Macbook Pro Retina unable to connect - connection timeout

[Kalle Valo]

"Mark A. Swift" <markaswift at gmail.com> writes:

> I seem to have identified a problem. Running the latest version of
> ath10k on openwrt I’m unable to connect on my mid 2012 Macbook Pro
> Retina. The log indicates:
>
> Wed May  7 11:46:30 2014 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 20:c9:d0:43:f5:e7 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
> Wed May  7 11:46:30 2014 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 20:c9:d0:43:f5:e7 IEEE 802.11: authenticated

[...]

> Wed May  7 11:46:33 2014 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 20:c9:d0:43:f5:e7 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
> Wed May  7 11:46:38 2014 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 20:c9:d0:43:f5:e7 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
> Wed May  7 11:46:38 2014 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 20:c9:d0:43:f5:e7 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
> Wed May  7 11:46:38 2014 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 20:c9:d0:43:f5:e7 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
> Wed May  7 11:46:39 2014 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[3757]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.1.117 20:c9:d0:43:f5:e7 
> Wed May  7 11:46:40 2014 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[3757]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.1.117 20:c9:d0:43:f5:e7 Marks-MBP-2
> Wed May  7 11:51:31 2014 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 20:c9:d0:43:f5:e7 IEEE 802.11: disassociated due to inactivity
> Wed May  7 11:51:32 2014 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA 20:c9:d0:43:f5:e7 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
>
> This was caused by disconnecting from the 2.4Ghz and then trying to
> connect to the 5Ghz, I then connected back to the 2.4Ghz so that might
> also be included in the log.

Is ath10k on wlan0? What's on wlan1?

> The network is running using the 11na and VHT80 variables. All other
> devices connect without issues including, an Edimax 5ghz USB stick,
> iPad Mini Retina and 2 Samsung Galaxys.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Do you have a sniffer? Getting an airlog would help to understand the
problem more.

Also it would be good idea to try different settings to narrow down the
problem, for example without encryption, disabling 11ac and using a
different channel.

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Kalle Valo