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Subject: Re: Wireless network problem with Access Point selection using ifup
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: markh@compro.net
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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:54:48 +0100
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On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 15:50 -0500, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> 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.
> >

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

I'd say it's a wpa_s issue, but I can't remember any time that it didn't
reconnect after getting disconnected, so maybe there's an issue with
your driver/device that causes it to need a reset or something ... hard
to tell more without at least the supplicant log.

johannes