wpa_supplicant 0.7.3 slow to associate, 0.6.10 is ok

[Hien Ha]

We are using wpa_supplicant 0.6.9 and are experiencing latency when
associating with Wi-Fi Access points with Atheros chip set inside.
Our device has an Atheros chip set inside.
We did port 2 fixes from 0.6.10 but are still experiencing latency.
What Wi-Fi chip set are you using in your device?
F.Y.I. We are not experiencing latency when associating with Wi-Fi Access
points with Broadcom chip set inside.
We appreciate any information you can share to help us troubleshoot this
problem.
Thanks
Hien Ha



On 8/10/12 9:57 PM, "Koen Beel" <koen.beel.barco at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>In a product we are building, we are using wpa_supplicant to connect
>to a WPA2-PSK secured AP and are experiencing pretty low association
>times when using wpa_supplicant 0.7.3.
>After a very large number of test cylces (many 100's), we see that the
>association time is somewhere between 8 and 10 seconds.
>
>We have also done some test using the 0.6.10 version and here we see
>that the association time is only between 1 and 2 seconds.
>
>This connection time is very important to us. We cannot just switch
>0.6.10 because we are relying on the wpa_cli interaction for setting
>up other parts of the system and this wpa_cli interaction seems to
>behave differently on 0.6.10 (at least here; it breaks our system).
>
>We are using WEXT driver, and using the config file in attachment.
>
>Has any one an idea what could be the cause of this issue we are seeing?
>Could this be a configuration issue? Or more likely something related
>to the wpa_supplicant itself
>
>Thanks,
>Koen