Return-path: Received: from mail-we0-f177.google.com ([74.125.82.177]:49740 "EHLO mail-we0-f177.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755350Ab3J1LA7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:00:59 -0400 Received: by mail-we0-f177.google.com with SMTP id x55so6170006wes.8 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 04:00:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <526E20EA.9090203@rempel-privat.de> From: Krishna Chaitanya Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:30:38 +0530 Message-ID: (sfid-20131028_120104_099135_6780DBF1) Subject: Re: I always need a miracle to connect with iwlwifi To: Felipe Contreras Cc: Oleksij Rempel , linux-wireless Mailing List , ilw@linux.intel.com, "hostap@lists.shmoo.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Felipe Contreras wrote: >> Looks like there is "maximum clients" feature is enabled in the AP, most AP's >> send deauth for Auth/Assoc Request but some AP's silently discard the >> Assoc Request. >> >> That explains why it works after reboot/adhoc mode. Try increasing the >> number if thats the case. > > Then why am I able to connect from my phone, other machines, and in > this machine with Windows 7? > So lets say "max clients=5" and first all of your devices except the linux connec to the AP, then they have no issues connecting. Now if the linux is the 6th device then it might have trouble connecting to the AP?? Its possible.