Return-path: Received: from mms2.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.18]:1818 "EHLO mms2.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935060Ab3FSU6v convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:58:51 -0400 Message-ID: <51C21B7C.2030005@broadcom.com> (sfid-20130619_225855_636923_C45609DE) Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:58:36 +0200 From: "Arend van Spriel" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Chris Adams" cc: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= , "Larry Finger" , b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless Subject: Re: BCM4331 deauthenticates every five minutes References: <20130619160911.GB4784@cmadams.net> <51C1DDEB.3090701@lwfinger.net> <20130619164227.GC4784@cmadams.net> <20130619175850.GD4784@cmadams.net> In-Reply-To: <20130619175850.GD4784@cmadams.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/19/2013 07:58 PM, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Rafał Miłecki said: >> I don't know how/if driver can be responsible for such reconnects. >> Over all it just TX and RX packets, right? Loosing a signal is >> something different, that can be related to the driver's bug. But as >> this happens every 5 minutes... I don't know. >> >> Did you try connecting to this AP with any other card and using >> similar kernel? I wonder if this can be some supplicant / mac80211 >> stack issue... > > I just fired up my Thinkpad T510 with an Intel "Centrino Ultimate-N > 6300" using iwlwifi, and it stays connected (does not appear to drop any > packets). This is also Fedora 18 x86_64 (slightly older kernel, but > I've had the problem on the MacBook since I installed it). There are > other people in the office with the same MacBook hardware (but running > OS X) that don't appear to be having any trouble either. > > The AP appears to be an Adtran (don't know the model). > Can you make a capture using a wireless sniffer (using your thinkpad maybe)? Gr. AvS