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Re: TL-WN823N Realtek WPA3 SSID connection problem #9

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On 25/11/2022 21:40, Ioannis Barkas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have tested various USB devices and all worked except the TL-WN823N.
> This device has never worked and we have 2 of them.
> 
> On Ubuntu boot I get:
> [ 1208.638541] usb 1-1: RTL8192EU rev B (SMIC) 2T2R, TX queues 3,
> WiFi=1, BT=0, GPS=0, HI PA=0
> [ 1208.638553] usb 1-1: RTL8192EU MAC: d4:6e:0e:**:**:**
> [ 1208.638560] usb 1-1: rtl8xxxu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic.bin
> [ 1208.641483] usb 1-1: Firmware revision 19.0 (signature 0x92e1)
> [ 1209.735452] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8xxxu
> 
> When I attempt to connect at a 2,4GHz WPA3 SSID this is what I get:
> [ 1502.319954] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: authenticate with c6:27:28:**:**:**
> [ 1502.332105] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: send auth to c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 1/3)
> [ 1502.476159] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: authenticate with c6:27:28:**:**:**
> [ 1502.476181] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: send auth to c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 1/3)
> [ 1502.587356] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: authenticated
> [ 1502.589113] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: associate with c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 1/3)
> [ 1502.593773] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: RX AssocResp from c6:27:28:**:**:**
> (capab=0x1431 status=0 aid=16)
> [ 1502.595559] usb 1-1: rtl8xxxu_bss_info_changed: HT supported
> [ 1502.597222] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: associated
> [ 1502.743847] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: deauthenticating from
> c6:27:28:**:**:** by local choice (Reason: 1=UNSPECIFIED)
> 
> To make things worse, I accidentally inserted it in a USB 1.1 port on
> my AMD test PC and it could not even connect to a combo 2,4GHz WPA2,3
> SSID:
> [ 1001.681485] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: authenticate with c6:27:28:**:**:**
> [ 1001.703190] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: send auth to c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 1/3)
> [ 1001.904265] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: send auth to c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 2/3)
> [ 1002.108231] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: send auth to c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 3/3)
> [ 1002.312262] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: authentication with c6:27:28:**:**:** timed out
> [ 1013.501401] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: authenticate with c6:27:28:**:**:**
> [ 1013.523483] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: send auth to c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 1/3)
> [ 1013.724276] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: send auth to c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 2/3)
> [ 1013.928271] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: send auth to c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 3/3)
> [ 1014.132282] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: authentication with c6:27:28:**:**:** timed out
> [ 1027.230375] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: authenticate with c6:27:28:**:**:**
> [ 1027.242103] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: send auth to c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 1/3)
> [ 1027.444258] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: send auth to c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 2/3)
> [ 1027.648271] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: send auth to c6:27:28:**:**:** (try 3/3)
> [ 1027.852237] wlxd46e0eeba0f4: authentication with c6:27:28:**:**:** timed out
> 

So this problem is fixed now since kernels 4.14.308 4.19.276 5.4.235
5.10.173 5.15.99 6.1.16 6.2.3 6.3-rc1.

> On USB 2.0 port the problem with WPA2,3 SSID was resolved. Is it
> possible to set a flag so that the driver will bail out if the device
> is on a USB 1.1 port? The truth is that the maximum speed it reached
> was way below the 12Mb of USB 1.1 so it should not have a problem but
> in practise it does...
> 

I'm curious about the low speed. How low is it? Do you see anything
in dmesg? Does this patch fix it?
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=302960

The driver can be modified to support USB 1.1 at least with some of the
chips, but I don't have USB 1.1 to test it.

>  This is the device:
> Device Descriptor:
>   bLength                18
>   bDescriptorType         1
>   bcdUSB               2.10
>   bDeviceClass            0
>   bDeviceSubClass         0
>   bDeviceProtocol         0
>   bMaxPacketSize0        64
>   idVendor           0x2357 TP-Link
>   idProduct          0x0109 TL-WN823N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8192EU]
>   bcdDevice            2.00
>   iManufacturer           1 Realtek
>   iProduct                2 802.11n NIC
>   iSerial                 3 00**********
>   bNumConfigurations      1
>   Configuration Descriptor:
>     bLength                 9
>     bDescriptorType         2
>     wTotalLength       0x0035
>     bNumInterfaces          1
>     bConfigurationValue     1
>     iConfiguration          0
>     bmAttributes         0xe0
>       Self Powered
>       Remote Wakeup
>     MaxPower              500mA
>     Interface Descriptor:
>       bLength                 9
>       bDescriptorType         4
>       bInterfaceNumber        0
>       bAlternateSetting       0
>       bNumEndpoints           5
>       bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
>       bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
>       bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
>       iInterface              2 802.11n NIC
>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>         bLength                 7
>         bDescriptorType         5
>         bEndpointAddress     0x84  EP 4 IN
>         bmAttributes            2
>           Transfer Type            Bulk
>           Synch Type               None
>           Usage Type               Data
>         wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
>         bInterval               0
>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>         bLength                 7
>         bDescriptorType         5
>         bEndpointAddress     0x05  EP 5 OUT
>         bmAttributes            2
>           Transfer Type            Bulk
>           Synch Type               None
>           Usage Type               Data
>         wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
>         bInterval               0
>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>         bLength                 7
>         bDescriptorType         5
>         bEndpointAddress     0x06  EP 6 OUT
>         bmAttributes            2
>           Transfer Type            Bulk
>           Synch Type               None
>           Usage Type               Data
>         wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
>         bInterval               0
>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>         bLength                 7
>         bDescriptorType         5
>         bEndpointAddress     0x87  EP 7 IN
>         bmAttributes            3
>           Transfer Type            Interrupt
>           Synch Type               None
>           Usage Type               Data
>         wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
>         bInterval               3
>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>         bLength                 7
>         bDescriptorType         5
>         bEndpointAddress     0x08  EP 8 OUT
>         bmAttributes            2
>           Transfer Type            Bulk
>           Synch Type               None
>           Usage Type               Data
>         wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
>         bInterval               0
> Binary Object Store Descriptor:
>   bLength                 5
>   bDescriptorType        15
>   wTotalLength       0x000c
>   bNumDeviceCaps          1
>   USB 2.0 Extension Device Capability:
>     bLength                 7
>     bDescriptorType        16
>     bDevCapabilityType      2
>     bmAttributes   0x00000002
>       HIRD Link Power Management (LPM) Supported
> Device Status:     0x0001
>   Self Powered




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