Re: timeout problems with certain APs and b43

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Friday, 23 of November 2007, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
> > > > on certain APs, the internet works for a long time then stops, and I
> > > > get authentication time outs, why?  It usually works again if I reset
> > > > the AP itself, which i should not have to do and don't have to if in
> > > > XP....
> > > 
> > > > wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
> > > > wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0f:66:53:3e:24
> > > > wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0f:66:53:3e:24
> > > > wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0f:66:53:3e:24
> > > > wlan0: authentication with AP 00:0f:66:53:3e:24 timed out
> > > 
> > > Does it help to reload the b43 module? I think I have seen this problem
> > > before but always associated it with suspend/resume rather than a long
> > > time elapsing, I also thought it was due to bad power recalibration.
> > 
> > It seems that I can reproduce something similar on demand with an SMC wireless
> > router by moving my box sufficiently far away from it. :-)
> 
> Well, yeah, that's expected though, you lose signal at some point. Not
> expected is that it happens without moving anything. Unless the
> calibration code is wrong which wouldn't really surprise me either.

In my case, everything works just fine when the box is 6 meters away from the
AP (including a thick wall in between), but when I move it another 5-6 meters
away from the AP, things break down ...

I'd expect it to work at longer distances, but well. :-)

Greetings,
Rafael