From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 1 21:53:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E339B16A4CE for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 21:53:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8522743D48 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 21:53:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mcc@fid4.com) Received: from fid4.com (unknown[130.129.64.82]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004080121530201300ak5vue> (Authid: m.cambria); Sun, 1 Aug 2004 21:53:02 +0000 Message-ID: <410D6658.90302@fid4.com> Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:53:28 -0400 From: "Michael C. Cambria" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: FreeBSD AP issues with Intel 2110 client X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 21:53:03 -0000 Hi, I have been using the same system running FreeBSD as my home wireless "Access Point" successfully since at least FreeBSD 4.6. Now, a new laptop connects, but drops ~ 80% (according to ping) of all packets sent from the AP (which is also my router) over wi0 to the laptop. When I send ping from the laptop, no replies are lost however. The laptop has an internal Intel wireless card. Specifically, an "Intel Pro Wireless LAN 2100 3A Mini-PCI" adapter. Things do associate and there is some connectivity in hostap mode using 128 bit encryption. This same laptop, when I disable the Intel 2100 and plug in any of the PCMCIA cards I use with other laptops, works perfectly. At first, I suspected something wrong with the card. However, it works perfectly with other AP's deployed at various shows/events I've attended recently (Usenix, IETF etc.) So, RMA'ing the card back to Dell will probably not do much good. Is anyone else successfully using clients to a FreeBSD 4.10 Stable system acting as an AP? Are there settings I need to tweak? As I said, with numerous Orinoco cards, other laptops connect to the FreeBSD AP as it is setup now just fine. On the AP, I use a Netgear 401 plugged into a PCI->PCMCIA adapter. wi0: port 0xec00-0xec3f,0xec80-0xecff mem 0xfdfff000-0xfdffffff irq 9 at device 7.0 on pci1 wi0: 802.11 address: 00:09:5b:0e:dd:dd wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873 wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.00.07, Station 1.03.06 Thanks, MikeC