actually, I thought that running this every minute maybe is to long a
time, since I don't want to wait a whole minute for a page to open, so you
can write it like this:
#!/bin/sh
while true; do
ping -v -c 1 -w 1 192.168.1.1 | grep -q "100.0% packet loss"
if [ ${?} -eq 0 ]
then ifconfig iwn0 down && ifconfig iwn0 up
fi
sleep 3
done &
This way it will run in the background every three seconds.
Suggestions welcomed from people that know more than I do to solve this
issue in another way.
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I've made up this script that seems to work.
Be warned: I am NOT a developer, so use with care at your own risk.
But it seems to work just fine, really...
ping -v -c 1 -w 1 192.168.1.1 | grep -q "100.0% packet loss"
if [ ${?} -eq 0 ]
then ifconfig iwn0 down && ifconfig iwn0 up
fi
You can put it in a cronjob as root and you are done.
Now I have a question:
does it make any harm to the nic to bring it up and down all the time? I loose
the connection really often
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009, Mustafa Seckin wrote:
> Can you share the mentioned script with me?B Thanks...
>
> > Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 07:30:47 +0800
> > From: shweg...@gmail.com
> > To: ted.unan...@gmail.com
> > CC: misc@openbsd.org
> > Subject: Re: Thinkpad x200 wireless hang (5.1 firmware)
> >
> > I've tried that, and it seems to do the trick.
> > How would a script look like that does:
> > ifconfig iwn0 down && ifconfig iwn0 up
> > every time it sees it hanging, maybe checking with ping or so?
> >
> > tks
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Ted Unangst wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Stefan Wollny<ste...@wollny.de> wrote:
> > >> With OpenBSD 4.4 wpi0 and run0 worked flawless - with 4.5 wireless is a
> PITA!
> > >> Connectivity drops sometimes after half an hour, sometimes after
> seconds...
> > >> :-( Restarting the system doesn't really help (after all: it's not
> Windows
> so
> > >> this is sth. I expected...)
> > >
> > > ifconfig down and up brings it back right away.
