Saw this and also noticed that I had another file (same name, but with .bin.bak extension) that matched the md5sum @Larry posted, so I swapped them around and ran
$ sudo rmmod rtl8192ce
$ sudo modprobe rtl8192ce
No noticeable difference, however. Here's the output from syslog, filtered on the Reason 6 deassociations:
Nov 20 09:49:35 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:49:45 <redacted> kernel: [ 1072.963826] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:49:45 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:49:54 <redacted> kernel: [ 1081.877888] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:49:54 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:50:17 <redacted> kernel: [ 1105.164543] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:50:17 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:50:26 <redacted> kernel: [ 1114.050513] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:50:26 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:50:35 <redacted> kernel: [ 1122.749766] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:50:35 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:50:53 <redacted> kernel: [ 1140.669823] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:50:53 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:51:12 <redacted> kernel: [ 1159.897681] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:51:12 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:52:12 <redacted> kernel: [ 1219.900061] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:52:12 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:52:46 <redacted> kernel: [ 1254.185542] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:52:46 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:53:24 <redacted> kernel: [ 1292.437548] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:53:24 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:53:41 <redacted> kernel: [ 1309.370754] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:53:41 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:53:48 <redacted> kernel: [ 1316.014818] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:53:48 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:53:53 <redacted> kernel: [ 1320.938189] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:53:53 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:54:00 <redacted> kernel: [ 1328.013358] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:54:00 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:54:07 <redacted> kernel: [ 1335.240238] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:54:07 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:54:13 <redacted> kernel: [ 1341.306472] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:54:13 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:54:27 <redacted> kernel: [ 1354.853285] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:54:27 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:54:45 <redacted> kernel: [ 1373.149678] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:54:45 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:55:25 <redacted> kernel: [ 1413.420701] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:55:25 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:55:34 <redacted> kernel: [ 1422.217230] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:55:34 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:55:43 <redacted> kernel: [ 1430.594009] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:55:43 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:46:9a:02:17:01 reason=6
As you can see, the deauthentication still happens on a very regular basis. The wireless connection is usable, but because of the packet loss that results from the continual disconnects, it's incredibly slow. I'm sitting here right next to the router and showing full signal strength.
Here's iwconfig:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"<redacted>" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: 00:46:9A:02:17:01
Bit Rate=18 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-39 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:87 Missed beacon:0
Here's cat /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8192ce.conf:
options rtl8192ce ips=0 fwlps=0
Here's the full md5sum list from the rtlwifi firmware:
$ md5sum /lib/firmware/ rtlwifi/ rtl8192cfw. bin 060a6e575b47228 0e /lib/firmware/ rtlwifi/ rtl8192cfw. bin
fd118c183ad9e11
Saw this and also noticed that I had another file (same name, but with .bin.bak extension) that matched the md5sum @Larry posted, so I swapped them around and ran
$ sudo rmmod rtl8192ce
$ sudo modprobe rtl8192ce
No noticeable difference, however. Here's the output from syslog, filtered on the Reason 6 deassociations:
Nov 20 09:49:35 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[ 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6 1165]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT- DISCONNECTED bssid=00: 46:9a:02: 17:01 reason=6
Nov 20 09:49:45 <redacted> kernel: [ 1072.963826] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:49:45 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:49:54 <redacted> kernel: [ 1081.877888] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:49:54 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:50:17 <redacted> kernel: [ 1105.164543] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:50:17 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:50:26 <redacted> kernel: [ 1114.050513] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:50:26 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:50:35 <redacted> kernel: [ 1122.749766] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:50:35 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:50:53 <redacted> kernel: [ 1140.669823] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:50:53 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:51:12 <redacted> kernel: [ 1159.897681] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:51:12 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:52:12 <redacted> kernel: [ 1219.900061] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:52:12 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:52:46 <redacted> kernel: [ 1254.185542] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:52:46 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:53:24 <redacted> kernel: [ 1292.437548] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:53:24 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:53:41 <redacted> kernel: [ 1309.370754] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:53:41 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:53:48 <redacted> kernel: [ 1316.014818] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:53:48 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:53:53 <redacted> kernel: [ 1320.938189] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:53:53 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:54:00 <redacted> kernel: [ 1328.013358] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:54:00 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:54:07 <redacted> kernel: [ 1335.240238] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:54:07 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:54:13 <redacted> kernel: [ 1341.306472] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:54:13 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:54:27 <redacted> kernel: [ 1354.853285] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:54:27 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:54:45 <redacted> kernel: [ 1373.149678] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:54:45 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:55:25 <redacted> kernel: [ 1413.420701] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:55:25 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:55:34 <redacted> kernel: [ 1422.217230] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:55:34 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
Nov 20 09:55:43 <redacted> kernel: [ 1430.594009] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:46:9a:02:17:01 (Reason: 6)
Nov 20 09:55:43 <redacted> wpa_supplicant[
As you can see, the deauthentication still happens on a very regular basis. The wireless connection is usable, but because of the packet loss that results from the continual disconnects, it's incredibly slow. I'm sitting here right next to the router and showing full signal strength.
Here's iwconfig:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"<redacted>"
Mode: Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: 00:46:9A:02:17:01
Bit Rate=18 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-39 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:87 Missed beacon:0
Here's cat /etc/modprobe. d/rtl8192ce. conf:
options rtl8192ce ips=0 fwlps=0
Here's the full md5sum list from the rtlwifi firmware:
3aed09e6385aff0 f3809a3949f6c3b 64 ./rtl8188efw.bin b5b1929bb6c7fc5 37 ./rtl8192cfw.bin 060a6e575b47228 0e ./rtl8192cfw.fd11 1d615436b24598b c4 ./rtl8192cfwU_B.b 5261fb20b2ac283 f6 ./rtl8192cfwU.bin 30b8152d7aad91d 2e ./rtl8192cufw.bin b22f892ece80209 94 ./rtl8192defw_12. d78a9edefcd802d 9b ./rtl8192defw.bin 15d3bd43618f534 7c ./rtl8192sefw.bin 70f101a60736b40 04 ./rtl8192sefw.old 59b1fd05e3e5196 6f ./rtl8712u.bin e9e14bdb315a4b2 8a ./rtl8723fw_B.bin f1b89c25290e19b 2e ./rtl8723fw.bin
748944fbffd3b08
fd118c183ad9e11
dd371739aa401ea
660d5d7e1e1fd98
943e9b714a926e6
7a3b61dbd72e0ef
01c66e417fc8dbe
2faf6915a0bbb5d
bccf9bf22766217
200fd952db3cc92
ce50dfe07dbb1bf
69ccaffbe94cc0e
Is there anything else I can provide?