Hi Johannes, > > > > > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS > > > > > Trying to authenticate with 00:23:ab:xx:xx:xx (SSID='Guest' freq=2412 MHz) > > > > > Trying to associate with 00:23:ab:xx:xx:xx (SSID='Guest' freq=2412 MHz) > > > > > Associated with 00:23:ab:xx:xx:xx > > > > > CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:23:ab:xx:xx:xx completed (auth) [id=2 id_str=] > > > > > CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys > > > > > l2_packet_receive - recvfrom: Network is down > > > > > Failed to initiate AP scan. > > > > > Failed to initiate AP scan. > > > > > ^CCTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received > > > > > > > > > > So starting wpa_supplicant does its job fine, then running dhclient I > > > > > end up in the disconnect and network down and after that scanning fails. > > > > > > > > ??? > > > > > > > > And the below kernel message is all yo uget? > > > > > > Yes, I am as puzzled as you are and can't make any sense out of it. It > > > seems that something is going horribly wrong here somewhere. I just > > > don't have any clue where. > > > > I just don't see anything in the kernel that would ever set the > > interface down, as indicated there. so I have installed the latest wireless-testing kernel now. CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Trying to authenticate with 00:1f:f3:fa:58:59 (SSID='HON Circle' freq=2452 MHz) Trying to associate with 00:1f:f3:fa:58:59 (SSID='HON Circle' freq=2452 MHz) Could not read SSID from driver. WPA: No SSID info found (msg 1 of 4). Associated with 00:1f:f3:fa:58:59 WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:1f:f3:fa:58:59 [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP] CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:1f:f3:fa:58:59 completed (auth) [id=1 id_str=] <starting dhclient wlan0 now> CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys l2_packet_receive - recvfrom: Network is down CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Trying to authenticate with 00:1f:f3:fa:58:59 (SSID='HON Circle' freq=2452 MHz) Trying to associate with 00:1f:f3:fa:58:59 (SSID='HON Circle' freq=2452 MHz) Associated with 00:1f:f3:fa:58:59 WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:1f:f3:fa:58:59 [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP] CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:1f:f3:fa:58:59 completed (reauth) [id=1 id_str=] For some reason the dhclient triggers the disconnect and I see the network down. With this kernel it reconnects properly and then dhclient succeeds. This is against an N-capable AirPort Express. Regards Marcel -- 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