[Madwifi-devel] Re: Problem with ath 5212 in IBM a30p?

[Greg W. <gr...@mo...>]

Michael Renzmann wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Greg Wilkins wrote:
> 
>> when the interface stops working iwconfig reports:
>>
>> ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"MBIT"  Nickname:"brick"
>>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:5.32 GHz  Access Point:
>> FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
> 
> 
> Looks like the cards looses association (for whatever reason) every now
> and then, having to re-associate with the AP after a preceeding scan for
> available APs. Trying to find out why association is lost would be a
> good first step to narrow down the problem.

there is nothing in /var/log/messages about why association was lost.

Is there a debugging option I can set when loading the module to find out more about
what is happening?

I noticed that if I bring the interface up but do not use it, then iwconfig reports
that is always has association??

regards