From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 15 17:41:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18CD41065684 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:41:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.gurvich@verizon.net) Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (vms046pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F19AC8FC0A for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.gurvich@verizon.net) Received: from localhost ([71.249.92.114]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0K4200EED6H635X0@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:41:31 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:41:29 -0400 From: David Gurvich To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080715134129.1b43b439@verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.10; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Wireless network with wpa X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:41:56 -0000 Hello, I would like to know what might be happening with a particular network configuration. Wireless router using wpa, wired router provides dhcp and connects to DSL modem. The wireless card involved is a mini-pci intel 2100 using the if_ipw driver. I could not get this card working at all with 6.3, though it seems to work with 7. =46rom time to time, the ability to resolve the address of the wired router disappears along with DNS resolution. If I 'wpa_cli reassociate' it comes back. The most confusing issue is that the connection to the wire= less router is never lost. I can always ping the wireless router and access the control panel with a web browser. =20 A computer connected directly to the wired router had issues with the ethernet using FreeBSD and Linux, but not Solaris. An apple computer using Gentoo/OSX had no issues with either wired or wireless. I cannot replicate the issue, it simply recurs through use. OSX had no pro= blem with either wpa or wired connection. Solaris only had issues with unsupported hardware. Linux on the x86 box had problems with wired connections, but none on the powermac. I suspect the 3c905b card in the x86 card may be a problem, though there have been no issues since Solaris had been installed. Any ideas on the problem are welcome.