So what should i do? 2013/9/11 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 09/11/2013 11:14 AM, Dan Williams wrote: >> >> Some relevant bits: >> >> Sep 11 16:49:38 Arbeits-PC NetworkManager[1104]: <info> (wlan0): >> supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> completed >> Sep 11 16:49:44 Arbeits-PC kernel: [ 1749.454788] wlan0: Connection to AP >> a0:f3:c1:05:80:ec lost >> Sep 11 16:49:45 Arbeits-PC wpa_supplicant[1205]: wlan0: >> CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=a0:f3:c1:05:80:ec reason=4 >> Sep 11 16:49:45 Arbeits-PC NetworkManager[1104]: <info> (wlan0): >> supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected >> Sep 11 16:49:45 Arbeits-PC NetworkManager[1104]: <info> (wlan0): >> supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning >> Sep 11 16:49:45 Arbeits-PC wpa_supplicant[1205]: wlan0: SME: Trying to >> authenticate with a0:f3:c1:05:80:ec (SSID='WG-WLAN' freq=2427 MHz) >> Sep 11 16:49:45 Arbeits-PC kernel: [ 1750.282343] wlan0: authenticate with >> a0:f3:c1:05:80:ec >> Sep 11 16:49:45 Arbeits-PC NetworkManager[1104]: <info> (wlan0): >> supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating >> Sep 11 16:49:45 Arbeits-PC kernel: [ 1750.306287] wlan0: send auth to >> a0:f3:c1:05:80:ec (try 1/3) >> Sep 11 16:49:45 Arbeits-PC kernel: [ 1750.410098] wlan0: send auth to >> a0:f3:c1:05:80:ec (try 2/3) >> Sep 11 16:49:46 Arbeits-PC kernel: [ 1750.514232] wlan0: send auth to >> a0:f3:c1:05:80:ec (try 3/3) >> Sep 11 16:49:46 Arbeits-PC kernel: [ 1750.618374] wlan0: authentication >> with a0:f3:c1:05:80:ec timed out >> >> So the AP is disconnecting the device a couple seconds with reason 4, >> which is "Disassociated due to inactivity". My thought is that this >> points to a driver bug (Larry?). > > > Possibly, but for reference, my Edimax EW-7811Un has been running for 37 > hours. During that time, I have had no deauthentications and only 2 > instances of the "AP lost" reconnections. The latter is what I am currently > trying to fix, but at that error rate, it is difficult. I am running the > latest 3.11 kernel from wireless testing. > > The only thing I am doing that is unusual is that I am pinging my router at > a 5 second interval using the command > > ping -i5 192.168.1.1 > > It is possible that I am preventing a power save operation, which is making > a difference. > > 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