WPA_Supplicant not scanning the AP

[Mr. Maloomnahi]

Hi,

By performing the following I have atleast got the association done for few seconds: Below are the settings which were not done before

iwconfig ath0 frag 512 rts 40 rate 36M auto
iwpriv ath0 protmode 0  wpa 1
iwpriv ath0 keymgtalgs 2 hostroaming 1 dropunencrypted 0 authmode 6

Following is the dump after running the wpa_supplicant command. But I would like to know 2 things:
1] Can we extend the time for which it remains associated? If yes how and what is the settings that I have missed?
2] Why is the WPA still mentioning no AP found while there were 2 APs in the network already? Is there any internal timer set for scanning and association?

Please help me with the issue
---------------------------------------------------- DUMP ------------------------------------------
[root at localhost ~]# wpa_supplicant -Dmadwifi -iath0 -c /wpa_supplicant-0.5.8/wpa_supplicant.conf -ddd
Initializing interface 'ath0' conf '/home/prashant/authenticator/wpa_supplicant-0.5.8/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'madwifi' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Initializing interface (2) 'ath0'
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=20 WE(source)=13 enc_capa=0xf
  capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
Own MAC address: 00:0f:b5:83:b9:c1
wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=0
wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=1
wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=2
wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=3
wpa_driver_madwifi_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
wpa_driver_madwifi_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=1
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
Added interface ath0
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11003 ([UP][LOWER_UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Trying to get current scan results first without requesting a new scan to speed up initial association
Received 861 bytes of scan results (3 BSSes)
Scan results: 3
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec
No enabled networks - do not scan
State: SCANNING -> INACTIVE
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11003 ([UP][LOWER_UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b19 len=8
Received 861 bytes of scan results (3 BSSes)
Scan results: 3
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11003 ([UP][LOWER_UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b15 len=20
Wireless event: new AP: 00:14:78:8f:5e:49
State: INACTIVE -> ASSOCIATED
wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
Associated to a new BSS: BSSID=00:14:78:8f:5e:49
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
No network configuration found for the current AP
wpa_driver_madwifi_disassociate
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
State: ASSOCIATED -> DISCONNECTED
wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b15 len=20
Wireless event: new AP: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=0
wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=1
wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=2
wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=3
wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=0
State: DISCONNECTED -> DISCONNECTED
wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
No enabled networks - do not scan
State: DISCONNECTED -> INACTIVE
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
Ignore event for foreign ifindex 3
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1002 ()
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
l2_packet_receive - recvfrom: Network is down
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1002 ()
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
Ignore event for foreign ifindex 3
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b19 len=8
Received 626 bytes of scan results (2 BSSes)
Scan results: 2
No APs found - clear blacklist and try again
Removed BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 from blacklist (clear)
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
No enabled networks - do not scan
State: INACTIVE -> INACTIVE
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
Ignore event for foreign ifindex 3
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1002 ()
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
l2_packet_receive - recvfrom: Network is down
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1002 ()
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
Ignore event for foreign ifindex 3
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received
Removing interface ath0
State: INACTIVE -> DISCONNECTED
wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 0->0 (DORMANT)
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
wpa_driver_madwifi_set_drop_unencrypted: enabled=0
wpa_driver_madwifi_set_countermeasures: enabled=0
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
Cancelling scan request
Cancelling authentication timeout
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6

Thanks
PPN

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