From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Thu Jul 28 20:10:31 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A870EBA724F for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:10:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ed@nuxi.nl) Received: from mail-yw0-x232.google.com (mail-yw0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66DDC1CDD for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:10:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ed@nuxi.nl) Received: by mail-yw0-x232.google.com with SMTP id r9so97047235ywg.0 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:10:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nuxi-nl.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=5aDawK/rvpnUk+aoeaReg5Pjbs70G0hp0Lasuq2K6oQ=; b=WLhspWDj+PkzvEmUgpMIE7KLbsubkznALwHXSWVWjunUnEyw3/gLpRgDSIq1ETSnSv CcoQE01gijVvBNLFMsOGU/jdCgoXzf2vxYYP9xY5f/n+AR/ZguhycLxixrvOClMqx/3V NynHWtiu+CWioauxXvhtrO3nIWEUSwNXQvHkvm9GLonISOWclPW3zy4jW+CBqig0ybNL kVpkzHtWGseYqJSwXyjyOj43/b0hpYaigWv53Fa9aTP1B1wPyTE469sC4crLKQaE2NrK e7XCbNSr8sHDyF4wETj2+f1EiWot7a3LUttURQ7XM/jnMYK3ffiU5+ybLd6fQS9CPJqF mM1g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=5aDawK/rvpnUk+aoeaReg5Pjbs70G0hp0Lasuq2K6oQ=; b=NbroRIboUSKleXEjUjPhHytCOVU9mNgsiRdm/v6ngXOoe0dpFQLDkUohxCSOR8GxlI U4tbPBBuXOMk1rUdDPcVZ6JylfOnFoibkV4S8CjShXofbDxkcDHUrMgQDhCUBvRYwGDT F3SgCF+E6BCXtry8cSLxmeARygXqgcoQUcJL1CL/Vj3srnYbXnzsszQP5GKV4S5/glfi tlNpmhYn6udVQS+Vjlxr5ZDis96J4elxNmX8gazbJpZ37yXF0UvOW8VNkTuJ5TbLicWx ZAEASOSf/PtXlQXqqZBmcuN9QYOLUvlGjmMll8s1SHCJ3DHZClIzKreA2Sr9Y3g6iJD2 H0Sw== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkooutH7GJ5w1LIXM5069q7bJzIpcKlbXj4N7a9sFyvgQlzTV5A1KyEO5GkIB4J2KhqHoR6h/n+w/0AsQvqCw== X-Received: by 10.13.229.1 with SMTP id o1mr33056470ywe.95.1469736630499; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:10:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.13.201.71 with HTTP; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:10:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160728191950.GF4313@blisses.org> References: <20160728191950.GF4313@blisses.org> From: Ed Schouten Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 22:10:29 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Disappointment with wifi... To: Mason Loring Bliss Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:10:31 -0000 Hi Mason, 2016-07-28 21:19 GMT+02:00 Mason Loring Bliss : > Hi all. I'm coming to you with a minor existential crisis. :) > > I've got a Thinkpad T420, initially purchased as my best bet for FreeBSD > hardware compatibility. For wifi it has Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor > Peak]. > > I did a fresh install of 11.0-BETA2 the other day, and that worked well > enough, up to and including finding local wifi and initially connecting. > > However, on boot, dhclient keeps saying, repeatedly: > > send_packet: Network is down > send_packet: No buffer space available > > ...and of course my network is largely unusable this way. It seems to come > and go, but I can't predict it. It would be interesting to know whether this has always bugged or whether this is a regression, especially with the 11.0 release coming up. Are these devices supported by FreeBSD 10.x? If so, does it work properly there? -- Ed Schouten Nuxi, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands KvK-nr.: 62051717