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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:50:49 -0500
From: Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net>
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To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
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Subject: Re: Wireless network problem with Access Point selection using ifup
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On 12/07/2012 05:12 AM, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> On 12/06/2012 10:03 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 09:10 -0500, Mark Hounschell wrote:
>>>   I'm using
>>> traditional ifup with static configurations.
>>
>> You should at least run wpa_supplicant, which will pick a better network
>> and reconnect if the connection drops etc. Almost no device does that by
>> itself any more.
>
>   wpa_supplicant is running.
>
> #ps ax | grep wpa
>
> wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/var/run/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf
> -Dnl80211,wext -P/var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0.pid -B
>
>
> When the router in the middle of the house is chosen, as opposed to the
> range extender in the very same room, the network works for a time but
> eventually disassociates, usually reason 7, and never reconnects to
> anything.
>

Hi Johannes,

Thanks for responding. Do you think my problem is a wpa_supplicant 
issue, a kernel issue, or a Dist issue?

Regards
Mark