I've seen similar bugs in redhat bugzilla and other places. But what is very special here is that according to the DHCP log, both connected clients are reconnecting almost exactly every 10 minutes. The most cited reason in similar bugs is problems with scanning while connected. An almost precise interval suggests a problem like this. I'm trying with an updated Fedora 15. The same proble applied to the recent Fedora kernels but I really think I was using wireless without this problem some time ago. Package versions: kernel-2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64 NetworkManager-0.8.9997-6.git20110721.fc15.x86_64 iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-5.fc15.noarch Network adapter: 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02) Other tested adapters: 06:05.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
Created attachment 530509 [details] dmesg output just after disconnect
It's no longer exactly 10 minutes but rather random
There are driver/firmware errors: ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting. Some posts suggests removing/reinserting driver helps. Try getting driver debug output and/or bisect the problem as described in the following links. See also: http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=800 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717186
I tried at least on older kernels (down to kernel-2.6.38.8-35.fc15.i686) and older firmwares (down to ipw2200-firmware-3.0-11.noarch.rpm) with no success. I cannot find a single kernel and/or firmware available as rpm for Fedora that works. There's no point in compiling kernels if I don't have at least one functional from a package to start with.
Does the removing and reinserting the module helps? You could try to get debugging logs via # modprobe ipw2200 debug=0x3fff or # modprobe ipw2200 debug=0x8003fff and attach them to the bug 717186. (Making this duplicate of bug 717186.) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 717186 ***
“Does the removing and reinserting the module helps?” Not at all, the same for rebooting. “and attach them to the bug 717186.” Thanks.