2010/11/29 John McLean <jdmcl...@shaw.ca>: > Just wondering if anyone else has seen this behaviour. > > Running hostapd with no clients, or with just one client connected. > > Seeing beacon rate from 2/second up to 1 every 15 seconds, and anything in > between. (beacon rate being completely intermittent) Then the beacons will > go away completely for minutes at a time, (I've recorded as long as seven > minutes) then they re-appear at this random rate. (with no input from any > outside source that I can see) > > Using: > > kernel: 2.6.32 > ath5k.ko 0.6.0 > compat-wireless-2.6.32.16 > hostapd 0.7.2 > > Monitoring with wireshark running on windows xp with an AirPcap Nx usb > adaptor. > > My hostapd config is: > > ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd > ctrl_interface_group=0 > interface=wlan0 > bridge=br0 > driver=nl80211 > ssid=H040109D0311 > auth_algs=3 > channel=6 > hw_mode=g > ieee8021x=0 > wmm_enabled=0 > wpa=2 > wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK > wpa_pairwise=CCMP > wpa_group_rekey=300 > wpa_gmk_rekey=86400 > wpa_passphrase=newworld > > I can provide any additional info, pcap traces, etc. > > Thx for any input! > > Cheers, John
Have you tried running hostapd -vv on console ? -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick _______________________________________________ ath5k-devel mailing list ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel
