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Date:      Sun, 03 Aug 2003 23:51:55 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        grog@freebsd.org
Cc:        ltning@anduin.net
Subject:   Re: Lucent IBSS mode doesn't work in -CURRENT?
Message-ID:  <20030803.235155.123970624.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030804044432.GV95375@wantadilla.lemis.com>
References:  <20030731045030.GH33447@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030731093031.17deae97.ltning@anduin.net> <20030804044432.GV95375@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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In message: <20030804044432.GV95375@wantadilla.lemis.com>
            "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> writes:
: On Thursday, 31 July 2003 at  9:30:31 +0200, Eirik Oeverby wrote:
: > Hey,
: >
: > I have a few Orinoco cards, and they 'work' in both ad-hoc and
: > infrastructure mode. However with dhclient it gets tricky, because it
: > will only work the first time dhclient assigns an address to the card.
: > Whenever it tries to refresh it or whatever, I start getting those
: > timeout and busy bit errors, and network connectivity drops. This
: > usually happens within a few minutes or latest after 30 minutes or so -
: > probably depending on your dhcpd/dhclient configuration. Configuring a
: > static IP lets me use the card, and it seems stable.
: >
: > I am really glad someone else is seeing this, perhaps it can get fixed
: > some day :)
: >
: > Oh and btw.. Get the *latest* firmware onto all your cards. That is
: > essential for anything to work right at all..
: 
: That sounds wrong to me.  If it worked before, and it doesn't now,
: that's not the fault of the firmware.

Quit harping on it, ok.  We know there's a bug and carping like this
makes me less willing to find and fix it.

Warner



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