On Thursday 13 November 2008 19:54:55 Juan Miscaro wrote: > I'm providing wireless internet access for a small building with > OpenBSD 4.3 (some snapshot) as access point. I'm using the ral > driver. I regularly need to bring down and then back up the interface > with ifconfig. Is this normal? Is there anything I can do short of > replacing the card? As an aside, I'm pondering going wired but > plugging into a wireless bridge. Any recommendations on models? > > ral0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lladdr 00:18:f8:28:b9:f4 > groups: wlan > media: IEEE802.11 DS11 mode 11b hostap (autoselect mode 11b hostap) > status: active > ieee80211: nwid MYNETWORK 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 > > Thanks for listening, > > /juan
I had a random ral USB device on a T60p ThinkPad, which was rock stable, so if you're having to reset things, I'd try another card. I'd also try another newer snapshot. --STeve Andre'
