From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 27 07:47:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B16116A420 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:47:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from damien.bergamini@free.fr) Received: from postfix3-1.free.fr (postfix3-1.free.fr [213.228.0.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2BE143D48 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:47:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from damien.bergamini@free.fr) Received: from COMETE (pasteur-1-82-67-68-158.fbx.proxad.net [82.67.68.158]) by postfix3-1.free.fr (Postfix) with SMTP id A3E6C17348B; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:47:53 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <015601c5aadb$b12f8b50$0300a8c0@COMETE> From: "Damien Bergamini" To: "Adam McDougall" , References: <20050827024515.GI35005@egr.msu.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:48:18 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 Cc: Subject: Re: iwi not roaming between access points 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: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:47:55 -0000 Thanks for your report. That doesn't surprise me too much since there is nothing particular implemented in iwi for roaming support. I guess the firmware needs some help from the host here too. I'll investigate further into this once I got IBSS mode working ;) Damien From: "Adam McDougall" To: Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 4:45 AM Subject: iwi not roaming between access points | I recently obtained a new Dell Latitude D810 laptop with | Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG. It works reasonably well, | but at work we have approx. 90 access points on the same | ssid, and I cannot roam between them. If I compile | /usr/src/tools/tools/ath/80211debug to work with iwi0 | rather than ath0 and run ./80211debug +dumppkts, I see | verification of my theory that it is only talking with | the access point it originally associated with. I can | walk down the hallway until the signal vanishes past a | useful level (as indicated by the number after rssi until | no response), and by this I deduce that iwi0 is only talking | with the original access point. At that point, if iwi0 | shows it is still associated (but not working), | I can ifconfig iwi0 ssid "thessid" and iwi0 will rescan for | access points and start working. However, if iwi0 shows | no association, setting ssid does not work but doing an | ifconfig down/up revives it. | | By the time I walk out of range of the original access point, | I have walked past at least 2 other access points and closer | to a third. If I take the stairs to another floor, it is | a guaranteed dead association. When I login to the wireless | equipment, I verify that my laptop is only associated with | the originally associated access point. | | The same card works fine in windows, but thats just for | reference ;) | | I am running 7.0-current last built on Aug 24, with | iwi-firmware-2.3_1. | | Other wireless nics have worked fine for me in regards | to roaming, although I do have an ipw0 available for | testing that I have not tried roaming with if it would | be helpful. I am very appreciative for the iwi driver | since it has been more stable than other 802.11g drivers | I have used in FreeBSD. | | Is there anything else I can try, or more details I can | provide to solve this issue? Thanks. | _______________________________________________ | freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current | To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" |