On 14 Nov 2008 at 1:18, STeve Andre' wrote: > 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' >
Actually, I have observed a similar problem (regular freezups and crashes) with multiple ral devices (Belkin/Asus/no-name) on OpenBSD 4.3 -stable system. The big gotcha in my case, and main difference from STeve, is that the system was a PIII with USB 1.1 only. Interestingly, I have not [yet] had any problems since upgrading to 4.4-stable. YMMV.
