On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 17:46 -0500, Mike Edenfield wrote: > After upgrading to a v3.0 kernel, my Intel wireless adapter stopped working > when used with any UI-based wpa_supplicant front-end that does periodic > scans, such as NetworkManager and wicd. Whenever the software asks for an AP > scan, the device disconnects from its current AP and blacklists it, making > it impossible to reconnect until I kill wpa_supplicant. If I manually > configure wpa_supplicant and launch it directly, the adapter stays > associated with the AP properly. > > I was able to reproduct this behavior with kernel version 3.0.4, 3.1.4, and > 3.1.5, but downgrading to 2.6.39 or lower solves the problem. I haven't seen > any other reports of this problem specific to 3.x -- did I miss some other > step I need to do when upgrading? There shouldn't be any; the driver should be ensuring that the current association stays valid across scans as long as the AP is still in range. This sounds like a driver or mac80211 bug. Dan -- 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
