Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:10:24 +0100 From: Thomas Beer <nohuman@gmail.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Pep_Turr=F3?= <pep.turro@gmail.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless bridge failing with a particular client Message-ID: <5e51d2fd04122909101a1493f1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <383dfdac04122908596b9928e3@mail.gmail.com> References: <383dfdac04122908596b9928e3@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, probably Am I facing a similar problem. What is a Nokia 9500? I have tremendous packet loss with XP while non with other clients. Surrounding setup seems also to be similar, while DHCP works for me even with XP. Please lay out your configuration.=20 Cheers Tom On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:59:30 +0100, Pep Turr=F3 <pep.turro@gmail.com> wrote= : > Hi, >=20 > I have a FreeBSD wireless Access Point configured as per the Handbook. > It has been working perfectly for months. >=20 > But things fail when I try to connect through it with a brand new > Nokia 9500 (nice gift!), and I have no clue why. >=20 > What I can see is a lot of packet loss. DHCP (provided by a router in > the network) is not working, most likely because packets get lost (I > saw an offer in one of the packet traces, but the nokia did not get > the address). If I configure a static IP address and try to ping the > nokia from the wired network: >=20 > pep@bogota:~$ ping 10.10.10.73 > PING 10.10.10.73 (10.10.10.73) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.73: icmp_seq=3D8 ttl=3D69 time=3D18.1 ms > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.73: icmp_seq=3D12 ttl=3D69 time=3D6.48 ms > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.73: icmp_seq=3D25 ttl=3D69 time=3D14.1 ms > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.73: icmp_seq=3D29 ttl=3D69 time=3D5.38 ms > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.73: icmp_seq=3D42 ttl=3D69 time=3D14.6 ms >=20 > --- 10.10.10.73 ping statistics --- > 50 packets transmitted, 5 received, 90% packet loss, time 48996ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev =3D 5.389/11.754/18.126/4.960 ms >=20 > At the very same time I am connecting with a laptop through this ap > and works perfectly: > pep@bogota:~$ ping 10.10.10.130 > PING 10.10.10.130 (10.10.10.130) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.130: icmp_seq=3D1 ttl=3D255 time=3D3.06 ms > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.130: icmp_seq=3D2 ttl=3D255 time=3D2.93 ms > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.130: icmp_seq=3D3 ttl=3D255 time=3D2.53 ms > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.130: icmp_seq=3D4 ttl=3D255 time=3D2.60 ms > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.130: icmp_seq=3D5 ttl=3D255 time=3D2.61 ms > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.130: icmp_seq=3D6 ttl=3D255 time=3D2.42 ms > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.130: icmp_seq=3D7 ttl=3D255 time=3D2.80 ms >=20 > --- 10.10.10.130 ping statistics --- > 7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 6004ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev =3D 2.424/2.711/3.065/0.223 ms >=20 > And I can see both from the AP: > pep@david:~$ wicontrol -l > 2 stations: > 00:0e:ed:bf:28:1c asid=3D0210, flags=3D3<ASSOC,AUTH>, caps=3D1<ESS>, > rates=3Df<1M,2M,5.5M,11M>, sig=3D51/10 > 00:80:c8:2c:09:79 asid=3D03d0, flags=3D3<ASSOC,AUTH>, caps=3D1<ESS>, > rates=3Df<1M,2M,5.5M,11M>, sig=3D47/10 >=20 > (the first is the nokia, the second is the laptop with a smc wireless car= d) >=20 > The config options on the Nokia are fairly simple, leaving not much > room for debug/improvement... but I think they are ok. I got its > wireless connection to work in ad-hoc mode with a laptop. >=20 > The wireless net is not using wep for these tests. >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > pep > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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