wifi-connection getting dropped ...

[Kiffin Gish]

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Kiffin Rex Gish
Gouda, The Netherlands


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Smith [mailto:smithi at nimnet.asn.au] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 3:14 PM
> To: Kiffin Gish
> Cc: drgerlists at gmail.com; freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: wifi-connection getting dropped ...
> 
> 
> On Sat, 19 May 2007, Kiffin Gish wrote:
> 
>  > > From: Dr. Gary E. RAFE [mailto:drgerlists at gmail.com] 
>  > > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:50 PM
> 
>  > > Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at 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
>