In the wpa_driver_nl80211_authenticate, there is this work-around code:
....
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "nl80211: Retry authentication "
"after forced deauthentication");
drv->ignore_deauth_event = 1;
I had disabled this back in 2014 to fix endless re-auth attempts when trying 130+ virtual stations
(probably on a slow-ish ath9k system).
But today, I ran into a case where a user actually appears to need the work-around,
and the end result is that the station did not ever get associated since I hacked
out this retry. So, I'm going to try re-enabling it.
While looking at the code, I began to wonder if the drv->ignore_deauth_event should be
tied to a specific bss object instead of the drv object? And, maybe add a time
delay between doing this deauth in case it still races? For instance, don't
do the deauth work-around more than once every 15 seconds for a given bss?
Thanks,
Ben
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Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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