Bug 9012 - RTL8187 - Losing essid
Summary: RTL8187 - Losing essid
Status: REJECTED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: network-wireless (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 blocking
Assignee: drivers_network-wireless@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
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Reported: 2007-09-12 23:24 UTC by msilveira@linuxbr.com
Modified: 2008-07-02 07:14 UTC (History)
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Kernel Version: 2.6.23-rc6
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Description msilveira@linuxbr.com 2007-09-12 23:24:30 UTC 
Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur:
Distribution: Slackware 12.0
Hardware Environment: M2N32-SLI Deluxe, "onboard" RTL8187
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Problem Description: It seems like the driver is losing the essid, i have to perform a loop to reassign the essid every X seconds to keep the network up. Some persistent ping test is enough to perform the tests.

Steps to reproduce:
iwconfig wlan0 mode managed essid "testingthis" channel 3
iwconfig wlan0 key restricted "s:vdd7333trE444n0f"

To get the network functional again, perform 'iwconfig wlan0 essid "testingthis"'
Comment 1 msilveira@linuxbr.com 2007-09-16 00:04:26 UTC 
This worked well: http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=r8187
Kernel 2.6.22.6 with the separate modules from http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net(which seems to be exactly the one in the current kernel tree) didn't work too.
Comment 2 John W. Linville 2007-10-30 13:36:05 UTC 
Can you post the contents of /var/log/messages when you get disconnected?

It is possible that your AP is disconnecting you for inactivity.  Are you using wpa_supplicant or NetworkManager?  These should try to reconnect for you automatically.
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