From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754269AbZA0HhQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:37:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751750AbZA0HhE (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:37:04 -0500 Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.224]:46120 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751625AbZA0HhC (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:37:02 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=lYj6KKXrrW7r1WVx7ok0Q5vhcMo6O0tAwcVwFW4j9PTL39MpUAVbsQKwMLkMa/66KG 4nED3KlawztMhO6IFK6/bxm0WB5e/bGKsFceMVAGSRl2U72UMf+dFw21BocHNnGtjmV1 dcqPDvO8hHzbsOkcn92gAJ2MOOQkVN0qeVAOU= Message-ID: <497EB99B.5030002@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:36:59 -0800 From: "Justin P. Mattock" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: ath9k authenticate log message Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org When using ath9k with my home wireless network I normally would see this message: [ 31.376074] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 [ 31.390489] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 31.395339] wlan0: authenticated [ 31.395343] wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 31.397740] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb (capab=0x1 status=0 aid=10) [ 31.397744] wlan0: associated once for the whole session. Now running ath9k in a hotel room (or public location); I see this message numerous amounts of time (taken from dmesg); [ 44.372207] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 44.379689] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 44.381961] wlan0: authenticated [ 44.381967] wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 44.386192] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb (capab=0x1 status=0 aid=10) [ 44.386198] wlan0: associated [ 84.376070] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 84.390277] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 [ 84.397780] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 [ 84.404905] wlan0: authenticated [ 84.404908] wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 [ 84.408576] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 (capab=0x1 status=0 aid=13) [ 84.408579] wlan0: associated [ 144.393190] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 try 1 [ 144.400566] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 try 1 [ 144.405215] wlan0 direct probe responded [ 144.405221] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 [ 144.414515] wlan0: authenticated [ 144.414521] wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 [ 144.417903] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 (capab=0x1 status=0 aid=13) [ 144.417910] wlan0: associated [ 224.386575] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 224.389481] wlan0: authenticated [ 224.389488] wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 224.393146] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb (capab=0x1 status=0 aid=10) [ 224.393152] wlan0: associated [ 804.406071] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 804.420377] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 [ 804.425810] wlan0: authenticated [ 804.425817] wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 [ 804.429649] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 (capab=0x1 status=0 aid=13) [ 804.429655] wlan0: associated [ 924.416909] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 924.419635] wlan0: authenticated [ 924.419640] wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 924.423096] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb (capab=0x1 status=0 aid=10) [ 924.423102] wlan0: associated [ 2484.466823] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 2484.481143] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 [ 2484.483545] wlan0: authenticated [ 2484.483551] wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 [ 2484.680115] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:80:c6:e8:a6:a1 (capab=0x1 status=0 aid=13) [ 2484.680122] wlan0: associated [ 2604.486887] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 2604.491285] wlan0: authenticated [ 2604.491291] wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb [ 2604.690069] wlan0: associate with AP 00:80:c6:e8:a5:cb As for any connection issues(after adjusting sysctl.conf) and adding: options wlan0 disable_hw_scan=1 to /etc/modprobe.d/options. haven't experienced any issues(so far at least); In any case; is this normal for public wifi (since there is no key), or is this something easily fixed by adjusting my .config? regards; Justin P. Mattock