Subject: Re: wi0 timeouts and subsequent unresponsiveness
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Sverre Froyen <sverre@viewmark.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/12/2005 09:30:16
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 01:26, Pavel Cahyna wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:00:21 -0800, Brian de Alwis wrote:
>
> > I've been experiencing some frustrating problems with my Lucent
> > Orinoco 802.11b (Classic Gold) wireless card (dmesg below). I'm
> > running on a NetBSD 2.0 kernel, and use dhclient to get leases.
> >
> > The main symptom is that all wireless traffic goes dead. The
> > console shows messages like:
> >
> > wi0: device timeout
> > wi0: command timed out, cmd=0x2, arg=0x0
> >
> > Thinking originally there was a minor hiccup with the DHCP leases, I
> > would invoke dhclient, but would see messages like:
> >
> > send_packet: No buffer space available
I remember seeing this error message under current perhaps a week ago
using Damien Bergamini iwi driver. I only saw it when no access point
was available, however, so I ignored it. I also don't recall seeing it
very recently so perhaps it has been fixed in the latest current.
Sverre