From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 02:09:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B99837B401 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 02:09:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wantadilla.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDC8243FA3 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 02:09:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by wantadilla.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id DF3CF526A5; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:39:00 +0930 (CST) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:39:00 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: "M. Warner Losh" Message-ID: <20030804090900.GJ95375@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20030731045030.GH33447@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030731093031.17deae97.ltning@anduin.net> <20030804044432.GV95375@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030803.235155.123970624.imp@bsdimp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dx3Dp8jmtOhPC5KT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030803.235155.123970624.imp@bsdimp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: ltning@anduin.net Subject: Re: Lucent IBSS mode doesn't work in -CURRENT? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 09:09:04 -0000 --dx3Dp8jmtOhPC5KT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday, 3 August 2003 at 23:51:55 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20030804044432.GV95375@wantadilla.lemis.com> > "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" writes: >> On Thursday, 31 July 2003 at 9:30:31 +0200, Eirik Oeverby wrote: >>> Hey, >>> >>> I have a few Orinoco cards, and they 'work' in both ad-hoc and >>> infrastructure mode. However with dhclient it gets tricky, because it >>> will only work the first time dhclient assigns an address to the card. >>> Whenever it tries to refresh it or whatever, I start getting those >>> timeout and busy bit errors, and network connectivity drops. This >>> usually happens within a few minutes or latest after 30 minutes or so - >>> probably depending on your dhcpd/dhclient configuration. Configuring a >>> static IP lets me use the card, and it seems stable. >>> >>> I am really glad someone else is seeing this, perhaps it can get fixed >>> some day :) >>> >>> Oh and btw.. Get the *latest* firmware onto all your cards. That is >>> essential for anything to work right at all.. >> >> That sounds wrong to me. If it worked before, and it doesn't now, >> that's not the fault of the firmware. > > Quit harping on it, ok. We know there's a bug and carping like this > makes me less willing to find and fix it. I'm not harping on it, just pointing out that there's a difference between a workaround and a fix. If it hadn't been for that comment, I wouldn't have replied at all. I've borrowed an access point, so I'm not in any pain right now. Let me know if you want me to test something. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --dx3Dp8jmtOhPC5KT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/LiKsIubykFB6QiMRAtQ5AJ47qM/QlknC/2/l03mVCRJkizCNMACfbPEE D0+SrI4/aaUHBrCIpURLhgc= =Tq90 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dx3Dp8jmtOhPC5KT--