Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 19:03:17 -0500 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Subject: Re: dhclient ignoring link on wi0 Message-ID: <17339.4293.673806.446317@canoe.dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060104005134.k60dxcrrcw0c40kk@netchild.homeip.net> References: <17337.50303.811554.900031@canoe.dclg.ca> <43B9C7F1.5030303@cs.unisa.edu.au> <20060104005134.k60dxcrrcw0c40kk@netchild.homeip.net>
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>>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> writes: [various problems with wi, deleted] Alexander> The problem is, that the wi driver isn't ported to the Alexander> current WLAN infrastructure. There's no documentation Alexander> available for the WLAN infrastructure, so you have to read Alexander> the source (the ath driver is the de-facto reference driver Alexander> for the WLAN stuff), search the net and if nothing helps, Alexander> ask sam@FreeBSD.org some well thought questions. I also thought that someone might have comments about a wi0 as an access point. This used to work, but all clients (even windoze) seem to loose association every 20 to 40 minutes (although the timing is random it seems). Alexander> If you have the time and energy to have a look at porting Alexander> the wi driver to (at least parts of) the current WLAN Alexander> framework, all wi users would appreciate some patches... Not that I'm afraid of development, but I'm unfamilliar with the difference between the revisions of acceptable wifi behaviour. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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