Return-path: Received: from mail-la0-f54.google.com ([209.85.215.54]:53972 "EHLO mail-la0-f54.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754764Ab3J1JhF (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Oct 2013 05:37:05 -0400 Received: by mail-la0-f54.google.com with SMTP id gx14so4891701lab.41 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 02:37:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <526E20EA.9090203@rempel-privat.de> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:37:03 -0600 Message-ID: (sfid-20131028_103710_074287_4199ADEB) Subject: Re: I always need a miracle to connect with iwlwifi From: Felipe Contreras To: Krishna Chaitanya Cc: Oleksij Rempel , linux-wireless Mailing List , ilw@linux.intel.com, "hostap@lists.shmoo.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Krishna Chaitanya wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Oleksij Rempel wrote: >>> I logged a session [2] where I waited 30 minutes for the link to come >>> up, but it never did. You can see the same thing happening over and >>> over: >>> >>> 1382936199.582861: nl80211: Association request send successfully >>> 1382936199.797063: nl80211: Event message available >>> 1382936199.797097: nl80211: Delete station e0:1d:3b:46:82:a0 >>> 1382936199.797881: nl80211: Event message available >>> 1382936199.797905: nl80211: MLME event 38; timeout with e0:1d:3b:46:82:a0 >>> 1382936199.797915: wlan0: Event ASSOC_TIMED_OUT (15) received >>> 1382936199.797920: wlan0: SME: Association timed out >>> 1382936199.797924: Added BSSID e0:1d:3b:46:82:a0 into blacklist >>> >>> If I reboot the router, it works immediately, another thing that works >>> is connecting with ad-hoc mode (mode=1), and then back to normal mode >>> (mode=0). >>> > 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? -- Felipe Contreras