Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 19:53:32 -0800 From: richard childers / kg6hac <fscked@pacbell.net> To: "Kevin S. Brackett" <ksb@platypusgroup.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netgear MA311 not wanting to work with ibook. Message-ID: <3E1E43BC.AC5B3F50@pacbell.net> References: <20030109172836.B40641@tsunami.platypusgroup.com> <20030109222054.V47612@tsunami.platypusgroup.com>
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Have you reset the hostap server? I've found these wireless doohickeys are sensitive to overheating. Start pumping bits through them on anything approaching an industrial basis (IE, doing installations over the network, or streaming media) for anything over 24 hours and you may need to reset the device. -- richard "Kevin S. Brackett" wrote: > Okay, sorry to reply my own email, but it's getting weirder, i can ping > other ips on the subnet, just not the hostap server (or any ips connected > to it)... any ideas? > > On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Kevin S. Brackett wrote: > > > The card from dmesg: > > > > wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0xef001000-0xef001fff irq 3 at device 9.0 on > > pci0 > > wi0: 802.11 address: 00:09:5b:12:09:8f > > wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI) > > wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.00.07, Station 1.03.06 > > > > This is what i'm using to get it going: > > > > /sbin/sysctl net.link.ether.bridge=1 > > /sbin/sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg="wi0 xl0" > > /sbin/sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 > > /sbin/ifconfig wi0 ssid ABYSS mediaopt hostap debug up > > > > ifconfig: > > > > xl0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM> > > inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > > inet6 fe80::201:2ff:fe29:411d%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > > ether 00:01:02:29:41:1d > > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > > status: active > > wi0: flags=8947<UP,BROADCAST,DEBUG,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu > > 1500 > > inet6 fe80::209:5bff:fe12:98f%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > > ether 00:09:5b:12:09:8f > > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <hostap> (DS/2Mbps > > <host > > ap>) > > status: associated > > ssid ABYSS 1:ABYSS > > stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" > > channel 3 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > > wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 > > > > Debugging information: > > > > wihap_shutdown: sc=0xc3e8c000 whi=0xc3e8d06c > > wihap_init: sc=0xc3e8c000 whi=0xc3e8d06c > > wihap_shutdown: sc=0xc3e8c000 whi=0xc3e8d06c > > wihap_init: sc=0xc3e8c000 whi=0xc3e8d06c > > wi_start: dropping unassoc dst 00:60:b0:a2:9a:27 > > wihap_mgmt_input: len=6 MGMT: auth: > > wihap_auth_req: station 00:30:65:0a:8a:b7 algo=0x0 seq=0x1 > > wihap_auth_req: new station > > wihap_auth_req: returns status=0x0 > > wihap_mgmt_input: len=17 MGMT: assoc req: > > wihap_assoc_req: from station 00:30:65:0a:8a:b7 > > wihap_assoc_req: returns status=0x0 > > > > Using 5.0-CURRENT from a few weeks ago; here's something odd... i have the > > ibook set to use DHCP, and the hostap gateway is running isc-dhcpd, and > > the ibook is getting the DHCP information and the ibooks signal bar is > > about 90% full. > > > > > > any ideas? > > > > TIA > > - kevin > > > > PS: please CC: replies :) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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