On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, Mike Wade wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Mike Wade wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > I'm experiencing a rather perplexing problem with 2 wireless nodes running > > FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE utilizing the wi(4) driver in IBSS mode. Periodically > > I'm unable to receive packets (transmitting packets is fine) but I'm able > > to see the incoming packets via tcpdump running in promisc mode only. I'm > > not able to see the incoming packets when it's not in promisc mode. > > I've discovered some new facts... If both nodes are in promisc mode then > the receiving packet drops go away. However, several input errors show up > via netstat and the performance drops from 4.0 mbit/sec to 0.16 mbit/sec. > Pretty bizarre stuff...
Upgrading to: wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.01.00, Station 1.08.00 Appears to have fixed the IBSS and promiscuous mode issues I was experiencing before. --- Mike Wade ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Blue Highway Labs, LLC. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
