Random disconnects

[Nejc Škoberne]

Dear Jouni,

> That is a disconnection event from the driver:
>
> 1310857012.148471: Wireless event: cmd=0x8b15 len=20
> 1310857012.148635: Wireless event: new AP: 00:00:00:00:00:00
> 1310857012.148974: Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
> 1310857012.149966: Added BSSID 00:17:df:2c:c9:e2 into blacklist
> 1310857012.150280: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove
> keys
>
> wpa_supplicant does not control this behavior, so you would need to take
> a look at the driver to figure out why it is reporting the connection to
> be lost.

I posted the question to the madwifi list, and they disagree:

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My understanding is that wpa_supplicant doesn't like something about the 
AP because it adds the AP's MAC to the blacklist before the disconnect.

I think the disconnects are initiated by wpa_supplicant.  However, I 
don't see any message from wpa_supplicant explaining the reason for 
blacklisting.

I believe it would be better to ask in the hostap list 
(hostap at lists.shmoo.com)

You may want to add extra wpa_printf() calls in the code calling 
wpa_blacklist_add() and maybe see the backtrace in gdb so that you see 
what is going on.  Perhaps wpa_supplicant could provide better information.

I don't think the driver plays any significant role here.
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What do you think?

Thanks,
Nejc