On Friday, 23 of November 2007, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > > > 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: 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 > > > > > > Does it help to reload the b43 module? I think I have seen this problem > > > before but always associated it with suspend/resume rather than a long > > > time elapsing, I also thought it was due to bad power recalibration. > > > > It seems that I can reproduce something similar on demand with an SMC wireless > > router by moving my box sufficiently far away from it. :-) > > Well, yeah, that's expected though, you lose signal at some point. Not > expected is that it happens without moving anything. Unless the > calibration code is wrong which wouldn't really surprise me either. In my case, everything works just fine when the box is 6 meters away from the AP (including a thick wall in between), but when I move it another 5-6 meters away from the AP, things break down ... I'd expect it to work at longer distances, but well. :-) Greetings, Rafael - 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
