Hi, On Sun, 2022-03-06 at 14:00 +0100, Riccardo Paolo Bestetti wrote: > Hi, > > I have recently installed an AMD RZ608 Wi-Fi card in my laptop. The > card > uses the MT7921K chipset from MediaTek. I'm running Arch Linux, using > kernel 5.16.12-arch1-1. I'm using iwd 1.25-1 as my wireless daemon. Could you also post the IWD debug logs (running with -d). > > I'm experiencing de-auths every 5 minutes from my AP, which is a > MikroTik > RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT running the latest firmware. This has a AR9888 > wireless > chip. It is indeed configured to update group keys every 5 minutes. > > All the de-auths happen with excellent signal and SNR (consistently > 50dB > or better as reported by the router, which is only a few meters apart > form the laptop). My router is set up on a fixed channel, with fixed > channel width 20MHz. The almost perfect periodicity also suggests > that > bad signal is not an issue at play. > > The kernel log does not report any messages from the driver. Only: > > Mar 06 12:19:21 enhorning kernel: wlan0: deauthenticated from > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (Reason: 16=GROUP_KEY_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT) > Mar 06 12:19:23 enhorning kernel: wlan0: authenticate with > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 > Mar 06 12:19:23 enhorning kernel: wlan0: send auth to > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (try 1/3) > Mar 06 12:19:23 enhorning kernel: wlan0: authenticated > Mar 06 12:19:23 enhorning kernel: wlan0: associate with > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (try 1/3) > Mar 06 12:19:23 enhorning kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2) > Mar 06 12:19:24 enhorning kernel: wlan0: associated > Mar 06 12:24:21 enhorning kernel: wlan0: deauthenticated from > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (Reason: 16=GROUP_KEY_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT) > Mar 06 12:24:23 enhorning kernel: wlan0: authenticate with > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 > Mar 06 12:24:23 enhorning kernel: wlan0: send auth to > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (try 1/3) > Mar 06 12:24:23 enhorning kernel: wlan0: authenticated > Mar 06 12:24:23 enhorning kernel: wlan0: associate with > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (try 1/3) > Mar 06 12:24:23 enhorning kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2) > Mar 06 12:24:24 enhorning kernel: wlan0: associated > Mar 06 12:29:21 enhorning kernel: wlan0: deauthenticated from > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (Reason: 6=CLASS2_FRAME_FROM_NONAUTH_STA) > Mar 06 12:29:28 enhorning kernel: wlan0: authenticate with > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 > Mar 06 12:29:28 enhorning kernel: wlan0: send auth to > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (try 1/3) > Mar 06 12:29:28 enhorning kernel: wlan0: authenticated > Mar 06 12:29:28 enhorning kernel: wlan0: associate with > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (try 1/3) > Mar 06 12:29:28 enhorning kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from > 08:55:31:cc:23:c3 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2) > Mar 06 12:29:28 enhorning kernel: wlan0: associated > > Pretty much the same from the router: > > 12:19:21: > BE:1A:C2:58:95:F0@wlan2: disconnected, group key exchange timeout, > signal strength -42 > > 12:24:21: > BE:1A:C2:58:95:F0@wlan2: disconnected, group key exchange timeout, > signal strength -42 > > 12:29:21: > BE:1A:C2:58:95:F0@wlan2: disconnected, group key exchange timeout, > signal strength -42 > > > I have other devices connected to the same access point without > issue, > and I can connect to other access points without issue. So I'm > figuring > this is an issue specific to the combination of this chip and the > particular access point. > > I am not able to say whether the issue is in this driver, or with the > access point. How might I go about finding out? > > Best regards, > Riccardo P. Bestetti >