WIFI: Association times with ndiswrapper 7 mins

Question

Hi, I need some help with these .
I'm experiencing a wireless association problem since I installed ndiswrapper.
Sometimes it associates to the router inmediatly but another times take up to 7 minutes (or more).
My card is a Broadcom 4310 USB (inside a Dell Insipiron 1525)
My router is really near (less than 1 meter)
With Windows Vista (preinstalled ¬_¬) connects inmediatly. I also tried the propietary Broadcom driver "wl" and it connects inmediatly too. (But the connection is really bad when the signal is not at 100%)
I tried by using the recently released ndiswrapper 1.53 but I get the same results.
I'm using netcfg2 2.0.6
My kernel is 2.6.25.10 (x86)
The Windows drivers are from the Dell website for my wireless card (x86 version).
When the connection is finally established, the navigation is OK
Here is the lspci output:
0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 000b
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at fe7fc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information <?>
Capabilities: [e8] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 1f-00-4f-ff-ff-3a-29-6d
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
"ndiswrapper -l" output:
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4315) present (alternate driver: wl)
( the "wl" module is installed but no loaded)
Here is my netcfg profile:
CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=wlan0
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="wpa"
ESSID="XXXX"
KEY="ZZZZ"
IP="static"
IFOPTS="192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
GATEWAY="192.168.1.1"
TIMEOUT=20
(i'm using static IP instead of DHCP)
iwconfig output (when it's connected):
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"XXXXXX"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: 00:E0:4C:F6:EA:6B
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-27 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Here is the iwevent output when it takes a lot of time:
Waiting for Wireless Events from interfaces...
13:42:04.706969 wlan0 Set Mode:Managed
13:42:04.743007 wlan0 Set ESSID:"emiNET"
13:42:07.826508 wlan0 Set Mode:Managed
13:42:07.861046 wlan0 Set ESSID:"emiNET"
13:42:07.964314 wlan0 Set Mode:Managed
13:42:08.092497 wlan0 Set Mode:Managed
13:42:08.092522 wlan0 Set Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
13:42:08.092564 wlan0 Set ESSID:"emiNET"
13:42:08.548393 wlan0 Association Request IEs:0006656D694E455401088C9298A4B0C8E0EC210208122402010E30140100000FAC040100000FAC040100000FAC020800DD09001018020010000000DD0600409
13:42:08.548449 wlan0 Association Response IEs:01088C9298A4B0C8E0EC
13:42:08.548459 wlan0 New Access Point/Cell address:00:E0:4C:F6:EA:6B
13:42:11.854936 wlan0 Association Request IEs:0006656D694E455401088C9298A4B0C8E0EC210208122402010E30140100000FAC040100000FAC040100000FAC020800DD09001018020010000000DD0600409
13:42:11.854987 wlan0 Association Response IEs:01088C9298A4B0C8E0EC
13:42:11.854997 wlan0 New Access Point/Cell address:00:E0:4C:F6:EA:6B
.... a lot of "Association Request/Response" messages ....
13:49:47.248244 wlan0 Association Request IEs:0006656D694E455401088C9298A4B0C8E0EC210208122402010E30140100000FAC040100000FAC040100000FAC020800DD09001018020010000000DD0600409
13:49:47.248295 wlan0 Association Response IEs:01088C9298A4B0C8E0EC
13:49:47.248305 wlan0 New Access Point/Cell address:00:E0:4C:F6:EA:6B
(then it stops and I can ping the router and browse the web)
(( when the association messages are displayed without stopping I can't ping the router))
If I forgot some relevant information, please tell me.
UPDATE:
It seems to be related to WPA/WPA2/TKIP/AES router configuration. After reinstalling the ndiswrapper drivers (while testing another drivers) and setting the router configuration to WPA2 Mixed ( WPA+TKIP  +  WPA2+AES ) the issue seems to be solved (association takes less than 20/30 secs) , but it needs more testing.
Last edited by darzephyr (2008-07-09 02:02:37)

Answer 1

If I could direct your attention to the posts at the top of this section again, you will see one entitled, "64bit drivers are here!"
A company named Aceeca has kindly provided drivers that re-enable USB hotsync with Win7. Instructions are in the thread.
(BTW, I  wrote that instructional thread about WiFi Hotsync.  The thread clearly states you need the IP address of your computer, and how to find it.  I also suggested setting static IP's for both your TX and PC to make the process reliable.  Time Warner has no idea how your network is set up!)
Good luck!
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