Wireless not connecting...

Mike Marchywka marchywka at hotmail.com
Wed May 29 17:46:58 UTC 2019


On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 01:26:51PM -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> OK, before I totally trown in the towel on this NIC, I just tried connecting 
> while having a terminal window open.  Here is what iwconfig is telling me 
> while it is trying to connect:

Forgive me for top post but that is a lot to scroll through :)
Is this Beaver? I just took a look at my kluged script for running from USB
and am trying to remember if I had any issues but again from what you
are showing AFAICT it connects but does not get a dhcp assignment
although when I have wpa_supplicant dumping to terminal IIRC there were
times I got disconnnect loops for no obvious reason.

Just looking at my trial and error process, I think I did had to kill a few
things and remove lock files. Just manually check some of the following, asusming
your /etc/network/interfaces file is setup right, 

don't be concerned about old supplicants,

kill_list "oldsupplicant" `ps ax | grep wpa_supplicant| grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`

see if any stale locks were left,  

x=`lsof | grep ifstate | awk '{print $2}'`
kill_list "netlocks" $x

Restart, 
sudo service networking restart

if ifconfig does not show an assignment get one with dhclient
and then if that works add a known good nameserver, 

fn=/etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8 " >> "$fn"

finally see if it works,

ping -c 3 google.com



> 
> Script started on 2019-05-29 12:51:33-0400
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-33 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-30 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-33 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-30 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-31 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-30 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-31 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-32 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-31 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-30 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-31 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-31 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-31 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-31 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-31 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-33 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-34 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"wendelllibrary"  
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: DC:9F:DB:3E:F2:9E   
>           Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm  
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any  
>           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           
> heller at laptop3: iwconfig wlo1
> wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any  
>           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           
> heller at laptop3: exit
> 
> Script done on 2019-05-29 12:52:33-0400
> 
> So it looks like it is trying to connect, but is failing for some reason.  The 
> behavior *looks* like a weak signal issue, even though the signal is good.
> 
> And here is what is being logged by the AP (I have the AP direct its log 
> messages to the server, where the DHCP server is running):
> 
> May 28 15:10:49 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 28 15:11:33 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).
> May 28 15:11:33 wirelessap wireless: ath0     STA-TRAFFIC-STAT mac=c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58 rx_packets=27 rx_bytes=2902 tx_packets=1 tx_bytes=54
> May 28 15:11:33 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Expired node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 28 15:11:35 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 28 15:12:20 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).
> May 28 15:12:20 wirelessap wireless: ath0     STA-TRAFFIC-STAT mac=c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58 rx_packets=28 rx_bytes=3002 tx_packets=1 tx_bytes=54
> May 28 15:12:20 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Expired node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 28 15:14:21 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 28 15:15:06 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).
> May 28 15:15:06 wirelessap wireless: ath0     STA-TRAFFIC-STAT mac=c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58 rx_packets=26 rx_bytes=3348 tx_packets=1 tx_bytes=54
> May 28 15:15:06 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Expired node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 28 15:17:36 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 28 15:18:21 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).
> May 28 15:18:21 wirelessap wireless: ath0     STA-TRAFFIC-STAT mac=c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58 rx_packets=26 rx_bytes=2772 tx_packets=1 tx_bytes=54
> May 28 15:18:21 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Expired node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 29 11:49:48 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 29 11:50:33 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).
> May 29 11:50:33 wirelessap wireless: ath0     STA-TRAFFIC-STAT mac=c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58 rx_packets=36 rx_bytes=3742 tx_packets=1 tx_bytes=54
> May 29 11:50:33 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Expired node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 29 12:45:45 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 29 12:46:30 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).
> May 29 12:46:30 wirelessap wireless: ath0     STA-TRAFFIC-STAT mac=c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58 rx_packets=26 rx_bytes=3348 tx_packets=1 tx_bytes=54
> May 29 12:46:30 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Expired node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 29 12:46:51 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 29 12:47:37 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).
> May 29 12:47:37 wirelessap wireless: ath0     STA-TRAFFIC-STAT mac=c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58 rx_packets=26 rx_bytes=3348 tx_packets=1 tx_bytes=54
> May 29 12:47:37 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Expired node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 29 12:51:41 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> May 29 12:52:26 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).
> May 29 12:52:26 wirelessap wireless: ath0     STA-TRAFFIC-STAT mac=c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58 rx_packets=32 rx_bytes=3858 tx_packets=1 tx_bytes=54
> May 29 12:52:26 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Expired node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
> 
> The AP appliance is seeing the connection attempts, but for some reason is not 
> passing things on to the server for a dhcp address assignment.  The "Reason: 
> Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service 
> area (3). suggests somebody is getting a weak signal...
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