Authentication Failure when target WiFi's signal strength is below 40% (rtw89)

Authentication Failure when target WiFi's signal strength is below 40% (rtw89)

[andy200511]

Hello, dear Realtek engineers:
I am a user of the RTL8852AE card with the rtw89 kernel driver's unofficial DKMS 
module AUR package (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtw89-dkms-git/). I 
have experienced some issue of authentication when I tried to connect to a 
5Ghz WiFi when its signal strength is below 40%. The specific problem is even 
when I give the correct password, the system keeps asking me to provide the 
password again (using KDE's NetworkManager, unsure if it is related and have 
not yet tested with other wifi managers). This issue solves when I move closer 
to my router to gain more signal strength.
Here is the output of dmesg:
http://fars.ee/00U7

RE: Authentication Failure when target WiFi's signal strength is below 40% (rtw89)

[Pkshih]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: andy200511@126.com <andy200511@126.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2021 11:48 AM
> To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Authentication Failure when target WiFi's signal strength is below
> 40% (rtw89)
> 
> Hello, dear Realtek engineers:
> I am a user of the RTL8852AE card with the rtw89 kernel driver's unofficial
> DKMS module AUR package
> (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtw89-dkms-git/). I have experienced
> some issue of authentication when I tried to connect to a 5Ghz WiFi when its
> signal strength is below 40%. The specific problem is even when I give the
> correct password, the system keeps asking me to provide the password again
> (using KDE's NetworkManager, unsure if it is related and have not yet tested
> with other wifi managers). This issue solves when I move closer to my router
> to gain more signal strength.
> Here is the output of dmesg:
> http://fars.ee/00U7
> 
> 

Hi,

We have fixed similar symptom by v6 submitted on end of August, but
the last update of DKMS module you took is 2021-07-08 06:29.
So, I suggest to try the novel version of rtw89, and use the novel
firmware as well. Please reference to [1]

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20210820043538.12424-1-pkshih@realtek.com/

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