On Fri, Jan 04, 2019 at 05:03:44PM GMT, Gregor Best wrote:
> Hi Raf,
Hi Gregor,
> > [...]
> > I've re-tested it, now that the new package includes the patch, but
> > I'm left with the same behaviour as before - when I move around,
> > the laptop does not connect to any other APs. It *does* reconnect
> > to the AP it has originally associated with and, only then, do I
> > see any output in 'wpa_cli', which stays silent otherwise (i.e. as
> > I walk around the building).
> >
> > I've tested both eduroam and one other 802.1x network.
> >
> > I'd like to get this diagnosed but could do with some pointers...
> > [...]
>
> Have you tried running `route monitor`, keeping that running and walking
> around to see what happens if you go out of range? Sometimes, the kernel
> takes a bit of time to actually switch APs, but if it does, you should
> see an RTM_80211INFO or RTM_IFINFO message in `route monitor`'s output.
>
> If you do get such a message, could you paste it for us so we can take a
> peek at it?
>
Absolute silence when I move around - only when I move back near the AP,
the laptop associated with first, do I get this:
$ route monitor
got message of size 192 on Fri Jan 4 17:28:11 2019
RTM_GET: Report Metrics: len 192, priority 12, table 0, ifidx 4, pid:
86459, seq -904765000, errno 0
flags:<UP,GATEWAY,DONE,STATIC>
fmask:
use: 42 mtu: 0 expire: 0
locks: inits:
sockaddrs: <DST,GATEWAY,NETMASK,IFP,IFA>
0.0.0.0 gate.domain.example.com 0.0.0.0 ab:cd:ef:01:23:45
host.domain.example.com
Apart from both FQDNs and the MAC address, nothing has been redacted.
I'll be back here on Monday. Is there anything else I should try?
Cheers,
Raf
