Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.116]:56427 "EHLO mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753987AbXKIQxy (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Nov 2007 11:53:54 -0500 Message-ID: <473490A0.2050403@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20071109_165359_386695_518B888E) Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:53:52 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: wireless Subject: Deauthentication cycles Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: In my network using WPA-PSK TKIP with mac80211 and b43, I see several of these cycles per day: eth1: RX deauthentication from 00:1a:70:46:ba:b1 (reason=7) eth1: deauthenticated eth1: authenticate with AP 00:1a:70:46:ba:b1 eth1: RX authentication from 00:1a:70:46:ba:b1 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) eth1: authenticated eth1: associate with AP 00:1a:70:46:ba:b1 eth1: RX ReassocResp from 00:1a:70:46:ba:b1 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1) eth1: associated eth1: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:1a:70:46:ba:b1) In searching through the various 802.11-related header files, the only reason code of 7 that I could find is WLAN_REASON_CLASS3_FRAME_FROM_NONASSOC_STA Is this the correct code? If so, any ideas on why this deauthentication is happening? As can be seen, it isn't fatal and the system always recovers. Thanks, Larry