On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 21:38 +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2010-11-12, David Coppa <dco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:52 PM, stolendata.net > ><stolen.data....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've been using the RAL(4) driver and a wifi card with the RT2561 > >> chipset (Linksys WMP54g) for a few years as my wifi access point, and > >> have had no problems at all. Recently I switched to an 802.11n card > >> with RT2860 chipset (Edimax EW-7728in) in hopes of getting some higher > >> transfer speeds to my server storage, only to find out that OpenBSD's > >> 802.11 stack doesn't have any 11n functionality at all and thusly runs > >> as 11g only. Since I switched to using the RT2860 chipset, first on > >> obsd 4.3 and currently on 4.8, I've started to experience a recurring > >> problem: every now and then, after disconnecting a machine from the > >> access point, RAL(4) will refuse further connections from that machine > >> (I'm not sure if it depends on the IP of the client or its MAC address > >> etc.), resulting in only getting a "connection timed out" when trying > >> to associate with the AP, until I down/up the RAL(4) interface or > >> simply "restart" it using /etc/netstart. > >> > >> Any ideas? Anyone seen this with before with RAL(4) and/or the RT2860 > >> family? I'm currently netstart'ing the interface every 24 hours via > >> cron to solve the problem, but it feels like jumping through hoops, so > >> to speak - this is after all a bug of some sort. > > > > Yes, it's a known problem with table of associated clients not being > > refreshed properly in our 802.11 stack. > > For what I know, some dev should be working on fixing it... > > > > ciao, > > david > > > > > > hmm. well, the fact that this didn't happen with RT2561 is interesting... >
Well, it did happen on RT2561 to me (-current, compiled all system every 1-3 weeks) every now and then (in variable interval from one day to several days), till about 1-2 months ago. So, for RT2561 it seems (to me) to be fixed, after all. PC Engines Alix 2D13 (http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d13.htm) Tonze PC-620C (miniPCI 802.11b/g) ral0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "Ralink RT2561S" rev 0x00: irq 9, address 00:17:b7:30:41:ab ral0: MAC/BBP RT2561C, RF RT2527 ral0: flags=28943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NOINET6> mtu 1500 lladdr 00:17:b7:30:41:ab priority: 4 groups: wlan media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11g hostap status: active ieee80211: nwid *** chan 7 bssid 00:17:b7:30:41:ab wpakey 0x*** wpaprotos wpa1,wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers ccmp wpagroupcipher ccmp 100dBm inet ... Alexander
