> > > the ipw3945 driver does not send an association event in the case of a > > > requested association to the already associated AP. > > Does the driver actually re-associate at this point or just ignore the > request? If it re-associates, I would certainly expect it to report the > association. If not, I would have expected it to reassociate and > consequently, report the association.. ;-) >
As noted in the launchpad bug, and in the associated ipw3945 patch: https://code.launchpad.net/~asac/intellinuxwireless/ipw3945.asac The driver was not reporting the association. > I'm not that keen on forcing the disassociation at this point > unconditionally, but I do have to admit that I ended up doing exactly > the same with driver_ndis.c. Then again, with Linux, I would expect us > to be more likely to be able to make drivers behave more sanely than in > the NDIS case.. > I agree. Though, on that note, the wext is used with ndiswrapper now, so oddities like this still occur. > What is the get_bssid used for here if the next operation is to request > disassociation immediately? The wording of that comment is not that > helpful here.. > Because wpa_supplicant_disassociate ignores the request if the BSSID isn't valid. > Using get_bssid to figure out whether the driver is associated and then > do something differently could be one option. However, with WPA it is > often best to just force the driver to re-associate. I would just expect > the driver to do this (and report new association) when we ask it to > associate; even if this is for the same BSS that was used before. > I agree. Fortunately, it seems the patch to ipw3945 mentioned earlier nullifies this patch. -- Scott Robinson | http://quadhome.com/ Q: Why is this reply five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es/ -- [gutsy] Unable to associate with already associated network on ipw3945 hardware https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135442 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
