--- Alexander Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Juan Miscaro wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using OpenBSD 4.2 as my WAP with a ral adapter. My wireless
> > client is running Kubuntu.
> >
> > The server is running dnsmasq (DHCP/DNScaching) and everything
> works.
> >
> > However, after a while the connection breaks completely and the
> only
> > thing that rectifies the situation is a reboot on the serverside.
> >
> > I thought this instability may be a simplex/duplex issue. Here is
> the
> > ifconfig ouput for ral0:
> >
> > ral0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> > lladdr 00:18:f8:28:b9:f4
> > groups: wlan
> > media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11g hostap
> > status: active
> > ieee80211: nwid WIFILAN chan 11 bssid 00:18:f8:28:b9:f4
> 100dBm
> > inet6 fe80::218:f8ff:fe28:b9f4%ral0 prefixlen 64 scopeid
> 0x1
> > inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
> >
> > Can someone please advise on troubleshooting methods?
>
> I have had similar issues with a ral device. If I recall correctly,
>
> $ sudo ifconfig down
> $ sudo ifconfig up
Thanks for the response.
I assume you mean
$ sudo ifconfig ral0 down
$ sudo ifconfig ral0 up
Anyway, I'm pretty pissed because my research led me to conclude that
the ral device was well supported. I paid top dollar for the thing.
/juan
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