Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 10:45:12 +0200 From: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> To: 'Ian Smith' <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: drgerlists@gmail.com, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: wifi-connection getting dropped ... Message-ID: <000b01c79abb$300b7e90$6601a8c0@KGISH> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1070519232457.24746A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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-- Kiffin Rex Gish Gouda, The Netherlands > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Smith [mailto:smithi@nimnet.asn.au] > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 3:14 PM > To: Kiffin Gish > Cc: drgerlists@gmail.com; freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: wifi-connection getting dropped ... > > > On Sat, 19 May 2007, Kiffin Gish wrote: > > > > From: Dr. Gary E. RAFE [mailto:drgerlists@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:50 PM > > > > Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> wrote: > > > !Since upgrading to FreeBSD 6.2 and installing another > > > wireless adsl !router, I've been having problems with my > > > wifi-connection getting !dropped regularly, for example when > > > idle for a given amount of time. ! !Here are my settings: ! > > > !# ifconfig wi0 > > > !wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > > ! inet 192.168.1.102 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast > 192.168.1.255 > > > ! ether 00:02:2d:a5:1b:07 > > > ! media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect > (DS/11Mbps) > > > ! status: associated > > > ! ssid SpeedTouchABF160 channel 1 bssid 00:14:7f:8a:74:e3 > > > ! stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" > > > ! authmode OPEN privacy MIXED deftxkey 1 wepkey > > > 1:40-bit txpowmax > > > !100 > > > ! bmiss 7 bintval 100 > > > ! > > > !Any ideas what is going wrong and how it can be fixed? > > > > > > What is the *specific* sympton you see here ? > > > > When the connection breaks, ifconfig gives same results as > above except that > the inet line is completely missing! > > It's not clear whether the connection is 'dropped' at all if > it still says 'associated' - does it always still report > being associated when this occurs? Yes, still associated. > > Does anything in /var/log/messages indicate interface wi0 > being brought DOWN and UP when this happens? Are you running > any scripts or programs that might do any other configuration of wi0? No, no. > > Is 192.168.1.102 a static address, or assigned to you by DHCP? DHCP. > > You've given us few clues about your setup, it's unclear > whether you control the access point you're connecting to > (regarding what people have suggested about choosing another > channel than 1) Same with other channels. > > What do 'grep wi0 /etc/rc.conf' and 'dmesg | grep wi0' have to say? Nothing unusual. > > > > We reported back in February the problem of > > > the second line of your "ifconfig wi0" command output > > > (i.e., "inet 192.168.1.102 netmask 0xfffff...") > > > simply disappearing after some random amount of idle time. > > > > > The wi0 device, however, stays "associated" with the AP, > > > but the netork doesn't work anymore. > > > > > > This also with FBSD 6.2-R. > > > -- > > > Dr Gary E RAFE: drgerlists at gmail dot com > > Sounds similar on the face of it .. was that resolved, Gary? > > Cheers, Ian >
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