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> De=A0: tech-net-owner@NetBSD.org [mailto:tech-net-owner@NetBSD.org] De =
la
> part de 10.50@free.fr
> Envoy=E9=A0: vendredi 3 f=E9vrier 2006 11:57
> =C0=A0: Tom Spindler
> Cc=A0: current-users@NetBSD.org; tech-net@NetBSD.org
> Objet=A0: Re: Atheros client interface going down and up frequently
>=20
> That's always the same "bug" that has been floating around for six =
months
> now or
> so.

That's right, that is why I pinged the mailing list again ;).

> Something somewhere is wrong. On my ath pc-card, sometimes I have
> those
> disconnections/reconnections, sometimes nothing happens but the input
> errors
> suddently go amok.

Even more, my box freezes sometimes and I have to make a hard reboot. =
Even
kernel debugging with gdb is not available anymore through the serial
console...

> I have written a small shell demon that pings every ten
> seconds my AP, and when no response is received within a second, it =
resets
> the
> interface via ifconfig down/up (kinda what ifwatch does, but on the IP
> level).
> I thought it had to do with WEP, but the disconnections happen with or
> without
> encryption. However, ifconfig'ing up just through "ifconfig up" does =
not
> work.
> I have to give the WEP key again in order for the interface to restore
> communication.

I don't need to do ifconfig down/up anymore. It starts working again =
without
that, thanks to one of David's patches... ;) Are you sure your kernel is =
up
to date?

> I must admit some people have made a lot of efforts to pin down the =
bug, I
> have
> not been of much a help.

I agree, there is plenty of work that has been done.=20

Konstantin


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