On 30 Jul 2013, at 05:43, Jean-Sébastien Pédron <jean-sebastien.ped...@dumbbell.fr> wrote:
> On 29.07.2013 21:56, Rui Paulo wrote: >> Disable all the configuration settings and run wpa_supplicant -ddd >> <all your other options...> > > I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "disable all the > configuration settings" but I did some more tests by running > wpa_supplicant manually (ie. not using netif script) with the same options. > > I found that when the interface (here, bge0) is already UP before > running wpa_supplicant, the authentication process is fast. However, > when the interface is DOWN, wpa_supplicant "associates" quickly but the > authentication process starts between 5 and 20 seconds after. > > Here's a log with both run (with interface UP then DOWN): > http://pastebin.com/f5ydiBpV > > This delay is new with the recent 10-CURRENT. > > A comment about the behavior I would expect (but keep in mind I'm a dumb > user here, not a network expert at all). I see in the logs that when > issueing "service netif restart bge0": > 1. the interface is put DOWN, which terminates a previous dhclient > 2. wpa_supplicant is stopped > 3. wpa_supplicant is started again > 4. wpa_supplicant associates with a remote peer, which puts the > interface UP and triggers dhclient > > I guess that this works for a Wifi network because the association is > only valid after the authentication finishes successfully. However, with > 802.1X not involving Wifi (only wired), the association is made right at > the beginning (see the logs I pasted), putting the interface UP (and > triggering dhclient) before the authentication starts. Could you please change the initialisation script rc.d/wpa_supplicant to make it run with the extra options "-dd" ? The messages you sent are not enough to diagnose the problem. -- Rui Paulo _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
