[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #9694: Wifi flakey, wpa_supplicant sometimes crashing

From: "Pete" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:17:38 -0000
#9694: Wifi flakey, wpa_supplicant sometimes crashing
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   Reporter:  humdinger                    |      Owner:  mmlr
       Type:  bug                          |     Status:  assigned
   Priority:  normal                       |  Milestone:  R1
  Component:  Network & Internet/Wireless  |    Version:  R1/Development
 Resolution:                               |   Keywords:
 Blocked By:                               |   Blocking:
Has a Patch:  0                            |   Platform:  All
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Comment (by Pete):

 Having now been using WiFi for a couple of weeks, I thought I'd add my
 experiences.

 I have an iprowifi4965, and initially had no luck connecting to my N-mode
 150Mb/s router (ticket #9935), though Linux on the same laptop had no
 trouble.  This was eventually solved by limiting the router to 65Mb/s
 (though again Linux has no difficulty with 150Mb).  However, I'm still
 having much the same problems as described above. I do not have keystore
 enabled. (Not sure even how to do that -- it's present in my latest build,
 but it's never run.)  I see much the same problems both on the new build
 (45851) and my older work system (44674).

 The first thing I did to improve things was to discard using the
 NetworkStatus applet at all and remove it from the Deskbar.  Trying to
 connect via that seemed to work sometimes but usually not.  And when
 things went wrong (often!) it would lock up the Deskbar.  ifconfig from
 the Terminal would sometimes lock up so hard ctrl-C wouldn't kill it and
 neither would ProcessMonitor 'Threads and Usage'.  I now have a short
 xicon script that connects me reliably.

 As others note, this only works the first time after boot.  Attempts to
 disconnect and reconnect fail without exception.  Sometimes it looks as if
 ifconfig is reporting a good link (" MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast
 link auto-configured"), but there seems to be no actual connection to the
 network (e.g. ping fails).  Other times I just see "configuring" for ever.

 It also looks as if the initial configure at boot takes a strangely long
 time.  In Linux, I see the "Connection Established" as soon as boot is
 finished, but in Haiku I have to wait for a few minutes of "configuring"
 before I can try to connect. [Of course Linux takes way longer to boot, so
 I suppose that might be related!]

 I can only reliably connect to my own router if I am nearby.  If I take my
 laptop into the garden, Linux still has no trouble automatically
 connecting, but -- even if I use the script, which tries to 'join' my net
 -- I end up being connected to "Thunderpussy" (:-)), which happens to be
 an open net (but with an entry password) at about the same strength as
 mine.  Attempts to disconnect from that and join my own fail as above, of
 course. (If I connect indoors, and then take the running laptop into to
 the yard, the connection remains perfect.)

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