I use Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver, but quite often the connection drops and connects shortly after again.
lspci -v | less:
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 145c
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at 90100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: wl
Kernel modules: wl, brcm80211
lshw -C network output:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 78:ac:c0:56:c6:79
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:42 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:90010000-90010fff memory:90000000-9000ffff memory:90020000-9002ffff
syslog output:
May 15 18:34:20 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Association request to the driver failed May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associating -> associated May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Associated with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> group handshake May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP] May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 06:24:fe:37:92:4b completed (reauth) [id=13 id_str=] May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: group handshake -> completed May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1/wireless) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Connected to wireless network 'FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170-DH8'. May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): device state change: 5 -> 7 (reason 0) May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1) Beginning DHCPv4 transaction (timeout in 45 seconds) May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: dhclient started with pid 4824 May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.1-P1 May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander dhclient: Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium. May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander dhclient: All rights reserved. May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander dhclient: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander dhclient: May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth1/ac:81:12:24:fa:29 May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): DHCPv4 state changed nbi -> preinit May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth1/ac:81:12:24:fa:29 May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander dhclient: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.178.27 on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander dhclient: DHCPACK of 192.168.178.27 from 192.168.178.1 May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander dhclient: bound to 192.168.178.27 -- renewal in 386587 seconds. May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): DHCPv4 state changed preinit -> reboot May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) scheduled... May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) started... May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: address 192.168.178.27 May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: prefix 24 (255.255.255.0) May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: gateway 192.168.178.1 May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: nameserver '192.168.178.1' May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: domain name 'fritz.box' May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Scheduling stage 5 May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled... May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Done scheduling stage 5 May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) complete. May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started... May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander avahi-daemon[548]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 192.168.178.27. May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander avahi-daemon[548]: New relevant interface eth1.IPv4 for mDNS. May 15 18:34:21 Notebook-Alexander avahi-daemon[548]: Registering new address record for 192.168.178.27 on eth1.IPv4. May 15 18:34:22 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): device state change: 7 -> 8 (reason 0) May 15 18:34:22 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Policy set 'Auto FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170-DH8' (eth1) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS. May 15 18:34:22 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1) successful, device activated. May 15 18:34:22 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete. May 15 18:34:30 Notebook-Alexander ntpdate[4877]: adjust time server 91.189.94.4 offset 0.000983 sec May 15 18:35:31 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Trying to associate with 00:1c:4a:d4:f1:1e (SSID='FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170-DH8' freq=2437 MHz) May 15 18:35:31 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: completed -> associating May 15 18:35:31 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Association request to the driver failed May 15 18:35:32 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Associated with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b May 15 18:35:32 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associating -> associated May 15 18:35:32 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake May 15 18:35:32 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: WPA: IE in 3/4 msg does not match with IE in Beacon/ProbeResp (src=06:24:fe:37:92:4b) May 15 18:35:32 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected May 15 18:35:32 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 reason=0 May 15 18:35:35 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): roamed from BSSID 06:24:FE:37:92:4B (FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170-DH8) to (none) ((none)) May 15 18:35:37 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning May 15 18:35:38 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Trying to associate with 00:1c:4a:d4:f1:1e (SSID='FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170-DH8' freq=2437 MHz) May 15 18:35:38 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Association request to the driver failed May 15 18:35:38 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating May 15 18:35:39 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Associated with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b May 15 18:35:39 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associating -> associated May 15 18:35:39 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake May 15 18:35:39 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: WPA: IE in 3/4 msg does not match with IE in Beacon/ProbeResp (src=06:24:fe:37:92:4b) May 15 18:35:39 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected May 15 18:35:39 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 reason=0 May 15 18:35:44 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning May 15 18:35:44 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Trying to associate with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b (SSID='FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170-DH8' freq=2437 MHz) May 15 18:35:44 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Association request to the driver failed May 15 18:35:44 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating May 15 18:35:45 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Associated with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b May 15 18:35:45 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associating -> associated May 15 18:35:45 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake May 15 18:35:45 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> group handshake May 15 18:35:45 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP] May 15 18:35:45 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 06:24:fe:37:92:4b completed (reauth) [id=13 id_str=] May 15 18:35:45 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: group handshake -> completed May 15 18:35:47 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): roamed from BSSID (none) ((none)) to 06:24:FE:37:92:4B (FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170-DH8) May 15 18:36:31 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Trying to associate with 00:1c:4a:d4:f1:1e (SSID='FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170-DH8' freq=2437 MHz) May 15 18:36:31 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Association request to the driver failed May 15 18:36:31 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: completed -> associating May 15 18:36:32 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Associated with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b May 15 18:36:32 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associating -> associated May 15 18:36:32 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake May 15 18:36:32 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: WPA: IE in 3/4 msg does not match with IE in Beacon/ProbeResp (src=06:24:fe:37:92:4b) May 15 18:36:32 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 reason=0 May 15 18:36:32 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected May 15 18:36:35 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): roamed from BSSID 06:24:FE:37:92:4B (FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170-DH8) to (none) ((none)) May 15 18:36:37 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning May 15 18:36:38 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Trying to associate with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b (SSID='FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170-DH8' freq=2437 MHz) May 15 18:36:38 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Association request to the driver failed May 15 18:36:38 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating May 15 18:36:39 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: Associated with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b May 15 18:36:39 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associating -> associated May 15 18:36:39 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake May 15 18:36:39 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> group handshake May 15 18:36:39 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP] May 15 18:36:39 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 06:24:fe:37:92:4b completed (reauth) [id=13 id_str=] May 15 18:36:39 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: group handshake -> completed May 15 18:36:39 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: completed -> group handshake May 15 18:36:39 Notebook-Alexander wpa_supplicant[644]: WPA: Group rekeying completed with 06:24:fe:37:92:4b [GTK=TKIP] May 15 18:36:39 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): supplicant connection state: group handshake -> completed May 15 18:36:41 Notebook-Alexander NetworkManager[566]: (eth1): roamed from BSSID (none) ((none)) to 06:24:FE:37:92:4B (FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170-DH8)