Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 16:04:29 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wifi-connection getting dropped ... Message-ID: <1179155069.1791.15.camel@zoot.mintel.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1179078022.2097.11.camel@localhost> References: <1179078022.2097.11.camel@localhost>
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On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 19:40 +0200, 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<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> 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?
>
SOOO MANY routers ship with either channel preset to 1, or worse an
'auto-select' which always chooses channel 1. In my area (not moving
from my desk), I can find about 8 distinct wifi networks - 4 of which
are on channel 1. If I plug in a router set to channel 1, I can't even
get a connection in the same room, there is that much interference.
To change it, log into your router and look for wifi configuration.
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