Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 14:08:07 +0200 From: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> To: drgerlists@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: wifi-connection getting dropped ... Message-ID: <00ed01c79a0e$5d482fa0$6601a8c0@KGISH> In-Reply-To: <4648772d.TnPJGvH0jRG4TlCfjV3vpqXm@lmrmac.uhw.utoledo.edu>
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-- Kiffin Rex Gish Gouda, The Netherlands > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr. Gary E. RAFE [mailto:drgerlists@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:50 PM > To: kiffin.gish@planet.nl > Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: wifi-connection getting dropped ... > > > Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> wrote: > !Since upgrading to FreeBSD 6.2 and installing another > wireless adsl !router, I've been having problems with my > wifi-connection getting !dropped regularly, for example when > idle for a given amount of time. ! !Here are my settings: ! > !# ifconfig wi0 > !wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > ! inet 192.168.1.102 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > ! ether 00:02:2d:a5:1b:07 > ! media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) > ! status: associated > ! ssid SpeedTouchABF160 channel 1 bssid 00:14:7f:8a:74:e3 > ! stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" > ! authmode OPEN privacy MIXED deftxkey 1 wepkey > 1:40-bit txpowmax > !100 > ! bmiss 7 bintval 100 > ! > !Any ideas what is going wrong and how it can be fixed? > > What is the *specific* sympton you see here ? When the connection breaks, ifconfig gives same results as above except that the inet line is completely missing! > > We reported back in February the problem of > the second line of your "ifconfig wi0" command output > (i.e., "inet 192.168.1.102 netmask 0xfffff...") > simply disappearing after some random amount of idle time. > > The wi0 device, however, stays "associated" with the AP, > but the netork doesn't work anymore. > > This also with FBSD 6.2-R. > -- > Dr Gary E RAFE: drgerlists at gmail dot com
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