WPA Supplicant causes timeouts

[Nickolai Dobrynin]

Jouni,

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 09:54:42PM +0100, Nickolai Dobrynin wrote:
>> Which version will have this patch?
>
> It is now in the master branch so assuming no issues show up, it should
> be included in the next release (v2.7).
>
>> Also, regarding the original problem, I thought I would
>> add a few more details.  With the 5500MHz frequency
>> turned off, timeouts are nearly gone.  I *am* still seeing
>> occasional ones: 1 timeout every 5-6-7 days.
>
> Could you please provide some more detail on what extra you mean with
> "timeouts"? I tried to interpret the earlier description on this, but
> I'm not sure I understood it correctly. Is this referring to some upper
> layer protocol timing out due to a short disconnection at link layer or
> is the full WLAN connection down for a longer time?

My web browsers were timing out badly.  In some cases, the browser
would explicitly say "Connection timed out". But most of the time, the
browser tab would show that spinny thing as if the page was loading.
The spinny thing would be around for a long time (30 seconds, or so),
then would disappear, and the page would not be loaded.  I've had GMail
refuse to send my messages, complaining about connectivity problems.
And many other symptoms.

The reason I asked the version question was because I wanted to know
when to re-enable the 5500MHz frequency on my router (see previous
messages). Sounds like I'll have to wait until 2.7 is out.

Many thanks,
Nickolai Dobrynin