On 1/17/08, Juan Miscaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using OpenBSD 4.2 as my WAP with a ral adapter. My wireless > client is running Kubuntu. > > 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've had similar issues using OpenBSD as a WAP. The only card that ever worked solidly for me was a wi-based card, but those can only do 802.11b. While I prefer ral, lately I've had more success with pgt--but I have been unable to final an 802.11g card/driver that consistently works reliably on OpenBSD. Eventually they all require an ifconfig down/up to functional normally and none have been able to sustain prolonged throughput without falling over.
