From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 27 23:57:26 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F93816A41F for ; Sun, 27 May 2007 23:57:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghirai@ghirai.com) Received: from p28.ich-19.com (fa.ea.5646.static.theplanet.com [70.86.234.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5199313C45D for ; Sun, 27 May 2007 23:57:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghirai@ghirai.com) Received: from [89.122.141.115] (helo=Unknown-00-16-36-ae-62-05.lan) by p28.ich-19.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HsSbs-00042e-QL; Sun, 27 May 2007 18:57:17 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 02:57:00 +0300 From: Ghirai X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.99.3) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <572057376.20070528025700@ghirai.com> To: Gunther Mayer , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <465A1803.4000200@gmail.com> References: <465A1803.4000200@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - p28.ich-19.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - ghirai.com Cc: Subject: Re: ath0 going haywire X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ghirai List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 23:57:26 -0000 Hello Gunther, Monday, May 28, 2007, 2:45:07 AM, you wrote: > Hi there, > My ath0 wireless interface is going crazy lately. In my logs the kernel > keeps telling me > May 28 01:26:28 greg ath0: link state changed to UP > May 28 01:26:28 greg ath0: link state changed to UP > May 28 01:26:28 greg ath0: link state changed to DOWN > May 28 01:26:28 greg ath0: link state changed to DOWN > while the wireless connection becomes completely useless. The first time > this happened was 5 days ago when I got these messages every couple of > minutes. Today it happened again but much worse than before: First 4 > such messages every 3 seconds, then later 15/sec!!! This kept going for > almost 2 hours while I tried to debug things over the wired interface, > but I had no luck until miraculously it stopped its madness and came > back to normal 15 min ago. No other hints in /var/log/messages... > This this a sign of failing hardware? Or some other obscure bug in the > ath driver? > My signal is pretty solid at 25-30 S:N btw so it can't be that... > Gunther Maybe someone is performing a deauth attack on your AP, in hopes of getting your password? -- Best regards, Ghirai.