From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 27 15:19:37 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E0316A418 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:19:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from smtpauth04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpauth04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4E5D913C468 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:19:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: (qmail 7140 invoked from network); 27 Nov 2007 15:19:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (208.206.151.5) by smtpauth04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.95) with ESMTP; 27 Nov 2007 15:19:36 -0000 Message-ID: <474C3588.4030900@computer.org> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:19:36 -0600 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071117) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Oberman References: <20071116200903.A1EE84500F@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20071116200903.A1EE84500F@ptavv.es.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 OpenPGP: url=http://www.ravenlock.us/files/pub_schuele.pgp Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig6D5DD9911508707FC7AC3051" Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_7 and atheros .... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:19:37 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig6D5DD9911508707FC7AC3051 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/16/2007 14:09, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:57:44 -0600 >> From: Eric Schuele >> >>>>>> 2) I get disconnected every night from my wireless router at hom= e.>=20 >>>>>> 99% of the time it happens after I've gone to bed. Once or twice.= =2E.>=20 >>>>>> while I was sitting in front of it. It just disassociates? >>>>> Try 'ifconfig ath0 -bgscan'. Something causes my card to lose >>>>> association periodically when the background scan is in progress. >>>> Are you saying try the above *after* I've been disconnected? Or is = it>=20 >>>> an attempt to reproduce the disconnect? >>> No. Try it as soon as your system comes up.=20 >> Oh, I see. Would it be sufficient to place it in my rc.conf: >> ifconfig_ath0=3D"WPA DHCP -bgscan" >=20 > Yes. This should do the same thing. I didn't do it so I would notice if= > the behavior changed. Just as a follow up.... After making the above change, I have not noticed this problem occurring. So it appears as though this has fixed it. Thanks. :) >=20 >>> It disables the regular >>> background scan for APs that, by default, happens every 5 minutes. No= te>=20 >>> that I don't see my association go down on every scan, but turning th= is>=20 >>> off seems to prevent the disassociation from ever happening. I have >>> confirmation from at leat two others with the same Atheros chip-set t= ha> t >>> this fixed their recurrent disconnects. (It certainly fixed mine.) >>> >>> Note that this change will have a negative effect if you are roaming = or>=20 >>> your environment changes in some way. >> I do no roaming. >=20 > So turning off background scanning should have no effect on you. --=20 Regards, Eric --------------enig6D5DD9911508707FC7AC3051 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHTDWIngSDRM3IXUoRAgTcAJ4nJIwfywsF8x8FSNo95ybHgAiESwCgsAE6 fhrWqv1swtMqFXItTuIa3xE= =stE3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig6D5DD9911508707FC7AC3051--