Re: wpa_supplicant AP scanning doesn't work after first association

From: Sam Lawrance <boris_at_brooknet.com.au>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:36:42 +1000
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 10:55 -0700, Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:50:50PM +1000, Sam Lawrance wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The station boots up and associates with the AP OK.  This works great
> > for days.  If I power down the AP and power it up again, after
> > disassociating, wpa_supplicant fails to locate the access point in its
> > scans.
> > 
> > I am using RELENG_6 from 3 September.
> > 
> > The station is a D-Link DWL-G510 (atheros based)
> > ath0_at_pci0:8:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x3a161186 chip=0x001a168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00.
> > 
> > rc.conf entry:
> > ifconfig_ath0="WPA inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> > 
> > wpa_supplicant.conf contains:
> > ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> > ctrl_interface_group=wheel
> > network={
> >         ssid="sunset"
> >         scan_ssid=1
> >         key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> > 	psk= ... etc etc ...
> > }
> > 
> > The access point is a D-Link DI-524 firmware v2.02, configured for
> > WPA-PSK
> > 
> > Output from wpa_supplicant:
> > 
> > Starting AP scan (specific SSID)
> > Scan SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=6):
> >      73 75 6e 73 65 74                                 sunset          
> > Received 0 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
> > Scan results: 1
> > Selecting BSS from priority group 0
> > 0: 00:0f:3d:29:79:f5 ssid='sunset' wpa_ie_len=24 rsn_ie_len=0
> >    selected
> > Trying to associate with 00:0f:3d:29:79:f5 (SSID='sunset' freq=2437 MHz)
> > Cancelling scan request
> > Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
> > WPA: using IEEE 802.11i/D3.0
> > WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 8 pairwise 8 key_mgmt 2
> > WPA: using GTK TKIP
> > WPA: using PTK TKIP
> > WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK WPA: Own WPA IE - hexdump(len=24): dd 16 00 50 f2 01 01 00 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02
> > No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
> > wpa_driver_bsd_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1 
> > wpa_driver_bsd_associate: ssid 'sunset' wpa ie len 24 pairwise 2 group 2 key mgmt 1
> > wpa_driver_bsd_associate: set PRIVACY 1
> > Setting authentication timeout: 5 sec 0 usec
> > Association event - clear replay counter
> > Associated to a new BSS: BSSID=00:0f:3d:29:79:f5
> > No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
> > Associated with 00:0f:3d:29:79:f5
> > Setting authentication timeout: 10 sec 0 usec
> > RX EAPOL from 00:0f:3d:29:79:f5 
> > 
> > ... power down AP, wait a minute, power up AP  ...
> > 
> > Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
> > Received 0 bytes of scan results (0 BSSes)
> > Scan results: 0
> > Selecting BSS from priority group 0
> > No suitable AP found.
> > Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
> > Starting AP scan (specific SSID)
> > Scan SSID - hexdump_ascii(len=6):
> >      73 75 6e 73 65 74                                 sunset          
> > Received 0 bytes of scan results (0 BSSes)
> > Scan results: 0
> > Selecting BSS from priority group 0
> > No suitable AP found.
> > 
> > 
> > Please let me know what other information I can collect to help figure
> > this out.  I hope it's not pilot error :)
> 
> Running current as of August 23rd an connecting using WPA-PSK to connect
> to a DI-524 running firmware 1.11, I reconnect promptly when I power the
> AP back on.

This DI-524 is a revision B.  Anyhow, I'm going to turn on some ath
debugging output and see if it lends any clues.
Received on Sun Sep 11 2005 - 02:36:27 UTC

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