Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 20:00:20 -0500 From: Chuck Burns <chuck@thesouthernlibertarian.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: [urtw] Wifi link dying randomly. reboot required to reconnect. Message-ID: <201110042000.20789.chuck@thesouthernlibertarian.com>
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I have a Netgear WG111v2 - which is a RealTek 8187 based usb 802.11G dongle, and which uses the if_urtw module. At random intervals, my internet connection just dies, I cannot ping the AP, am told "Network is down" by ping. The LED light on the adapter will have also gone out, and in dmesg, I get "wlan: link state changed to DOWN" and nothing I can do will restart the connection. Killing wpa_supplicant and restarting it does nothing. I've even destroyed and recreated the wlan0 device and still nothing. The card is effectively off.home | help
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