John H. wrote: > wrt54gs with latest firmware. > > it seems exclusive to linux:O > > On Nov 21, 2007 4:18 PM, Larry Finger <larry.finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> John H. wrote: >>> uname -a >>> Linux laptop 2.6.23.1-49.fc8 #1 SMP Thu Nov 8 21:41:26 EST 2007 i686 >>> i686 i386 GNU/Linux >>> fedora 8 >>> >>> on certain APs, the internet works for a long time then stops, and I >>> get authentication time outs, why? It usually works again if I reset >>> the AP itself, which i should not have to do and don't have to if in >>> XP.... >>> >>> >>> wlan0: switched to long barker preamble (BSSID=00:0f:66:53:3e:24) >>> wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:0f:66:53:3e:24) >>> >>> >>> >>> wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 >>> wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0f:66:53:3e:24 >>> wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0f:66:53:3e:24 >>> wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0f:66:53:3e:24 >>> wlan0: authentication with AP 00:0f:66:53:3e:24 timed out >> Do you have the opportunity to capture the wireless traffic with a second computer using Kismet or >> Wireshark when this condition occurs? Without that info, it would be hard to know what might be >> wrong. Of course, I don't have the problem with either of my AP's. >> >> Could you identify the make/model and firmware revisions of any AP's that show this behavior? Please do not top post! The problem is not generic with Linksys AP's. I use a WRT54GL V1.1 and a WRT54G V5. Neither shows the problem. We need a dump of the wireless traffic when this condition occurs. Larry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
