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From: Paul Lambert <eb30750@gmail.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: wireless networking stops functioning
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>Number:         148078
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       [ath] wireless networking stops functioning
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-wireless
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          update
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun 23 03:10:05 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Mon Apr 11 11:41:55 UTC 2011
>Originator:     Paul Lambert
>Release:        8.1 prerelease
>Organization:
BRSINC
>Environment:
FreeBSD BRSINC-VM02.local 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:02:08 UTC 2009     root@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

>Description:
I finally found time to work with Freebsd 8.0 release from last fall.  After struggling to find the correct configuration I was able to get my wireless interface working just great.  In an attempt to get Gnome 2.3 loaded I performed a freebsd-update to 8.1 prerelease.  After running install and rebooting twice the system booted up with the wlan0 device stating "associated."  However, no network response was forth coming.  After researching this on the web I found a blog that stated to insert the line synchonous_dhclient="yes."  I did and the network interface was able to perform pings and traceroutes.  But when I went to download a new package the network froze.  Again, I researched the web and found instructions to add if_vlan_load and vaps_ath0="wlan0".  Adding these did not make matters any better.  I then "rolled back" the Freebsd to 8.0 release and changed the conf files back and the network is up and running as expected.

8.0 release config files

rc.conf
wlans_ath0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"

loader.conf
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"

wpa_supplicant.conf
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
#
network={
	ssid="my wireless AP"
	psk="my AP password"
}


>How-To-Repeat:
upgrade to 8.1 prerelease
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@gmail.com>
To: Paul Lambert <eb30750@gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: amd64/148078: wireless networking stops functioning
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:52:47 +0200

 hi!
 
 under 7.3-STABLE is the same problem, on boot +2-3 minutes the
 networking is ok, but after 2-3 minutes, it going down. The soultion
 is this:
 
 ifconfig_ath0="DHCP WPA protmode rtscts mode 11g -bgscan -burst
 channel 12 -powersave"
 
 It's an ar5212 tp-link wlan card.
 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-amd64->freebsd-net 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Jun 28 04:26:59 UTC 2010 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Over to maintainer(s). 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=148078 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-net->freebsd-wireless 
Responsible-Changed-By: adrian 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Apr 11 11:41:44 UTC 2011 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
punt to mailing list 


http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=148078 
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