On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:55:23 -0500, Michael C. Cambria wrote > I have quite a few Soekris machines as wireless AP's using the > PCMCIA NL-2511 CD EXT card (wi0 in hostap mode) found at Netgate. I > also have a desktop with a similar setup, to debug prior to flashing > for Soekris. All run FreeBSD 4.10-Stable. > > I'm suddenly seeing a problem where wireless connections just hang. > However, the only time this happens is with clients that use non NL- > 2511 wireless cards . All my gear is NL-2511, all from Netgate. > > The problem is, just recently, friends and family come by with newer > laptops, they associate just fine, but connections just hang. In > all cases, the clients are XP (home or Pro), using newer laptops > that have Intel based 802.11a/b/g type cards. All work just fine to > off the shelf AP's around the globe. Only to my FreeBSD AP is there > an issue. > > Netgate suggested it was the wi driver, so another desktop was setup > to test as an AP. This uses FreeBSD 7 (just prior to any RC). The > result seems to be the same. > > The prism firmware for all prism cards is 1.4.9. > > Has anyone else seen this? Since all my personal gear is the same > family, I never experienced a problem until now. > > I do plan on moving to 802.11g, and migrating existing gear to > FreeBSD > 6.3/7.0 in the very near future. However, I'd like to get to the > bottom of this if possible. > > Thanks, > MikeC > >I too have noticed a similar problem with my Soekris boxes and Intel 3945abg >clients, even with latest RELENG_7. And I use ath-based MiniPCI cards on the >Soekris and ath seems to be the best choice for wireless in FreeBSD, all >thanks to great work by Sam. I should mention that it's nearly impossible to >troubleshoot this without additional information (athdebug, athstats, >etc...). >Sadly I have not had time to debug my setup either...
In your case, if you stick with wi, you'd probably want wlanstats and wlandebug. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
