Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:02:59 -0600 (CST) From: <lreid@a.cs.okstate.edu> To: burntime@gmx.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis0: link down after idle time Message-ID: <20050124150259.4769EA068A@csa.cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <1106550443.744.13.camel@mars.planet>
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Hendrik - are you certain it is a rev. B3 with the ar5213 chipset? The ath driver on my box attempts to hook, but fails. I get these kernel messages: ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xd6800000-0xd68 0ffff irq 5 at device 10.0 on pci0 ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13 kernel: device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6 On 1/24/2005, "Hendrik Spiegel" <burntime@gmx.net> wrote: >Hi, > >I use the same D_Link card as you do, although I use it successfully >with the native ath driver. > >On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 22:23 -0600, lreid@a.cs.okstate.edu wrote: >> I am running FreeBSD 5.3-stable and have had limited success with a >> d-link DWL-G520 card, rev B3 (atheros ar5213 chipset). I had hoped that >> I would have purchased a card with a supported native driver (ath), > >You probably did ;) >> The card works well, albeit only in 802.11b 11mb/s adhoc mode, > >I can reproduce this with the native driver. 11g is sometimes down to a >few kBit and 500-1000ms when I switch to 11b speed is ok and times are >25-40ms. > > >> that I can't figure out. After about an hour or so of idle time on the >> link, the interface brings itself down and cannot be resurrected unless >> I issue a command through ifconfig to bring the interface up again. Does >> anyone else experience this problem and/or have a solution? > >I will watch this - I do not remember exactly if there were such >problems. > >FreeBSD mars.local 5.3-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p2 #0: Mon Jan 10 >23:27:32 CET 2005 root@mars.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BTKERNEL >i386 > >ath0@pci0:9:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x3a131186 chip=3D0x0013168c rev=3D0= x01 >hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device =3D 'AR5213 802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter' > class =3D network > subclass =3D ethernet > >ath0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > ether 00:0f:3d:ab:9a:b6 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11b >(DS/11Mbps) > status: associated > ssid LokalHorst 1:LokalHorst > channel 4 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS > wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 > wepkey 1:104-bit > >
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