From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 14 14:50:30 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 565BA16A406 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 14:50:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drgerlists@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1319B13C459 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 14:50:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drgerlists@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so1596086wxc for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 07:50:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:organization:reply-to:to:subject:cc:message-id:references:in-reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=s9pRzTFl2RFjf7HcapXP2yR44L4b/BBqO4WE864pBZDqikIs8iOKcbSnPq/qKfAXNDPtT6hAqCZms56pLZIyI06TDazeRDsvFWe6Lb589h0dhlnh19DNoXm3ltLwVpynTCvjhiUA57lE7VVtX7AXKB4RXRirYua/NaguS7siovA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:organization:reply-to:to:subject:cc:message-id:references:in-reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=lOWp7/k6x1fOrQYSC0aPoYFYHT60M8fc06kn9gzWzmOFIUQzdKBjoxbLOaipZ+Snvg5ATvYrCaEkwkhJ2lOoFzzEjL4VNjyEoLabPrVX3lPhGCmAE+OFszzPqv7iWWBphCPVs7m8fzG7F3TVEd2tfrauR5u4KDOoqR0zFOokOtc= Received: by 10.90.90.3 with SMTP id n3mr4863845agb.1179154228647; Mon, 14 May 2007 07:50:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lmrmac.uhw.utoledo.edu ( [131.183.86.111]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 71sm6464648wry.2007.05.14.07.50.25; Mon, 14 May 2007 07:50:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:50:21 -0400 From: drgerlists@gmail.com (Dr. Gary E. RAFE) Organization: Dr. Gary E. RAFE To: kiffin.gish@planet.nl Message-ID: <4648772d.TnPJGvH0jRG4TlCfjV3vpqXm@lmrmac.uhw.utoledo.edu> References: <1179078022.2097.11.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1179078022.2097.11.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.2 01/07/07 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wifi-connection getting dropped ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: drgerlists@gmail.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 14:50:30 -0000 Kiffin Gish wrote: !Since upgrading to FreeBSD 6.2 and installing another wireless adsl !router, I've been having problems with my wifi-connection getting !dropped regularly, for example when idle for a given amount of time. ! !Here are my settings: ! !# ifconfig wi0 !wi0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 ! inet 192.168.1.102 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ! ether 00:02:2d:a5:1b:07 ! media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) ! status: associated ! ssid SpeedTouchABF160 channel 1 bssid 00:14:7f:8a:74:e3 ! stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" ! authmode OPEN privacy MIXED deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:40-bit txpowmax !100 ! bmiss 7 bintval 100 ! !Any ideas what is going wrong and how it can be fixed? What is the *specific* sympton you see here ? We reported back in February the problem of the second line of your "ifconfig wi0" command output (i.e., "inet 192.168.1.102 netmask 0xfffff...") simply disappearing after some random amount of idle time. The wi0 device, however, stays "associated" with the AP, but the netork doesn't work anymore. This also with FBSD 6.2-R. -- Dr Gary E RAFE: drgerlists at gmail dot com