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From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
To: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: wpi -- periodic disconnections
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On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:47:39PM +0100, Pietro Cerutti wrote:
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> Hi list,
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> I can't get my if_wpi (Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG) stay connected to
> my WPA-enabled access point for more than a few hours. Moreover, when it
> happens, I have to unload the module, reload it and restart
> wpa_supplicant in order to reconnect to the network. Any ideas?

I have a WIP patch that may help, please give this a go.

http://citylink.unixathome.org/~thompsa/wpi_testing8.diff

Its the combination of several peoples work and I am planning to send it
out again later in the week after some more review.


cheers,
Andrew