Another thing that might be related: Start with freshly loaded modules (ath5k, mac80211, ath, cfg80211). script -c "./wpa_supplicant -i eth1 -D wext -t -c mnfunk.conf -d" 1 Wait till "ping" works script -c "./wpa_supplicant -i eth1 -D wext -t -c mnfunk.conf -d" 2 On the second try, it takes 15 seconds till I'm connected and ping works again. Maybe some state isn't clear at the implicit "ifdown XXX down" that wpa_supplicant does when terminating? -- http://www.holgerschurig.de -- 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