Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:37:15 +0200 From: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Issues with bwn wireless Message-ID: <201104261737.15553.bschmidt@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimnpsS_ZqiccV9b9tCS6TZyeO%2B9DA@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTimnpsS_ZqiccV9b9tCS6TZyeO%2B9DA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday, April 25, 2011 17:19:00 Eitan Adler wrote: > On the same computer I have here: > http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?23,138126,138310,template=head%3F%3F > I've been having similar issues recently and I'm hoping to finally > resolve them. The only change from then is that I am now using > 8-STABLE (r219789) > > 1) For some reason setting the ssid via ifconfig and setting wlan0 to > "up" doesn't do anything. I need to use wpa_supplicant even for an > OPEN network No clue.. see 2) > 2) I start wpa_supplicant with > network = { > ssid="fubar" > key_mgmt=NONE > } > and then run dhlient wlan0. > After this it seems that like I am associated and I'm able to ping > "google.com" for some number of packets and then it loses packets. > The routes, /etc/resolv.conf, and ip address all seem in order - even > after it stops responding. > ifconfig wlan0 still says "status: associated" even though I am unable > to ping anything or access the internet. In _some_ cases "dig" still > works. Can you post debug output of wpa_supplicant/bwn? % sysctl dev.bwn.0.debug=-1 % wpa_supplicant -Dbsd -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -ddt > 3) Sometimes I see the channel cycling somewhat randomly during the > "associated but not working" time. Sounds like a background scan issue, try with % ifconfig wlan0 -bgscan > 4) ifconfig wlan0 scan never shows anything but ifconfig wlan0 list scan does. This should be fixed in HEAD. > Any pointers or ideas to resolve these issues would be great! > > > -- Bernhard
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