Return-path: Received: from cock.li ([185.100.85.212]:50180 "EHLO cock.li" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756421AbcIURpi (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:45:38 -0400 Subject: Re: RTL8192EU on rtl8xxxu driver breaks every few minutes References: Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: "Franc[e]sco" Message-ID: <80b8ae50-ca27-674f-0e7e-79b931bae199@waifu.club> (sfid-20160921_194543_088637_754CA7A6) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:44:34 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------099E6E528E3CF4FEEE9FCA65" To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------099E6E528E3CF4FEEE9FCA65 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Oops, forgot to forward the previous reply to the mailing list. I have attached the output of iw link the AP is an asus dsl-n55u router in 2.4 GHz mode, using WPA2-Personal with AES encryption. It's also running a second 5GHz wireless network which has a different SSID. Also, this seems to be some kind of power saving kicking in, as the dongle keeps working as long as I keep doing things over ssh. On 09/20/2016 10:12 PM, Jes Sorensen wrote: > "Franc[e]sco" writes: >> Hi, I happen to own a RTL8192EU WiFi dongle which is marked as untested >> by the rtl8xxxu driver. >> >> I'm on a linux from scratch system using kernel 4.7.3 and wpa_supplicant >> 2.5. >> >> The dongle appears to connect and work fine, but after around 10 minutes >> it deauthenticates and enters and endless loop of authentication >> timeout. This continues even if I bring the interface down and back up >> again. The only way to restore the connection is to physically remove >> and re-plug the usb dongle. >> >> I have attached a dmesg log of connecting and entering the auth loop. > Please provide details about the AP you are trying to connect to and iw > link output. > > Jes --------------099E6E528E3CF4FEEE9FCA65 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; name="rtl8192eu-iw-link.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rtl8192eu-iw-link.txt" $ ./iw enx001988001e33 link Connected to e0:3f:49:97:0c:68 (on enx001988001e33) SSID: memes freq: 2472 RX: 4328394 bytes (26075 packets) TX: 380760 bytes (2785 packets) signal: -60 dBm tx bitrate: 1.0 MBit/s --------------099E6E528E3CF4FEEE9FCA65--