Re: wpi(4) driver in -current

[Brett Lymn <blymn%baesystems.com.au@localhost>]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 12:16:14PM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
> 
> I connect to both WEP and WPA-PSK networks using a wpi card (built in to
> an HP laptop) with wpa_supplicant.
> 
> It sometimes disconnects (perhaps a few times a day), and "ifconfig wpi0
> down up" fixes it.
>

I have the same problem with iwi and wpa-psk, while a ifconfig down/up
fixes the problem I have found, in my case, that a "wpa_cli
reassociate" seems to be a bit faster.  As a bit of a kludge, I have a
script that pings my AP and if the ping times out I perform a
reassociation.

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