Comment 10 for bug 361461

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Bob Wanamaker (rlw-nycap) wrote :

I see this using the b43 module, an IBM NetVista PC, Linksys WMP54GS, Jaunty, with WPA

dpkg -l network-manager*
ii network-manager 0.7.1.git.5.272c6a626-0ubuntu1~nm1~jaunty
ii network-manager-gnome 0.7.1.git.5.272c6a626-0ubuntu1~nm1~jaunty

lspci | grep 4318
02:0c.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

dmesg
[397797.951896] wlan0: deauthenticated (Reason: 2)
[397798.948034] wlan0: direct probe to AP dfafa6b8 try 1
[397798.950080] wlan0 direct probe responded
[397798.950086] wlan0: authenticate with AP dfafa6b8
[397798.951687] wlan0: authenticated
[397798.951690] wlan0: associate with AP dfafa6b8
[397798.954403] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from d26b303e (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[397798.954407] wlan0: associated
[397806.193073] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3) # At this point I close the browser (firefox) and in NetworkManager choose wlan0 again - it quickly re-associates.
[397810.692468] wlan0: authenticate with AP dfafa6b8
[397810.694760] wlan0: authenticated
[397810.694766] wlan0: associate with AP dfafa6b8
[397810.696999] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from de0e803e (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[397810.697004] wlan0: associated

It will stay connected for a while - b43 is much better than ndiswrapper with a windoze driver.