Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:42:02 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Robert Schedko <rschedko@insightbb.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Problems Message-ID: <462A852A.8090901@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <4628DCE6.4050209@insightbb.com> References: <4628DCE6.4050209@insightbb.com>
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Robert Schedko wrote: > I am having some problems with my pfsense wireless access point I > believe it is with the ath0 cards power management feature. I came to > this conclusion by reading a thread in the forum. I fixed the problem by > going into my laptops wireless nic (Intel) and turned off the power > saving feature. The only problem with this is, I can't make the change > on every laptop that connects to the wireless network. So I was > wondering if there is a way I can disable the power saver feature on my > access point so that the laptop cards will not go into power saver mode? > Your help will be greatly appreciated. As sephe answered, power save support is a requirement of every AP; there's no way to turn it off. You've provided no information about your setup. A while back there was a bug in the ath driver in the handling of packets dispatched in ap mode to stations using power save. But since then I've heard of no s/w issues. Sam
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