Latest kernels are loosing connection via my RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI card. The connection is established and my client is associated with AP but after a random time, the connection is down even iwconfig still reports that wlan0 interface is still autenthicated. Latest working kernel is kernel-2.6.23.1-42.fc8. Current kernel is 85, but does not work and 63 and 49 does not work too. The kernel output: wlan0: No ProbeResp from current AP 00:0b:6b:56:11:96 - assume out of range wlan0: No STA entry for own AP 00:0b:6b:56:11:96 wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:0b:6b:56:11:96 (reason=2) wlan0: deauthenticated wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0b:6b:56:11:96 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0b:6b:56:11:96 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0b:6b:56:11:96 wlan0: authentication with AP 00:0b:6b:56:11:96 timed out wlan0: authentication frame received from 00:0b:6b:56:11:96, but not in authenticate state - ignored wlan0: authentication frame received from 00:0b:6b:56:11:96, but not in authenticate state - ignored wlan0: authentication frame received from 00:0b:6b:56:11:96, but not in authenticate state - ignored ...and the connection is not working anymore. When network is restarted, the connection works again until the same problem repeates.
Kernel kernel-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 looses connection too. I would like to try older kernels but I don't know where to grab them :-(
Looks like bug 419871 ... Does the driver use new mac80211 stack?
Please try the kernels here: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=31896 Can you recreate the problem using these kernels?
I have no problem so far since 2.6.23.12-99.fc8. I'll try to use kernel-2.6.23.14-111.fc8 (or later) and report back if the problem reoccur.
To be more precise - with 99 kernel, the connection probably has been lost and the driver reconnect silently because my SSH connections freezes sometimes, but there were no messages from the kernel (dmesg). Now I have 111 kernel and will try to test & report.
There is (probably) another bug - iwconfig reports 1Mbps link even actual transfer rate is around 3 Mbps on wlan0 interface (as reported by iptraf). Should I report this issue separately or this is a side effect of transition to the new stack?
kernel -115 is being sent to the updates-testing repo. Please test that one.
I have 115 kernel since Jan 23 and I did not experienced any problem mentioned above. This is at home so the testing is not whole-day but evenings only.
Milan, Will close as such but please re-open if it re-occurs. Cheers Chris