From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PRar3-00058l-VE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:36:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2FDD8E0769; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:34:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f53.google.com (mail-yw0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2A6AE0769 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:34:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywa6 with SMTP id 6so4117902ywa.40 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:34:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0NVsfnLsdcDdOGkyflW4k8XEHokXjPWlLoLuOGGzVmw=; b=idTd4kILWwuwQS/B5xWRRIAX5zuMYwjUEl+dkbsrzPEw3/cVDETkekumvnimxbP66V rYtGS1dniPAhjXSzqOL7o4me7/+Vt3uqnT5tPIx51/bxgJSTsSikJYN46Xr8V5VRlo8z 87Kjxin7s9VuJqELf5tZz8stCCh2Cmtc6uDTw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=clHWEliE6mtH/P9ULJbzXe5w0dDC7amJVHk3bYq5GfDCxjTBvW8TSGYWOiSgpPJLkH Is6WkHbQXWRzGkQabq7itYPk9DUIED3gfA1jvTp+uOpcCLf1GNs5Lb4C+rsZ4sM6oOVx 47haZ9KPLb2nGYejo7/3EJoYKU8xk8zwr2DW0= Received: by 10.150.146.18 with SMTP id t18mr4041600ybd.19.1292117673611; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:34:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.10.4] (c-68-32-248-84.hsd1.tn.comcast.net [68.32.248.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u31sm2524175yba.9.2010.12.11.17.34.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:34:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D0426E2.3010005@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:35:30 -0500 From: Valmor de Almeida User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101128 Lightning/1.0b3pre Lanikai/3.1.6 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant connect-disconnect loop References: <4D03DE8E.3020404@gmail.com> <201012112328.43087.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201012112328.43087.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6b0145e9-2d0b-4117-b4a4-fb04e28548c0 X-Archives-Hash: a663a26e80f2c03e70b6f65ba19d66a0 On 12/11/2010 06:28 PM, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 11 December 2010 20:26:54 Valmor de Almeida wrote: >> Hello, >> [snip] >> >> There were a number of steps to get to where I am now and I would be >> glad to post additional information if required. > > You could try changing channels (if there is a clash with other local APs) but > it's most likely that the dropouts you notice are due to the wireless driver. > Waiting for developers to catch up or using later drivers/firmware usually > fixes this problem. Here is some info. -> dmesg | grep -i iwl [ 12.442620] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:d [ 12.442622] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation [ 12.442691] iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 12.442699] iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 12.442743] iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6000 Series 3x3 AGN REV=0x74 [ 12.452866] iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels [ 12.452988] iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: irq 31 for MSI/MSI-X [ 12.453271] iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode [ 12.486540] iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 9.221.4.1 [ 12.488339] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs' [ 807.914432] iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio. I could use the iwl6050 firmware. I am currently using iwl6000 (both are masked for amd64) * net-wireless/iwl6000-ucode Latest version available: 9.221.4.1 Latest version installed: 9.221.4.1 Size of files: 211 kB Homepage: http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi Description: Intel (R) Wireless WiFi Advanced N 6000 ucode License: ipw3945 * net-wireless/iwl6050-ucode [ Masked ] Latest version available: 9.201.4.1 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of files: 212 kB Homepage: http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi Description: Intel (R) Wireless WiFi Link 6250-AGN ucode License: ipw3945 I am using the 2.6.34-gentoo-r12 kernel with the iwlagn driver built with the following kernel config Intel Wireless Wifi [*] Enable full debugging output in iwlagn and iwl3945 drivers [ ] iwlwifi device access tracing Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN (iwlagn) [ ] Intel Wireless WiFi 4965AGN [*] Intel Wireless WiFi 5000AGN; Intel WiFi Link 1000, 6000, This is based on searching the web. Also in the wpa_supplicant.conf I use # Let wpa_supplicant take care of scanning and AP selection ap_scan=1 This is all new to me. Do I still need to configure the iwl6000-ucode microcode? Thanks, -- Valmor