[gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant (WPA-PSK + TKIP) + Intel 2200bg (ipw2200)

[gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant (WPA-PSK + TKIP) + Intel 2200bg (ipw2200)

[Greg Armer]

Hi List,

I am having a few issues with the below setup, the wireless lan
connection intermittently drops and reconnects every couple seconds.
This only happens while using wireless, and only with the setup below.

I am running the latest wpa_supplicant drivers and the latest ipw2200
driver.

My Setup is as follows, Fujitsu - Siemens Amilo 7400 Laptop, Intel
2200BG wireless network card running the ipw2200 driver installed from
portage, wpa_supplicant driver running WPA-PSK TKIP. There is nothing
else out of the ordinary.

Also every so often while copying 50Meg + files over an NFS link the
entire system freezes, no mouse, no keyboard, nothing works except a
full hard power cycle.

Please let me know if i can provide any config / log or debug files.

Thanks for the assistance.

Greg

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Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant (WPA-PSK + TKIP) + Intel 2200bg (ipw2200)

[Nagatoro]

Greg Armer wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I am having a few issues with the below setup, the wireless lan
> connection intermittently drops and reconnects every couple seconds.
> This only happens while using wireless, and only with the setup below.

Not sure if it's the same problem but I had the same symptoms and I 
fixed it by changing the channel in the router (to #11) and of course 
on the laptop.
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Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant (WPA-PSK + TKIP) + Intel 2200bg (ipw2200)

[Greg Armer]

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On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 13:52 +0200, Nagatoro wrote:
> Greg Armer wrote:
> > Hi List,
> > 
> > I am having a few issues with the below setup, the wireless lan
> > connection intermittently drops and reconnects every couple seconds.
> > This only happens while using wireless, and only with the setup below.
> 
> Not sure if it's the same problem but I had the same symptoms and I 
> fixed it by changing the channel in the router (to #11) and of course 
> on the laptop.
> -- 
> Naga

Thank for the help Naga, it has unfortunately not helped my situation.

I have attached a console log of the iwconfig command along with the
date to show how far apart I ran the command. This will hopefully help
to show what is going on.

I also forgot to mention that I am running a fresh install of Gentoo
2005.0, installed on saturday this weekend.

Thanks for any responses.

Greg

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fyre ~ # date; iwconfig eth1
Mon Aug 29 15:56:47 SAST 2005
eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"propdata-ap"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:0F:EA:F5:4E:A7
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:3E6D-78EE-7D84-E005-690C-8286-A07E-EA74-1EE3-84B6-3E54-526C-5E30-4D78-D8D7-3176   Security mode:open
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=85/100  Signal level=-44 dBm  Noise level=-86 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:2527  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:3

fyre ~ # date; iwconfig eth1
Mon Aug 29 15:56:49 SAST 2005
eth1      unassociated  ESSID:"propdata-ap"
          Mode:Managed  Channel=0  Access Point: 00:0F:EA:F5:4E:A7
          Bit Rate=0 kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:2527  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

fyre ~ # date; iwconfig eth1
Mon Aug 29 15:56:50 SAST 2005
eth1      unassociated  ESSID:"propdata-ap"
          Mode:Managed  Channel=0  Access Point: 00:0F:EA:F5:4E:A7
          Bit Rate=0 kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:3E6D-78EE-7D84-E005-690C-8286-A07E-EA74-1EE3-84B6-3E54-526C-5E30-4D78-D8D7-3176   Security mode:open
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:2527  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

fyre ~ # date; iwconfig eth1
Mon Aug 29 15:56:52 SAST 2005
eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"propdata-ap"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:0F:EA:F5:4E:A7
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:8C00-4D82-FAD6-1628-5E7B-C87C-F4F7-3185-24D5-3DF7-7C34-1579-3C16-F918-6039-4B42   Security mode:open
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=98/100  Signal level=-44 dBm  Noise level=-86 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:2529  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0