This sequence makes hostap go blooey

mike-hostap at tiedyenetworks.com mike-hostap at tiedyenetworks.com
Sat Apr 10 17:49:39 EDT 2004


	This is what I am able to capture in the air when my AP goes down. 
No kernel messages on the serial console, no nothing, it simply reboots. 

0e:16 is the AP and 0e:18 is the client station, fyi:

10:30:40.461439 Pwr Mgmt 59437us BSSID:00:02:6f:08:0e:16 SA:00:02:6f:08:0e:18 DA:00:02:6f:08:0e:16 [|llc](LLC 0817) 
10:30:40.463690 Pwr Mgmt Retry 59437us BSSID:00:02:6f:08:0e:16 SA:00:02:6f:08:0e:18 DA:00:02:6f:08:0e:16 [|llc](LLC 0817) 
10:30:40.466612 Pwr Mgmt Retry 59437us BSSID:00:02:6f:08:0e:16 SA:00:02:6f:08:0e:18 DA:00:02:6f:08:0e:16 [|llc](LLC 0817) 
10:30:40.470402 Pwr Mgmt 830us RA:00:02:6f:08:0e:16 TA:00:02:6f:08:0e:18 Request-To-Send
10:30:40.474022 Pwr Mgmt 830us RA:00:02:6f:08:0e:16 TA:00:02:6f:08:0e:18 Request-To-Send
10:30:40.663659 59437us BSSID:00:02:6f:08:0e:16 SA:00:02:6f:08:0e:18 DA:00:02:6f:08:0e:16 [|llc](LLC 0817) 

	That last frame there is the last I hear from my ap, until 45 
seconds when it's finially reset and running again. I am at a loss to 
understand why power management comes into play - the ap and the client 
are busy talking back and forth, and are just a few hundred feet apart 
with only 1 other wireless network within earshot (from about 1/4 mile 
away).

	Any ideas anyone?


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