit this condition
> I need to remove and reload the driver.
It turned out that new style wifi drivers need wpa_supplicant *even* for
normal WEP operations.
Maybe this should be documented somewhere.

--
ciao,
Marco