Bug 192143

Summary: WPA idle timeout causes loss of connection
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Thomas M Steenholdt <tmus>
Component: NetworkManagerAssignee: Dan Williams <dcbw>
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NM log of the problem as it happens (May 17 at 00:30 connection dies, at 7:xx i reconnect manually to get it going again) none

Description Thomas M Steenholdt 2006-05-17 20:56:25 UTC 
Description of problem:
I have a Zyxel G-1000 access point, configured for WPA(2)-PSK. For this I have a
couple of timer options to set. ReAuthentication timer (set to 1800 secs) and an
Idle timeout (3600 secs).
Now - I do think Zyxel have a bug here, since connection idles out even though
i'm doing timely reauthentications (correct me if i'm wrong here) - But i still
think i see a problem with nm/wpa_supplicant (component or interop???).
Upon reaching the idle timeout, the AP essentially disconnects me. NM (or
wpa_supplicant) discovers this and reconnects. Great. But it only works a few
times, then my connection stays down until i manually select to re-connect using
the NM list.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-0.6.2-2.fc5
wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-10.fc5
driver: madwifi-ng rev 1556

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. connect to Zyxel AP configured for WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK
2. leave computer alone over night (no network activity)
3. check connection in the morning
  
Actual results:
disconnected

Expected results:
still connected


Additional info:
like i mentioned, i do believe Zyxel has a bug that really triggers the problem,
but NM/wpa_supplicant should at least be able to keep reconnecting endlessly
without problems. right?
Comment 1 Thomas M Steenholdt 2006-05-17 20:56:25 UTC 
Created attachment 129366 [details]
NM log of the problem as it happens (May 17 at 00:30 connection dies, at 7:xx i reconnect manually to get it going again)
Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2008-04-04 02:54:33 UTC 
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Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2008-05-06 15:54:50 UTC 
This bug is open for a Fedora version that is no longer maintained and
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