Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:02:59 +0200
From:      Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Cc:        Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com>
Subject:   Re: Wireless problems after upgrade to 4.10 (fwd)
Message-ID:  <v2rG15wExI4LAlWncPwczA.md5@libertango.oryx.com>
In-Reply-To: <20041029165428.GA25837@panix.com>
References:  <20041029130711.GA16387@panix.com> <20041029162718.A3C865D04@ptavv.es.net> <20041029165428.GA25837@panix.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Jesse Sheidlower writes:
> I have since brought the computer into my office, where I was 
> instantly able to hop on to an open access point that seems to be in 
> the neighborhood. This suggests that the problem must be with my home 
> router/AP. I don't know why this would be, as it's been running fine 
> for years, has the most basic configuration, and is working with 
> several other computers. But I'm not sure what else to think about.

Let me guess: You're accidentally connecting to a neighbour's open AP 
who's using the same 192.168 addresses as you are. Your neighbour has 
dialup, or unplugs his DSL, so you can't really use his AP.

Arnt



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?v2rG15wExI4LAlWncPwczA.md5>