Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 14:59:17 -0800 From: "Kip Macy" <kip.macy@gmail.com> To: "Kimi Ostro" <kimimeister@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wifi locking up system Message-ID: <b1fa29170703031459p1f282j2de03b3ebf351597@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42b497160703031426y259f0c4bl8620c804c1c84c05@mail.gmail.com> References: <42b497160703031426y259f0c4bl8620c804c1c84c05@mail.gmail.com>
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ral has locking bugs on 6.x. I was under the impression that it is
barely used from how quickly I hit them.
-Kip
On 3/3/07, Kimi Ostro <kimimeister@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I have been using a FreeBSD based wifi network for about 5 months now,
> reading the handbook made this a breeze.
>
> Introducing wifi to one of my boxes that would have uptimes of months
> now causes lock-ups of some sort, the machine just completely dies
> atleast to any networking access and I haven't seen any panicks yet
> which doesn't really help, power-cycling is the only resolution.
>
> Diagram:
>
> [freebsd]
> |
> [if_fxp]--[if_bridge]--[if_ral]
>
> if_ral is in HostAp mode.
>
> I also get the same kind of symptomns on my laptop, also with an
> if_ral, both are manufactured by MSI: MSI CB54G2 and MSI PC54G2.
>
> Heavy networking like file transfering, lots of SSH sessions (5/6) and
> general web browsing cause this to happen a lot, yet if I just do web
> browsing there will be no lock-up for weeks on end, yet as soon as I
> start doing heavy networking again it will lock up all with in 10
> minutes.
>
> I've even tried using just 11b or 54g modes.
>
> Please CC me.
>
> --
> Kimi
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