What's logged by the kernel? try 'dmesg'
-adrian On 29 July 2013 09:01, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > Just recently upgraded to 8.1 and installed the 'urtw' driver for my Netgear > WG111v3 USB WLAN card. All fine, systems boots, WLAN card gets IP address, > network runs. And then suddenly network connection breaks down. And never > recovers. Only reboot helps. > > Apparently the WLAN connection moves from 'status: associated' to 'status: no > carrier' and stays stuck there. > > Is there any way to prevent this? (WLAN signal is OK, put the box next to the > AP to test.) > > Or, can you recommend a PCI/PCIe card that is proven to work reliably? > > Regards > Balazs > > --- > > This is how it starts: > > nfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > options=8010b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,TSO4,LINKSTATE> > ether 00:26:18:91:13:bc > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) > status: no carrier > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 > options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM> > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV> > urtw0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 > ether 00:1b:2f:ce:e2:72 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g > status: associated > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:1b:2f:ce:e2:72 > inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g > status: associated > ssid "Le Quack" channel 6 (2437 MHz 11g) bssid 00:1e:2a:5e:25:70 > country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF > TKIP 3:128-bit txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 > bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL > > And this is how it gets broken and never recovers: > > nfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > options=8010b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,TSO4,LINKSTATE> > ether 00:26:18:91:13:bc > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) > status: no carrier > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 > options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM> > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV> > urtw0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 > mtu 2290 > ether 00:1b:2f:ce:e2:72 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g > status: associated > wlan0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 > mtu 1500 > ether 00:1b:2f:ce:e2:72 > inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) > status: no carrier > ssid "Le Quack" channel 6 (2437 MHz 11g) > country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF txpower 0 > bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 > roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
