Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 17:22:36 -0400 From: drgerlists@gmail.com (Dr. Gary E. RAFE) To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: smithi@nimnet.asn.au Subject: Re: wifi-connection getting dropped ... Message-ID: <464f6a9c.gYHf%2Br7SxQzXzl8GhEOCDiZw@lmrmac.uhw.utoledo.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1070519232457.24746A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1070519232457.24746A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> 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 <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! ! !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
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