On Saturday 07 November 2009 04:20:09 Mike Edenfield wrote: > Thanks to some good advice from here, I've narrowed down my wireless > problems to one specific configuration. Unfortunately it's the one I > really need to work (of course). > > My laptop has an Intel 3954, using the iwlwifi driver, which I am trying > to get working with NetworkManager. At home and on the few public AP's > I've connected to, everything works fine. At work, if I run > wpa_supplicant via Gentoo's init script, or if wicd runs it, everything > works there as well. > > When using NetworkManager on my work network, however, things go > horribly wrong. I get tons of this in my kernel logs: > > wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec > wlan0: authenticated > wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec > wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec (capab=0x411 status=12 aid=1) > wlan0: AP denied association (code=12) > wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec > wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec (capab=0x411 status=12 aid=1) > wlan0: AP denied association (code=12) > wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec > wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec (capab=0x411 status=12 aid=1) > wlan0: AP denied association (code=12) > wlan0: association with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec timed out > wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec > wlan0: authenticated > wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec > wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:04:1e:ec (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1) > wlan0: associated > > Once associated, it stays connected for about a minute, then : > > wlan0: disassociated (Reason: 14) > wlan0: deauthenticated (Reason: 6) > > and the cycle starts again. Does anyone recognize those error codes or > what they're trying to tell me is wrong with the network? > > So far, the only notable difference between nm and the working > configurations is wpa_supplicant. Both Gentoo's init script and wicd > run wpa_supplicant directly on the interface, passing a configuration > file. NetworkManager launches wpa_supplicant with a -u parameter, which > makes it run in the background and accept configuration data from DBus. > Should this really make that much difference?
If it works everywhere else and not at home, the difference is obviously with your home router. What config does it have and how does it differ from what everywhere else has? -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
