[LEDE-DEV] wpa_supplicant _or_ netifd ?

[Reiner Karlsberg]

Re-connection of my WiFi-STA to the AP can be slow, in case of previous disconnect.
According to the logs (see below), there is an increasing delay in scheduling retries from wpa_supplicant.
Is there an option to avoid this 'progressive' retry cycle, and have a fixed one instead ?

Another suspicion, I have for this effect: Is netifd triggering the retries to re-connect,
and somehow implements the progressive delay ?

If yes, how/where to modify ?


config interface 'wup'
         option proto 'dhcp'
         option ipv6 '0'
         option defaultroute '0'
         option peerdns '0'

config wifi-device 'radio1'
         option type 'mac80211'
         option channel '11'
         option hwmode '11g'
         option path '101c0000.ehci/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0'
         option htmode 'HT20'
         option log_level '3'

config wifi-iface
         option device 'radio1'
         option mode 'sta'
         option ssid 'xxxxxxxx'
         option encryption 'psk2'
         option key 'yyyyyyyy'
         option network 'wup'


wpa_cli:
 > log_level DEBUG
OK
......
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
<3>SME: Trying to authenticate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (SSID='xxxxx' freq=2462 MHz)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="xxxxx" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
......
<3>SME: Trying to authenticate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (SSID='xxxxx' freq=2462 MHz)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="xxxxx" auth_failures=3 duration=30 reason=CONN_FAILED
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


logread:
Mon Apr 10 04:31:20 2017 kern.info kernel: [69580.050000] wlan1: authentication with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx timed out
Mon Apr 10 04:32:55 2017 kern.info kernel: [69674.650000] wlan1: authenticate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx		
Mon Apr 10 04:32:55 2017 kern.info kernel: [69674.740000] wlan1: send auth to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (try 1/3)
Mon Apr 10 04:32:55 2017 kern.info kernel: [69674.770000] wlan1: send auth to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (try 2/3)
Mon Apr 10 04:32:55 2017 kern.info kernel: [69674.800000] wlan1: send auth to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (try 3/3)
Mon Apr 10 04:32:55 2017 kern.info kernel: [69674.820000] wlan1: authentication with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx timed out
Mon Apr 10 04:34:26 2017 kern.info kernel: [69765.900000] wlan1: authenticate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx		
Mon Apr 10 04:34:26 2017 kern.info kernel: [69765.990000] wlan1: send auth to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (try 1/3)



Regards,
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Reiner Karlsberg