From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 19 21:22:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B73D616A421 for ; Sat, 19 May 2007 21:22:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drgerlists@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7072313C45E for ; Sat, 19 May 2007 21:22:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drgerlists@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so1194101wxc for ; Sat, 19 May 2007 14:22:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:organization:reply-to:to:subject:cc:message-id:references:in-reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=up6SUdf1PV/Z8qkhkJ7Xz6FF1BE2aRJ/DyQ9qW3+x06R9Td70Bsqf4U3n7nrQG/SLfuy4D+ECVCGPsbMB66Ct8gXctSoQEnAwVvk6h/ccTkNKbC6F9HqUlIyOcXrSNJicjeMZJl72Qr+jsSb7ONK6xRyA38R8Un4C3lWFzWLjZA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:organization:reply-to:to:subject:cc:message-id:references:in-reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=cpqEfQ26JMwkRnXn6N+FyMiF2yPAzWABZ1jYcItiibqqFjqjL6azomIuuy1/Z01V/1vHhqXSJKF33zNFiQrGO25Rf9t6PER+sXK84L30J8qDQILbIDnYKfbzkJ7JEgwZ9MQwrcYhJxw/GwYRf413VHHI2A2ozIvuChz9Ru8y/3c= Received: by 10.70.46.1 with SMTP id t1mr4687496wxt.1179609759858; Sat, 19 May 2007 14:22:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lmrmac.uhw.utoledo.edu ( [131.183.86.111]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id g3sm7379542wra.2007.05.19.14.22.37; Sat, 19 May 2007 14:22:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 17:22:36 -0400 From: drgerlists@gmail.com (Dr. Gary E. RAFE) Organization: Dr. Gary E. RAFE To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <464f6a9c.gYHf+r7SxQzXzl8GhEOCDiZw@lmrmac.uhw.utoledo.edu> References: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.2 01/07/07 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: smithi@nimnet.asn.au Subject: Re: wifi-connection getting dropped ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: drgerlists@gmail.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 21:22:40 -0000 Ian Smith wrote: !On Sat, 19 May 2007, Kiffin Gish wrote: ! > > From: Dr. Gary E. RAFE [mailto:drgerlists@gmail.com] ! > > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:50 PM ! > > Kiffin Gish 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 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! ! !It's not clear whether the connection is 'dropped' at all if it still !says 'associated' - does it always still report being associated when !this occurs? ! !Does anything in /var/log/messages indicate interface wi0 being brought !DOWN and UP when this happens? Are you running any scripts or programs !that might do any other configuration of wi0? ! !Is 192.168.1.102 a static address, or assigned to you by DHCP? ! !You've given us few clues about your setup, it's unclear whether you !control the access point you're connecting to (regarding what people !have suggested about choosing another channel than 1) ! !What do 'grep wi0 /etc/rc.conf' and 'dmesg | grep wi0' have to say? ! ! > > 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 ! !Sounds similar on the face of it .. was that resolved, Gary? Yes, now that he notes that the "inet" line is "completely missing!", it is the *exact* same problem. And, no, it is not yet resolved. The last time I had the client's notebook connected to our AP, it was exhibiting the same problem. Connected to the wired Ethernet port on device fxp0, it behaved perfectly. Cheers --Gary -- Dr Gary E RAFE: drgerlists at gmail dot com