Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:25:31 -0400 From: "Alexander Sack" <pisymbol@gmail.com> To: "David Gurvich" <david.gurvich@verizon.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless problems using an AP connected to router Message-ID: <3c0b01820806181125l38d8d19m569c2af901147efd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080618132028.60efafc0@Lucifer.localhost> References: <20080618132028.60efafc0@Lucifer.localhost>
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On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:20 PM, David Gurvich <david.gurvich@verizon.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I am using freebsd7 on a thinkpad T23 laptop and the ipw driver for > the intel 2100 mini-pci card. The 7.0 ipw driver works vs. not working > in 6.x . My network consists of an AP+WPA->router+DHCP+DNS->DSL modem. > I have setup wpa_supplicant correctly and everything works. An issue > arises where I need to reassociate occasionally. > > If I connect directly to the router, my connection is fine. If I > connect to the access point, the connection is fine initially then > fails to resolve names and loses the router/gateway. The odd thing is > that I still have a good connection to the access point (tested with > ping) but no connection to the router (also tested with ping). If I use > 'wpa_cli reassociate' everything starts working again. > > What tools are available to help diagnose this issue and what is the > issue? David, I saw the same issue yesterday when testing my ath based chipset on using wpa_supplicant. I got to the point where I was connected to my AP but loss my router/gateway. My problem was *probably* due to pilot error since I ran wpa_supplicant/dhclient manually. Are you going through the /etc/rc.d/netif start cycle and seeing this problem? -aps
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