I am not sure I can explain this: I can connect to an AP (using WEP), but only after I run
# iwconfig wlan0 ap auto Within the next few seconds I get an IP via dhcpcd and I can immediately connect to the Internet, but very unreliably. Within a few seconds it seems that the link goes down, i.e. I can no longer ping Internet addresses, or the AP, despite iwconfig showing that all is fine connection wise: # iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"daddy" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: 00:18:4D:AE:55:2C Bit Rate=12 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B Encryption key:8B7B-9671-89 Link Quality=31/100 Signal level=-56 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 wpa_cli also shows that the connection is OK: > status bssid=00:18:4d:ae:55:2c ssid=daddy id=2 pairwise_cipher=WEP-40 group_cipher=WEP-40 key_mgmt=NONE wpa_state=COMPLETED ip_address=192.168.0.9 Ping-ing the AP has some ridiculous latency, or it fails completely: $ ping -c 3 192.168.0.1 PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=6737 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=6725 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=7736 ms --- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2009ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6725.875/7066.811/7736.602/473.648 ms, pipe 3 This is what's in the wpa_supplicant conf: network={ ssid="daddy" bssid=00:18:4D:AE:55:2C key_mgmt=NONE # mode="managed" wep_key0=8B7B967189 # wep_key1="BA6889DB39" # wep_key2="D3D68AA753" # wep_key3="35116656AB" wep_tx_keyidx=0 group=WEP40 priority=4 } Any idea? -- Regards, Mick
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