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

[Pkshih <pkshih@realtek.com>]

> -----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/

--
Ping-Ke