From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 14 15:29:12 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 E22B716A400 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 15:29:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F4CB13C457 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 15:29:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f31so1453136pyh for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:29:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; b=C/ZoFjzhrfFc8/TO63qNMVqOYS5Umrcf+EO1KulCgqjx+ARQ0pi4aD3GYi31BFdUrN7Kw9PoHLp60emhihYBk9YBRMCEk0UigGKbK83i/tCP2PIZ3hv+CXqoFCZBZm4IcnP7Gw1aZ4An66fsXynw9iIrfzESXA0TALiUpddoXzE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; b=J6f2GsQAbUXfwPNkxfKVe1MoBoHoFKmiI/lSFi3s5ZE5oTGpZ2+ohj3xDtjwjq1wxrHmghG8H6hRBcq9OL5I91wOe1SZ9+5LLaA3FeZagOY+B1WVmHas6d+f1bOPEHE/y53AH4+kFBu/D8YgO4O5j5N6T5MoAMES6pck6NTAHB4= Received: by 10.64.180.20 with SMTP id c20mr10614867qbf.1179155071643; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:04:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1%693133673? ( [87.194.39.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id e11sm12726692qbc.2007.05.14.08.04.30; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:04:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Evans To: Kiffin Gish In-Reply-To: <1179078022.2097.11.camel@localhost> References: <1179078022.2097.11.camel@localhost> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-5nLo3ROy6eM2dpJMBHc+" Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 16:04:29 +0100 Message-Id: <1179155069.1791.15.camel@zoot.mintel.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.0 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port 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 List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:29:13 -0000 --=-5nLo3ROy6eM2dpJMBHc+ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. >=20 > Here are my settings: >=20 > # ifconfig wi0 > wi0: flags=3D8843 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 >=20 > Any ideas what is going wrong and how it can be fixed? >=20 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. --=-5nLo3ROy6eM2dpJMBHc+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGSHpzlcRvFfyds/cRAsEwAJ0ZOYh0rjmmiMpUTSUaeQn7Vo3YkACeOnsg kHhxU4j4CXzshDJw2tcR7LM= =rGO3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-5nLo3ROy6eM2dpJMBHc+--