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Subject: Re: ath hostap problems
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Sam Leffler wrote:
> Are both machines SMP?  Stuck beacons typically arise for two reasons:
> the channel is busy and the ap can't get on the air to send the frame,
> or the host/bus is overloaded and cannot meet the realtime
> requirements of posting the beacon frame in time to hit the beacon
> transmit schedule.   I can't tell from the above info whether either
> might be possible.
Sam,

I'm having a similar problem with the "stuck beacon" message (see my
request at
http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-stable@freebsd.org/msg107619.html).
What info do you need to be able to diagnose it?

Thanks for any help,
    Graham Menhennitt