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justinvh

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Registered: 2011-04-26

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Issue with ipw2200 and local deauthentication in a network of many ap

Hey all,

I am interested if anyone has had a similar issue and, if so, I just wanted to report a solution that is currently working for me. I am currently using a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 0578.

This is a wireless issue that still exists as of 2.6.33 with the ipw2200 module (Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq)

    $ uname -a
    Linux gart 2.6.38-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 30 08:47:36 CEST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Basically, if you try to connect to a network with a heavy amount of AP (10-15 ap, often found at a university) it becomes impossible to connect and results a local disconnect and you usually will end up with message in dmesg like:
   
    wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:17:df:2e:6f:b0 by local choice (reason=3)

This typically happens after coming out a sleep state. My solution is to reset the interface to use any ap. So, something like:

    $ iwconfig wlan0 ap any

It hasn't always been this way. I can't recall when it did start happening though. Sorry

Hopefully someone finds this useful! I believe there is a realtek aur package, but this is just an out-of-the-box fix that I just appended to acpi when I come out of sleep or boot.

-- Justin

Last edited by justinvh (2011-04-26 22:19:09)