From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 17 02:30:55 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 757CDF07 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:30:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-x234.google.com (mail-we0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12FB3403 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:30:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f180.google.com with SMTP id k14so3760321wer.39 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:30:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Xoyltu54yXkhp0L/Y8s4fNtx+hYnR+HEFIXt0HETcos=; b=kWUndUJMs4umU28ZaqJKq7dffpQ+ttLQOGiscEfZqatfpio8ytkyk5QWF48BHhUdCX X8f98u6TpN9yO9xWnZBrkGyLDWqCQNeKwUIOyBW8Q9aT/fN0keTe58bf6rE3bvc7yvSQ 5BXJrDSSo834CLerzl3H7pbHfGNMlc+DlUia0BkE1opbRbaIBK5QlgKg6n4ZH1Stct8C 2GAf9DXoydMQYS+HirX0mkdTQ4/0/71YuSI9lFlljSMWRsphRLwBipNt4YtRYgb4Y9LH XSUu0Q43L5G+NSr/BRmPFLYGuAWG/GFVUNrxVtDh7t0S+2UQL5ey0m4PAFlWItK+3Hks 6wuQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.161.135 with SMTP id xs7mr11684541wjb.41.1361068254198; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:30:54 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.236.88 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:30:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:30:54 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: BOmwmSPN9Jmj7hGooYwkPJcFAmE Message-ID: Subject: Re: Problems with an older Acer Aspire One From: Adrian Chadd To: Kurt Buff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:30:55 -0000 Well, what's it do when it loses wireless connection? is anything logged? adrian On 16 February 2013 18:01, Kurt Buff wrote: > I have an older model of the model mentioned in the subject line, and > it loses its wireless connection every few days, requiring a reboot to > bring it back. This has happened since I had the machine, starting > with FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE, though I've since upgraded a couple of > times, and am now at 9.1-RELEASE > > Is there any info out there on what I can do to keep the connection? I > don't use the machine heavily - it sits on my nightstand for light web > browsing before I sleep, mostly, so it's a bit annoying to have to > reboot before I can get to the web. > > Here's what info I'm able to glean from the machine: > > % dmesg | grep -i ath > ath0: mem 0x95100000-0x9510ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 > ath0: AR2425 mac 14.2 RF5424 phy 7.0 > alc0: mem 0x93000000-0x9303ffff > irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3 > atphy0: PHY 0 on miibus0 > % ifconfig > ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 2290 > ether 00:26:5e:2f:de:32 > nd6 options=29 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g > status: associated > alc0: flags=8802 metric 0 mtu 1500 > options=c3198 > ether 00:23:5a:ed:bd:56 > nd6 options=29 > media: Ethernet autoselect > lo0: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 16384 > options=600003 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > nd6 options=21 > wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:26:5e:2f:de:32 > inet 192.168.151.103 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.151.255 > nd6 options=29 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g > status: associated > ssid 5705NE197th channel 11 (2462 MHz 11g) bssid 00:23:69:82:b2:bf > regdomain 101 indoor ecm authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF > AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 > bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 > protmode CTS wme burst roaming MANUAL > > > Thanks, > > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"