Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 10:35:46 -0800 (PST) From: "Lawrence Wickline" <larryw@katlar.com> To: <mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Solved PCMCIA/Wireless freezes and/or disconnects Message-ID: <38851.66.150.9.2.1036434946.squirrel@new.host.name> In-Reply-To: <34812.66.150.9.2.1035842430.squirrel@new.host.name> References: <34812.66.150.9.2.1035842430.squirrel@new.host.name>
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The problem ended up being an access point that died at the same time I did the install of BSD. Replaced the access point with a new on and everything works fine. <quote who="Lawrence Wickline"> > I am having some problems with my wireless connection disconnecting me > from the > network. first the gory details. > I am using a dell Inspiron 8200 running KDE3 on 4.7-p1. My NIC is a > Lynksys WPC11 > version 2.5 and my access point is a Belkin gateway/firewall/hub. > > What happens is after the card is initialized everything works fine. It > does take a > few seconds for the card to be found and loaded but it does come on ok > and work. In > my pccard.conf file I call a script that executes the various wicontrol > commands to > set key and net.... > > Now after the card has been up for about 5 minutes I stop being able to > make new > connections. I have noticed that applications that were started > immediately after > the card comes up stay connected. like if i open a ssh connection it > will continue > to work and if I fire up Netscape and continually click on links it will > still work. > But if I actual stop and read a page for more than a few minutes > Netscape stops > being able to open up a new connection. > > I always can connect to the access point but I figure that is because > the connection > is always in use. But I cant connect beyond. > > If I rerun the configuration script I call in pccard.conf the problem > goes away for > about 5 mins before appearing again. > > last thing is the card works fine in windows on the same hardware. This > has to be a > BSD thing. > > Does anyone have any idea why this is going on or have a fix? This is > pretty much > the last hurdle I have to getting fully on BSD on my laptop. (minus > getting DVD to > play well:)) > > PS. It does also take several (10-15) seconds for the OS to detect the > card has been > removed. I did find this as a problem that had been reported to this > mailing list > previously. Is it possible these problems are related? > > > Thanks, > Larry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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