Wi-Fi roaming (I'm tired)

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Re: Wi-Fi roaming (I'm tired)

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Also
"But I didn't solve with this, after a while I just changed the Wireless mode in my router into
802.11 b/g/n mixed
Moreover, I disabled the 5 GHz in the router, probably it is overcharged.
All of this fixed my issue.
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Re: Wi-Fi roaming (I'm tired)

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aka wrote: Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:21 pm It there such line ?
Yes, indeed it says

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[   14.582103] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: direct-loading firmware b43/ucode16_mimo.fw
[   14.586401] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: direct-loading firmware b43/n0initvals16.fw
[   14.587283] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: direct-loading firmware b43/n0bsinitvals16.fw
[   16.262377] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 666.2 (2011-02-23 01:15:07)
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aka wrote: Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:40 pm Also
Unfortunately I'm not able to disable 5 GHz. The warehouse devices depend on this band.
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Re: Wi-Fi roaming (I'm tired)

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Add to wpa_supplicant command line:

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-f /tmp/wpa_supplicant.out
So we can compare wpa_supplicant output.
laesyar wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:47 pm Unfortunately I'm not able to disable 5 GHz. The warehouse devices depend on this band.
Disable 5 GHz only on this device? One line to wpa_supplicant.conf:

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freq_list=2412 2417 2422 2427 2432 2437 2442 2447 2452 2457 2462 2467 2472
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Re: Wi-Fi roaming (I'm tired)

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aka wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:56 am Add to wpa_supplicant command line:

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-f /tmp/wpa_supplicant.out
So we can compare wpa_supplicant output.
This is the output

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Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=BEACON_HINT type=UNKNOWN
wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa (SSID='myssid' freq=2462 MHz)
wlan0: Trying to associate with aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa (SSID='myssid' freq=2462 MHz)
wlan0: Associated with aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
wlan0: WPA: Key negotiation completed with aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa completed [id=0 id_str=]
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=NL
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-35 noise=0 txrate=11000
nl80211: send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33
wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb (SSID='myssid' freq=5200 MHz)
wlan0: Trying to associate with bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb (SSID='myssid' freq=5200 MHz)
wlan0: Associated with bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
wlan0: WPA: Key negotiation completed with bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb completed [id=0 id_str=]
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=NL
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-61 noise=0 txrate=24000
aka wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:56 am Disable 5 GHz only on this device? One line to wpa_supplicant.conf:

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freq_list=2412 2417 2422 2427 2432 2437 2442 2447 2452 2457 2462 2467 2472
When 5 GHz is disabled it works better now.
However, connection is still not stable and still freezes every now and then.

I think we learned something useful from trying B43 driver, but maybe it is better to revert to WL driver.
Since I added bgscan to wpa_supplicant.conf, no more "I'm tired" message has appeared with WL driver.
Roaming will be less elegant without measuring signal strength, but I think it is better than an unstable connection.

If you want me to test more it is fine, but I think WL driver will be the best choice.
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Re: Wi-Fi roaming (I'm tired)

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Return wl driver back?
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Re: Wi-Fi roaming (I'm tired)

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Yes please return to wl driver.
B43 solves one issue, but creates many other issues.
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