I apologize if this is the wrong bug.

I do have the same problem. On my machine the Networkmanager links up
with a SSID that is the strongest access point (of my neighbors) , but
that access point is not configured. Hence, the link dies, takes some
time to recover and then the sequence starts again after two minutes.
The bug is that Networkmanager should not make a connection to a not
configured access point even if that has a better signal.

In debug mode.

The wrong SSID:
 wpa_supplicant[1259]: wlan0: BSS: Expire BSS 13 due to age
 wpa_supplicant[1259]: wlan0: BSS: Remove id 13 BSSID 00:1a:70:47:b0:de SSID 
'linksys'

The right SSID:
wpa_supplicant[1259]: wlan0: 0: b0:  :  :  :  ssid='Zadel' wpa_ie_len=0 
rsn_ie_len=20 caps=0xc11 level=10

With the command iwevent the two minute scan reveals itself.

So, if there  is no stronger access point than the configured one, the
problem does not surface.

This problems exists up to kernel 3.11.0-3-generic #8-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug
23 16:49:15 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Title:
  NM disconnects Wi-Fi every 2 minutes but iwconfig+dhclient and wicd
  don't -- ath9k

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