Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 09:40:36 +0800 (CST) From: Tai-hwa Liang <avatar@mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Johann Hugo <jhugo@icomtek.csir.co.za> Subject: Re: ath client loose connection to ath hostap Message-ID: <05070609391811.747@www.mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw> In-Reply-To: <42CAB549.7010409@errno.com> References: <200507051430.04322.jhugo@icomtek.csir.co.za> <42CAB549.7010409@errno.com>
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Sam Leffler wrote: > Johann Hugo wrote: >> Hi >> I have 2x soekris 4501 units with atheros adapters, 1=hostap mode, >> 1=client. >> With a continues ping, everything keeps running (16+ hours), but after an >> inactive period they lose connectivity. The client still reports it is >> associated, but there is no IP connectivity. After "ath down" + "ath up" it >> does not want to associated with hostap any more. After client reboot it >> works fine again. After inactive period - same problem. > > I believe Tai-hwa Liang has a fix for this pending re approval. You're > seeing beacon misses on the client but when the client scans to reassociate > it bogusly creates a new entry in the scan cache and things get confused. If > his commit doesn't fix your problem check on the ap side to see if there are > auth+associate requests coming in when you get a beacon miss on the client. Just committed to sys/net80211/ieee80211_input.c:1.56. Please cvsup later. Thanks, Tai-hwa Liang
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