Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 03:51:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Anthony Volodkin <anthonyv@brainlink.com> To: yussef <yussef@claygirl.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless device cant go thru wap to nfs/smb server Message-ID: <20031022031645.S98405-100000@superior.local.non-standard.net> In-Reply-To: <E1ACCY2-00013y-QR@claygirl.org>
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Hey, You might consider doing some tests to see if you get packet loss to the NFS/SMB server. That seems to be the issue. It would make sense that nfs would act weird, as nfs doesnt like packet loss :) What is happening with winamp seems logical as well, in this situation. If it does indeed turn out to be packet loss, then i'd consider investing in a real access point and plugging in with a crossover cable into an ethernet interface on your router box. I assume that you currently use a PCMCIA card+adapter. -Anthony On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, yussef wrote: > I posted this to -mobile, but im gonna send it here in case anyone > might have a better idea. thanks > > I have a fbsd 4.8 router which also acts as my wireless access point, > bridging the wireless interface to the internal nic. on top of that, up > until recently, it was my nfs/smb file server as well. Everything was > working fine in this setup, so i had to go and change something, and > create new problems;) > > I moved the file serving over to a newer box, that will be dedicated > mainly just to NFS and SMB [depending on whether its a windows machine > or NIX machine accessing it]. Computers on the network connected over > ethernet are able to mount shares and manipulate the data on the shares > just fine [copying files back and forth, listening to music, etc]. > When i try to mount an NFS or SMB share from a device connected > wirelessly, im able to do this just fine. However, with NFS im unable to > do much with the data. I can browse thru the data just fine [eg, viewing > mp3s in xmms]. But as soon as i try to move data from the remote share > to the local system, it seems to cause the share to just sorta hang. If > i open up a term, and do a simple ls /share it the term becomes > unresponsive. even ctrl+c doesnt save me. the only way ive figured out > how to return the system to normal is a umount -f /share and this isnt > the most elegant or proper solution. > With SMB its a similar story. I after its mounted, i can brown the > share. If i go to play a song thru xmms, it will play, but it will pause > almost every second, tho it will continue playing [so i guess > technically its more affective, at this point, than NFS]. > If i switch my wireless devices to a wired connection, then everything > works fine. So it seems pretty clear its not an issue with the wireless > devices themselves, but the means of connection. > My assumption is because im going thru the router/wap to get to the > fileserver, this is somehow mucking up the way NFS/SMB do things. But I > have no idea exactly why its doing this, and even more importantly, no > idea how to fix this problem, besides making the router/wap the > fileserver again, or making the new fileserver the wap [and this might > not even work, as i havent tried it yet]. and both of these solutions > are far from ideal. > > thanks for the help. > yussef > > update: since making the initial post to mobile, it's become more clear > to me this probably isnt an issue with nfs/smb but something to do with > the way bridging works. I've yet to have a look thru the code [and im > no programmer], tho i plan to look thru, and see if anything catches my > eye. in the mean time, i thought maybe someone else more in the know, > might have an idea about a solution. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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