From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 16 19:03:36 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D127216A46B for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:03:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from smtpauth05.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpauth05.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AAB7C13C45B for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:03:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: (qmail 29889 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2007 19:03:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (208.206.151.5) by smtpauth05.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.99) with ESMTP; 16 Nov 2007 19:03:33 -0000 Message-ID: <473DE984.9050707@computer.org> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:03:32 -0600 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Oberman References: <20071116053516.326DB4500F@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20071116053516.326DB4500F@ptavv.es.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 OpenPGP: url=http://www.ravenlock.us/files/pub_schuele.pgp Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig86EC11A03D02B5D431E6B0AE" Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_7 and atheros .... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:03:36 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig86EC11A03D02B5D431E6B0AE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/15/2007 23:35, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:08:13 -0600 >> From: Eric Schuele >> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm having some strangeness with respect to my atheros based card on >> releng_7. This may not sound like much... but together they concern m= e. >> I'm wondering if anyone has seen similar things. >> >> 1) I've seen two panics while trying to bring the interface up over >> the last few weeks. >=20 > I have not seen this. >=20 >> 2) I get disconnected every night from my wireless router at home. >> 99% of the time it happens after I've gone to bed. Once or twice... >> while I was sitting in front of it. It just disassociates? >=20 > Try 'ifconfig ath0 -bgscan'. Something causes my card to lose > association periodically when the background scan is in progress. Are you saying try the above *after* I've been disconnected? Or is it an attempt to reproduce the disconnect? >=20 >> 3) When I am at the office, my card will *never* obtain an ip addre= ss >> from our DHCP server upon first booting. I must *always* down the >> interface, kill dhclient, bring the interface up and start dhclient. >=20 > Are you running wpa_supplicant? Are you using WPA,=20 Yes, see below on my original post. > WEP or running open? > I see the card get "stuck" when scanning. It scans channels, but only > for WPA secured APs. When needing to associate with a WEP or open AP, i= t > never leaves WPA mode, so never associates. Hmm... yes, I 've noticed it doing this. Going around in circles through all the channels in WPA mode. odd. Any other work around other than bouncing the interface? >=20 > I am also running BETA2 on a 5212 card in a T43 ThinkPad. --=20 Regards, Eric --------------enig86EC11A03D02B5D431E6B0AE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHPemEngSDRM3IXUoRAny3AJ9b4UkE+Lm2THB4YI1fnfjZj5MfAACfduRz sQGIPUz6kLf1sKFf7t9yxY0= =Bl5y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig86EC11A03D02B5D431E6B0AE--