On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 09:00 -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> I have new a Thinkpad T60p with an Atheros card running
Ubuntu Feisty
> and wpa_supplicant 0.5.7-0ubuntu2.
>
> A number of people have be posting on the
NetworkManager list about
> frequent disconnects (and reconnects). We don't
believe it's a real
> signal drop out (I'm only a few feet from my AP and
Linux (Sarge)
> running two different wireless cards) and an iBook have
no trouble.
>
> So, it was suggested on the NetworkManager list that we
get some
> wpa_supplicant debugging logs to see exactly what the
connection is
> being dropped.
No, not wpa_supplicant logs, but _driver_ logs. From the
madwifi kernel
modules. That's what's sending the disconnect events, and
knowing why
it's sending the disconnects is what we need to debug this
further...
Dan
> Wireless on my Debian Sarge laptop has, well, just
worked. Plus, that
> was not using wpa_supplicant. So, I'm a bit ignorant
in how to debug
> past simple use of iwconfig/iwlist.
>
> Could someone provide suggestions how to get the driver
to generate
> useful debugging information?
>
> Any other suggestions how to debug?
>
> I thought about disabling NetworkManager and use a
manual
> configuration, but I'm not sure how to know if/when the
connection
> drops. NetworkManager has the nm-applet that makes it
very obvious
> when the connection drops and reconnects.
>
>
>
> Cell 01 - Address: 00:09:5B:B3:C7:18
> ESSID:"hanklan"
> Mode:Master
> Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
> Quality=36/70 Signal level=-59 dBm
Noise level=-95 dBm
> Encryption key:on
> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s;
11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
> 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s;
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
> 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
> Extra:bcn_int=100
> IE: WPA Version 1
> Group Cipher : TKIP
> Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
> Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
>
>
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications,
Inc. Unknown device 0024 (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Atheros Communications, Inc. Unknown
device 0033
> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle-
MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
> Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr-
DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR-
<PERR-
> Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22
> Region 0: Memory at edf00000 (64-bit,
non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
> Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
> Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2-
AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
> Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled
Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
> Address: 00000000 Data: 0000
> Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ
0
> Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128
bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
> Device: Latency L0s <512ns, L1
<64us
> Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd-
> Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal-
Fatal- Unsupported-
> Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc-
AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
> Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes,
MaxReadReq 512 bytes
> Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width
x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 0
> Link: Latency L0s <512ns, L1
<64us
> Link: ASPM L0s L1 Enabled RCB 128 bytes
CommClk+ ExtSynch-
> Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
> Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Mask-
TabSize=1
> Vector table: BAR=0 offset=00000000
> PBA: BAR=0 offset=00000000
>
>
>
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