From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 17 19:11:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 618) id 7720A16A4CF; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:11:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20040216210431.4bb2001a.sebastian.ssmoller@gmx.net> from sebastian ssmoller at "Feb 16, 2004 09:04:31 pm" To: sebastian.ssmoller@gmx.net (sebastian ssmoller) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:11:27 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20040218031127.7720A16A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> From: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with ndis X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 03:11:27 -0000 > hi, > i have similar problems here. same output in dmesg. but no idea so far. > i sent a mail to bill paul but havnt got feedback yet. > > seb Your mail probably got lost in the mountain of spam I've been receiving lately. (Thanks *SO* much Alfred.) You people are complaining about something that isn't a bug. Do wicontrol -i ndis0 -l and check the signal strength of your AP. If it drops below 70db or 60db, you will have problems sustaining the link, and the NIC may disassociate. It may take some time for the card to associate again when the singal gets stronger. If the AP is really close by, you should never lose link, but neither of you have explained where your AP is or how far you were from it when it happened. The watchdog timeout happens because the NIC can't send a packet because it's lost the link to the AP. I can't control how strong the signal is at your NIC, so don't be surprised if the link drops once in a while, and don't ask me to write to code to make you walk closer to the antenna. :P -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems ============================================================================= you're just BEGGING to face the moose =============================================================================