Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:23:49 +0200 From: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> To: Nenhum_de_Nos <matheusber@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hostapd and atheros - anyone else with dropping connections ?! Message-ID: <E1IJAnd-0000Tn-Ra@clue.co.za> In-Reply-To: Message from Nenhum_de_Nos <matheusber@gmail.com> of "Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:49:12 -0300." <4956a5e50708081849s393be47bv931310df0e59fb66@mail.gmail.com>
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Nenhum_de_Nos wrote: > I have a wifi atheros card: > > ath0@pci0:10:0: class=0x020000 card=0x3a131186 chip=0x0013168c rev=0x01 hdr=0 x00 > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device = 'AR5212, AR5213 802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > and an hostapd AP. > > from time to time, I need to restart hostapd. and this time is not long. > > I'll update now and try again. > > if anyone is having the same issue, please say :) I'm having a similar issue on similar and more recent hardware (5212 and 5006), but not with hostap. Have you tried 'arp -d -a' on either or both of the hosts? I find this fixes my disappearing wireless connectivity. Ian -- Ian Freislich
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