MSNdis_StatusMediaDisconnect "event" occuring. why? what is this?

[George S. Lockwood]

Where does a MSNdis_StatusMediaDisconnect come from?

Sometimes after a connection / authentication has been established, after a
short amount of time, I receive a MSNdis_StatusMediaDisconnect in the
console log followed by a disconnection.

Why?

What has happened?  Have I caused this some how?  I am using the wpa_cli to
issue the connection commands to the supplicant but not any after a
select_network to get the connection process started.


When this "event" (?) occurs, the wpa_sup stays inactive for a long time
(>30 seconds to minutes) before retrying to connect.


Bigger question.

How can I guarantee a constant and consistent connection?

Can I react "immediately" to MSNdis_StatusMediaDisconnect "event" or
whatever it is?

if so, How would I react?  Which control commands?

Can one (or more) of the "period" variables be used to tune to this behavior
and retry the connection, much sooner.  (at the moment, I am not altering
the defaults for these parameters)


this is a wonderful application, I suppose I just need to iron out some
details on how to use it most productively.  Or maybe this is new behaivor?

anyway: Windows XP, built with VS2005, using eap-ttls / chap for the
network.

thanks so much,


Here's the log:

1155137305.453125: EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state AUTHENTICATED
1155137306.453125: EAPOL: startWhen --> 0
1155137334.453125: EAPOL: authWhile --> 0
1155137364.453125: EAPOL: idleWhile --> 0
1155137397.687500: MSNdis_StatusMediaDisconnect
1155137397.687500:   InstanceName: 'Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
Connection #2'
1155137397.687500: NDIS: received event data - hexdump(len=55): 01 00 00 00
32 49 6e 74 65 6c 28 52 29 20 50 52 4f 2f 57 69 72 65 6c
 65 73 73 20 32 32 30 30 42 47 20 4e 65 74 77 6f 72 6b 20 43 6f 6e 6e 65 63
74 69 6f 6e 20 23 32
1155137397.718750: NDIS: event - type 1
1155137397.718750: NDIS: event InstanceName - hexdump_ascii(len=50):
     49 6e 74 65 6c 28 52 29 20 50 52 4f 2f 57 69 72   Intel(R) PRO/Wir
     65 6c 65 73 73 20 32 32 30 30 42 47 20 4e 65 74   eless 2200BG Net
     77 6f 72 6b 20 43 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20   work Connection
     23 32                                             #2
1155137397.750000: NDIS: Media Disconnect Event
1155137397.765625: Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
1155137397.765625: Added BSSID 00:0d:97:00:48:0f into blacklist
1155137397.765625: State: COMPLETED -> DISCONNECTED
1155137397.765625: EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
1155137397.765625: EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
1155137397.765625: EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
1155137397.765625: EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
1155137397.765625: EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
1155137397.765625: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
1155137397.765625: CTRL_IFACE monitor send 127.0.0.1:4008
1155137397.765625: __func__ not defined: oid=0xd010101 len (6) failed
1155137397.765625: NDIS: Set OID 0d01011e - hexdump(len=16): [REMOVED]
1155137397.765625: NDIS: Set OID 0d010114 - hexdump(len=4): [REMOVED]
1155137397.781250: __func__ not defined: oid=0xd010101 len (6) failed
1155137397.781250: NDIS: Set OID 0d01011e - hexdump(len=16): [REMOVED]
1155137397.781250: NDIS: Set OID 0d010114 - hexdump(len=4): [REMOVED]
1155137397.781250: __func__ not defined: oid=0xd010101 len (6) failed
1155137397.781250: NDIS: Set OID 0d01011e - hexdump(len=16): [REMOVED]
1155137397.781250: NDIS: Set OID 0d010114 - hexdump(len=4): [REMOVED]
1155137397.781250: __func__ not defined: oid=0xd010101 len (6) failed
1155137397.781250: NDIS: Set OID 0d01011e - hexdump(len=16): [REMOVED]
1155137397.781250: NDIS: Set OID 0d010114 - hexdump(len=4): [REMOVED]
1155137397.781250: NDIS: Set OID 0d01011e - hexdump(len=16): [REMOVED]
1155137397.875000: State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING

reconnects much later...
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