10.4.8 update breaks automatic WLAN WPA ReAuthention
Hello all,
After the update to 10.4.8 I was kicked off my WLAN every 60 minutes or so.
Never had such trouble before (and still don't have it on bootcamp'd Windows
on the same machine).
I found out something more about the WLAN problems. It doesn't have anything to do with radio interferences, but with security features.
My network uses WPA-PSK. The router (Zyxel) has an option "ReAuthentication Timer" in its settings. It was set to 3600 seconds (= 1 hour), that was
the default value. This sounded like the intervall in whitch I was kicked off the network.
I set it t 30 seconds and I was kicked off the network every 30 seconds. I set it to 10 seconds and was kicked every few seconds. I had to use a cable to reset the value to something else, because 10 seconds was not enaugh time to do it in the web interface.
I was never kicked off the net under 10.4.7 even when I used it for more than the 3600 seconds default time out. XP on the same machine is still able to keep connection even when the time out is set to 10 seconds. (But very sluggish....)
Sadly it is not possible to turn the time out off (at least not without disabling encryption at all), and the maximum value is 9999, that gives me nearly 3 hours of online time.
BTW: The computer used is a MacBook white, 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, with
AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x86) Firmware 0.1.27 connected to a
Zyxel ZyAir B-2000 v.2 router.
Christian
After the update to 10.4.8 I was kicked off my WLAN every 60 minutes or so.
Never had such trouble before (and still don't have it on bootcamp'd Windows
on the same machine).
I found out something more about the WLAN problems. It doesn't have anything to do with radio interferences, but with security features.
My network uses WPA-PSK. The router (Zyxel) has an option "ReAuthentication Timer" in its settings. It was set to 3600 seconds (= 1 hour), that was
the default value. This sounded like the intervall in whitch I was kicked off the network.
I set it t 30 seconds and I was kicked off the network every 30 seconds. I set it to 10 seconds and was kicked every few seconds. I had to use a cable to reset the value to something else, because 10 seconds was not enaugh time to do it in the web interface.
I was never kicked off the net under 10.4.7 even when I used it for more than the 3600 seconds default time out. XP on the same machine is still able to keep connection even when the time out is set to 10 seconds. (But very sluggish....)
Sadly it is not possible to turn the time out off (at least not without disabling encryption at all), and the maximum value is 9999, that gives me nearly 3 hours of online time.
BTW: The computer used is a MacBook white, 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, with
AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x86) Firmware 0.1.27 connected to a
Zyxel ZyAir B-2000 v.2 router.
Christian
MacBook 2GHz, iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.7), 10.4.8, Zyxel WLAN Router
