Wireless N, WPA and kernel 2.6.26 (amd .27)?

[Peter Robinson]

> I have seen some reports of connection problems when running laptops with iwl4965
> wireless to Access Points running 802.11N when using WPA (WPA2) encryption
> with kernel 2.6.26 (or 2.6.27). Apparently these problems came to light only
> with these newer kernels and 2.6.25 ran successfully.
>
> Before deciding on whether to upgrade my wireless access points to newer
> wireless N capable boxes I would appreciate hearing of any other user
> experiences confirming whether anyone has been able to successfully connect
> via WPA to a Wireless N access point with the newer series of kernels.
>
> If there have been problems in this regard then any useful pointers to
> workarounds would be appreciated.
>
> I have been running the newer kernels to wireless G access points without
> any problems at all but wireless N is quite new so the experiences of others
> would be useful knowledge.

I think the issue your talking about is covered in the following RHBZ
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457154

Peter