hostapd + 802.1X + ath9k - random disconnects

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Mon Sep 12 14:53:23 EDT 2011


On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 09:35:03AM +0200, Stefan Bauer wrote:
> we're using openwrt Backfire (kernel 2.6.32.27) 10.03.1-RC5, r27608 on
> atheros hardware with ath9k and discovering random wireless disconnects in
> our 802.1x (win server 2008 - NDS/Radius) environment.
> Please see the log attached - client (00:21:6a:78:d5:9e) just lost
> wireless connectivity.
> 
> http://www.cubewerk.de/dl/hostapd.conf
> http://www.cubewerk.de/dl/wlan.txt
> 
> Client is Windows 7  -64bit - Intel 5300 AGN hardware.

For hostapd, everything looks fine.. The station completes
authentication (on each attempt) and just decides to re-connect for some
reason. You would need to debug the station to figure out why it decides
to reauthenticate..

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