Laptop disassociating by local choice (reason=17)

[Brent Taylor]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Brent Taylor <motobud at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Kalle,
>    I have a custom built board with an AR6003 WiFi chip running
> linux-3.10.40 and hostapd 2.2 that I'm trying to use as an access
> point.
>
> My configuration file for hostapd is:
> interface=wlan0
> driver=nl80211
> ssid=testssid
> channel=1
> own_ip_addr=**********
> auth_algs=1
> wpa=2
> wpa_passphrase=**********
> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> wpa_pairwise=TKIP
> rns_pairwise=CCMP
> ignore_broadcase_ssid=1
>
> I should mention that this configuration works with a USB WiFi stick
> with an ath9k chipset running the same linux kernel and hostapd
> binary.
>
> When using the AR6003 chipset the client Laptop (HP EliteBook 8440p
> running ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS) does not connect and prints the message:
> wlan0: disassociating from <device mac> by local choice (reason=17)
>
> Running Wireshark on the Laptop, I see "Key (msg 1/4)", "Key (msg
> 2/4)", and then "Key (msg 3/4)" before it tries to reauthenticate.
>
> On the access point device, I see the logs from WAP that message 3/4
> was sent and the next message received is NL80211_CMD_DEL_STATION.
>
> I've searched online for the reason=17 and haven't come across an
> answer yet.  The access point device is not connected to a computer
> that is connected to the internet, so while getting log files is
> possible, it 's just not the easiest thing to do.  If requested, I
> could get a log dump from hostapd and/or debug output from the ath6kl
> driver.
>
> Thanks for any help
> Brent Taylor


Does anyone know where the "reason=17" comes from?  I traced it down
in the kernel and it looks like it comes from the WIFI Chip in the
Laptop, but I can not find what it means.

Is there more information from somewhere that I provide to get some
help with this?

Thanks,
Brent