Re: wpa_supplicant in base and in ports

In message <Y6UDN0cqVKfqKKRm@sysmon.zyxst.net>, void writes:
> Hi hackers@
>
> I know there's been a lot of work in -current (and maybe some of this
> has been MFC'd, not sure) regarding wlan stuff over the last year; this
> is why I'm asking about this here.
>
> As I'm having a few issues [1] with connecting reliably with wifi on
> stable/13-n253168-46c09d766d26 amd64, do I stand a better chance of
> solving them with either upgrading the os to -current or installing any
> of
>
> security/wpa_supplicant
> security/wpa_supplicant-devel
> security/wpa_supplicant29
>
> instead of using the wpa_supplicant in base?
>
> [1] it's using ath0 for wlan0. It's set up as a wireless client
> with SYNCDHCP. /var/log/messages has this over and over:
>
> Dec 21 18:25:41 REDACTED ntpd[18024]: error resolving pool
> 2.uk.pool.ntp.org: Name does not resolve (8)
> Dec 21 18:26:10 REDACTED kernel: ath0: ath_edma_recv_tasklet:
> sc_inreset_cnt > 0; skipping
> Dec 21 18:26:48 REDACTED ntpd[18024]: error resolving pool
> 2.uk.pool.ntp.org: Name does not resolve (8)
> Dec 21 18:27:52 REDACTED syslogd: last message repeated 1 times
> Dec 21 18:28:57 REDACTED wpa_supplicant[43489]: Successfully initialized
> wpa_supplicant
> Dec 21 18:28:57 REDACTED wpa_supplicant[43489]: ioctl[SIOCS80211, op=20,
> val=0, arg_len=7]: Invalid argument
> Dec 21 18:28:57 REDACTED syslogd: last message repeated 1 times
> Dec 21 18:28:57 REDACTED wpa_supplicant[43489]: ioctl[SIOCS80211,
> op=103, val=0, arg_len=128]: Operation now in progress
> Dec 21 18:28:57 REDACTED wpa_supplicant[43489]: wlan0:
> CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-1 retry=1
>
> until I restart wlan0 and wpa_supplicant 15 or so times, it eventually
> synchs:
>
> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
> 1500
> ether xx;xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> inet 192.168.1.71 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
> groups: wlan
> ssid REDACTED_5G channel 108 (5540 MHz 11a ht/40+) bssid yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy
> regdomain ETSI country GB indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON
> deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 23 bmiss 7
> mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 4
> shortgi -uapsd wme burst roaming MANUAL
>
> Once the connection is established, it's stable. But why won't it
> connect post-reboot? and would upgrading the os to current or installing
> the above-mentioned ports help?

What hardware device is your wlan0? That would be "parent interface".


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