From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 18 12:49:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A5651065677 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:49:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidb@boothscientific.com) Received: from mx1.lsn.net (mx1.lsn.net [66.90.130.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C0718FC2A for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:49:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidb@boothscientific.com) Received: from 9400.boothscienfific.com (24-155-245-244.dyn.grandenetworks.net [24.155.245.244]) by mx1.lsn.net (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id m8ICDfSV002608 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:13:42 -0500 From: David Booth To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:13:42 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <489C625F.3020605@fastmail.fm> <489C7263.1040209@fastmail.fm> <48D23D9B.6010803@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <48D23D9B.6010803@paradise.net.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200809180713.42287.davidb@boothscientific.com> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.93, clamav-milter version 0.93 on mx0.lsn.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: Wpi keep disconnecting X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: davidb@boothscientific.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:49:10 -0000 On Thursday 18 September 2008, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Alberto Rizzi wrote: > > Sam Leffler ha scritto: > >> Check for a firmware update for your router. > >> > >> Sam > > > > It already has the latest firmware (maybe 4 years old). > > Unfortunately I don't have other routers to try with. > > I would seriously doubt this is a router problem - I see the same > thing with an Asus laptop using wpi driver + WPA encryption. In my > case disabling the encryption was a workaround (a very poor one I > know). This appears to be a Freebsd issue AFAIK, as for instance > under Ubuntu I can have WPA enabled with such disconnection > occurring. > > regards > > Mark I have a similar experience with wpi in a dell laptop running 7 stable i386. Without encryption, the connection will stay up without fail. If I enable WPA, it disconnects at seeming random intervals that are shortened by doing large file transfers. Sometimes it will go for a full day without disconnecting; however, if I do a file ftp of a few hundred megs, it may disconnect after a just a few minutes. I do not think that it is a hardware problem in either the card or the router as when I boot the laptop into windows and use the same router and same WPA settings, the connection remains rock solid even with successive large file transfers.