From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Aug 7 11:52:23 2002 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 7910037B400 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:52:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from volatile.chemikals.org (cae88-49-048.sc.rr.com [24.88.49.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ED4843E6A for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:52:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from morganw@chemikals.org) Received: from localhost (morganw@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by volatile.chemikals.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g77IqIR0031648; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 14:52:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from morganw@chemikals.org) Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 14:52:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Wesley Morgan To: Nick Sayer Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More hostap problems. In-Reply-To: <200208071531.g77FVpAC004784@medusa.kfu.com> Message-ID: <20020807145202.M31620-100000@volatile.chemikals.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Try turning off encryption (seriously)... On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Nick Sayer wrote: > I switched to a Linksys WMP11 for the external antenna. It improved > the signal strength in my humble abode, but now reliability has gone > way down. > > I back up a couple machines overnight on the wireless segment, and in > the last couple of mornings, the hostap machine has been locking up > for 30 seconds at a time. dmesg says this: > > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc02/0; last status 800b > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc03/0; last status 800b > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc0e/0; last status 800b > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc2a/0; last status 800b > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc01/0; last status 800b > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc85/0; last status 800b > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc28/0; last status 800b > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc23/0; last status 800b > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc24/0; last status 800b > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc2a/0; last status 800b > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc80/0; last status 800b > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. > wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC > wi0: tx buffer allocation failed > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. > wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC > wi0: mgmt. buffer allocation failed > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. > > and any interaction with the card is doomed until reboot. > > This is with -stable. The card looks like this: > > wi0: mem 0xe5800000-0xe5800fff irq 10 at device 11.0 on pci0 > wi0: 802.11 address: 00:06:25:09:8b:ea > wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI) > wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.01.00, Station 1.04.09 > > Any ideas? I'd hate to have to put the Prism 2 card back in, since it has a > crappier antenna and I'd have no use for the new card. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > -- _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ Wesley N Morgan _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ morganw@chemikals.org _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power To Serve _ |___/___/___/ Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message