Re: Deauthentications with p54usb

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>]

Christian Lamparter wrote:
> 
> reason 7 must be:
> WLAN_REASON_CLASS3_FRAME_FROM_NONASSOC_STA
> 
> and class 3 frames are (according to 802.11-2007 11.3.c)
> 	- "normal" data frames
> 	(- some MLMEs - probably not relevant )
> 	- control frame:
> 		=> especially: Power Save Poll.
> 
> your log doesn't hold any records about a disassoc event from the AP.
> so, my first guess would be that you're hitting yet another
> power saving related issue.  And as far as I know b43 does not do that yet.
> So, can you please give the device another go without ps?
> 
> (BTW: mac80211 prints a debug text (if enabled in kconfig),
>  whenever the device goes or leaves the hibernation mode...
>  do you see any of those too?) 

Once I got that debug mode set with PS enabled, I still got the deauth
events, but no messages from mac80211. I may not have had the debug
value set correctly. Turning off CONFIG_CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS stopped
the messages, thus it certainly looks like a power saving event.

Larry