Return-path: Received: from mfe1.polimi.it ([131.175.12.23]:44581 "EHLO polimi.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752495AbXKGJpn (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Nov 2007 04:45:43 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:42:22 +0100 From: Stefano Brivio To: Michael Wu , Johannes Berg , Jiri Benc Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: mac80211 doesn't reassociate after failed ProbeResp Message-ID: <20071107104222.1fa0b728@morte> (sfid-20071107_094554_926754_7BA8D944) In-Reply-To: <20071107102158.61b4ca3d@morte> References: <20071107102158.61b4ca3d@morte> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:21:58 +0100 Stefano Brivio wrote: > I got a quite reproducible bug with mac80211. Sometimes, this happens > (phy0 is a b43 PHY): > > Nov 7 02:06:23 morte [123784.591945] wlan0: No ProbeResp from current AP > 00:14:c1:35:8d:eb - assume out of range Nov 7 02:06:23 morte > [123784.591968] phy0: Removed STA 00:14:c1:35:8d:eb > > then, instead of trying to reassociate, mac80211 acts like this: > Nov 7 02:06:25 morte [123785.138041] wlan0: dropped data frame to not > associated station 00:14:c1:35:8d:eb Nov 7 02:06:25 morte > [123785.138243] wlan0: dropped data frame to not associated station > 00:14:c1:35:8d:eb Nov 7 02:06:55 morte [123798.704732] wlan0: No STA > entry for own AP 00:14:c1:35:8d:eb BTW, what I have to do to get mac80211 to associate is to set a bogus ESSID and then the correct one back, then it will associate. -- Ciao Stefano