Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:57:09 GMT From: Adam Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/131781: ndis keeps dropping the link Message-ID: <200902171457.n1HEv9wN096880@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200902171500.n1HF07R2049977@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 131781 >Category: kern >Synopsis: ndis keeps dropping the link >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 17 15:00:07 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Adam Kirchhoff >Release: i386 -STABLE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD memory.visualtech.com 7.1-STABLE FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE #1: Thu Jan 15 12:11:12 EST 2009 root@memory.visualtech.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: I decided to try the windows driver via ndis to see if I'd be able to connect to this AP at work ( http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=131153 ) and I am actually able to connect. However the network performance is pretty bad, and the link keeps going from DOWN to UP and back DOWN again. Here's the output of 'ifconfig ndis0': [ adamk@scroll - ~ ]: ifconfig ndis0 ndis0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:13:ce:a8:10:ea inet 192.168.0.91 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/1Mbps) status: associated ssid Mckella280Front channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b) bssid 00:22:6b:9a:cc:af authmode WPA privacy OFF bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 roaming MANUAL bintval 0 And the appropriate dmesg output: ndis0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection> mem 0xdfcff000-0xdfcfffff irq 17 at device 3.0 on pci3 ndis0: [ITHREAD] ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.0 ndis0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:13:ce:a8:10:ea ndis0: no matching rate for: 108 ndis0: link state changed to UP ndis0: couldn't change DS config to 2412000kHz: 19 ndis0: link state changed to DOWN ndis0: no matching rate for: 108 ndis0: link state changed to UP ndis0: link state changed to DOWN ndis0: no matching rate for: 108 ndis0: link state changed to UP >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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