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starfry

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From: Surrey, UK

Registered: 2010-08-18

Posts: 230

[SOLVED] Wifi authenticates OK fails to Associate to one AP

I am working remotely with colleagues in a colocation facility. Everyone but me can connect to the supplied Wifi. I am the only one using Arch.

I can see that the conenction authenticates but fails to associate.

[ 1913.907089] wlp112s0: authenticate with b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1
[ 1913.907122] wlp112s0: bad VHT capabilities, disabling VHT
[ 1913.907126] wlp112s0: Invalid HE elem, Disable HE
[ 1913.907128] wlp112s0: 80 MHz not supported, disabling VHT
[ 1913.916797] wlp112s0: send auth to b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1 (try 1/3)
[ 1913.970599] wlp112s0: authenticated
[ 1913.970896] wlp112s0: associating with AP with corrupt beacon and probe response
[ 1913.972708] wlp112s0: associate with b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1 (try 1/3)
[ 1914.079278] wlp112s0: associate with b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1 (try 2/3)
[ 1914.186095] wlp112s0: associate with b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1 (try 3/3)
[ 1914.289152] wlp112s0: association with b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1 timed out
[ 1916.246942] wlp112s0: authenticate with b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1
[ 1916.246975] wlp112s0: bad VHT capabilities, disabling VHT
[ 1916.246979] wlp112s0: Invalid HE elem, Disable HE
[ 1916.246981] wlp112s0: 80 MHz not supported, disabling VHT
[ 1916.254328] wlp112s0: send auth to b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1 (try 1/3)
[ 1916.389171] wlp112s0: send auth to b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1 (try 2/3)
[ 1916.392582] wlp112s0: authenticated
[ 1916.392903] wlp112s0: associating with AP with corrupt beacon and probe response
[ 1916.395850] wlp112s0: associate with b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1 (try 1/3)
[ 1916.499610] wlp112s0: associate with b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1 (try 2/3)
[ 1916.609132] wlp112s0: associate with b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1 (try 3/3)
[ 1916.713034] wlp112s0: association with b0:4e:26:fa:51:c1 timed out

This is the only time I have had this problem. Right now I am connected to another wifi (tether to my phone) and it works fine. Here's my current connection

[ 3161.317727] wlp112s0: authenticate with 6a:e3:da:5d:e6:b7
[ 3161.317759] wlp112s0: Invalid HE elem, Disable HE
[ 3161.317762] wlp112s0: 80 MHz not supported, disabling VHT
[ 3161.328568] wlp112s0: send auth to 6a:e3:da:5d:e6:b7 (try 1/3)
[ 3161.377560] wlp112s0: authenticated
[ 3161.378922] wlp112s0: associate with 6a:e3:da:5d:e6:b7 (try 1/3)
[ 3161.387863] wlp112s0: RX AssocResp from 6a:e3:da:5d:e6:b7 (capab=0x1431 status=0 aid=1)
[ 3161.406338] wlp112s0: associated

HP Zbook G6 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)

I am at a loss. Every wifi I have used, @home, offices, coffee shops have worked fine. I am in a room with several people and I am the only one with a problem.

Is there anything else that I can try or provide more info?

Last edited by starfry (2023-08-23 15:01:02)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,808

Re: [SOLVED] Wifi authenticates OK fails to Associate to one AP

associating with AP with corrupt beacon and probe response

Are you using NM + wpa_supplicant?
Stop / disable NM and try to connect w/ wifi-menu from netctl (or wpa_supplicant directly, but wifi-menu is still pretty convenient and avoids NMs scanning and MAC randomization habits)
You can also just try to disable https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … domization
If that also doesn't work, try iwd.

If nothing of this works, post a complete system journal segment showing all userspace and kernel for (at least) the relevant time (better the entire boot in case things fell apart earlier)

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starfry

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From: Surrey, UK

Registered: 2010-08-18

Posts: 230

Re: [SOLVED] Wifi authenticates OK fails to Associate to one AP

I am using netctl + wpa_supplicant I don't use network manager (NM). I used wifi_menu to generate netctl config when my manual creation didn't work, but the generated config was the same. Not sure what iwd is, will try that and report back.

Well I tried iwd and it worked pretty much first time, so thanks for that suggestion. I'll have to wire that properly into my system.

Last edited by starfry (2023-08-23 15:00:27)