I'm trying to set up my first wireless network, with less than stellar success.
dmesg here: http://trumpetpower.com/pub/dmesg.boot $ ifconfig rum0 rum0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 00:0e:3b:0e:88:81 priority: 0 groups: wlan media: IEEE802.11 autoselect hostap status: active ieee80211: nwid trumpetpower chan 1 bssid 00:0e:3b:0e:88:81 100dBm inet 65.39.81.125 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 65.39.81.127 inet6 fe80::20e:3bff:fe0e:8881%rum0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 It's an old Dell Precision laptop with a Hawking HWUG1 running 4.5- STABLE I'm trying to connect to it from a not-too-old iMac. The two computers are less than six feet apart. I can actually connect and (e.g.) ftp to get a file over the network...but only for a few seconds before the link goes dead. Once it lasted for almost half a minute. And that's only if I use a static IP on the iMac; dhcp is never able to get a lease. I've tried everything I can think of -- different channels, 802.11b and 802.11g, different USB ports (including the built-in USB 1.1 port on the back of the laptop), WPA on and off, moving the antenna and computer around, with and without an IP assigned to the interface (using a bridge), DHCP running and not, and probably more. All scenarios give the same symptoms: I can make the connection, but it goes away after a few seconds. I've tried looking in /var/log for clues, but I couldn't find anything. No console messages show up. This is what shows up in the console for the iMac when I attempt to connect: 2009-05-30 6:41:09 AM kernel en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165 40 48 56 64 153 161 36 44 52 60 149 157 2009-05-30 6:41:28 AM kernel Auth result for: 00:0e:3b:0e:88:81 MAC AUTH succeeded 2009-05-30 6:41:28 AM kernel AirPort: Link Up on en1 2009-05-30 6:41:28 AM kernel AirPort: Link Up on en1 2009-05-30 6:41:30 AM mDNSResponder[16] Note: Frequent transitions for interface en1 (65.39.81.120); network traffic reduction measures in effect 2009-05-30 6:41:30 AM mDNSResponder[16] Note: Frequent transitions for interface en1 (65.39.81.120); network traffic reduction measures in effect 2009-05-30 6:41:31 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: Apple80211Scan() error 16 2009-05-30 6:41:31 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: __performScan() EBUSY, try again in a sec 2009-05-30 6:41:32 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: Apple80211Scan() error 16 2009-05-30 6:41:32 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: __performScan() EBUSY, try again in a sec 2009-05-30 6:41:32 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: __performScan() EBUSY, try again in a sec 2009-05-30 6:41:33 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: Apple80211Scan() error 16 2009-05-30 6:41:33 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: __performScan() EBUSY, try again in a sec 2009-05-30 6:41:33 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: __performScan() EBUSY, try again in a sec 2009-05-30 6:41:34 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: Apple80211Scan() error 16 2009-05-30 6:41:34 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: __performScan() EBUSY, try again in a sec 2009-05-30 6:41:34 AM airportd[50552] Error: Apple80211Associate() failed -6 2009-05-30 6:41:34 AM kernel AirPort: Link Down on en1 2009-05-30 6:41:34 AM SystemUIServer[183] Error: airportd MIG failed = -6 ((null)) (port = 51351) 2009-05-30 6:41:34 AM airportd[50552] Error: process_command_dict() failed 2009-05-30 6:41:35 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: Apple80211Scan() error 16 2009-05-30 6:41:35 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: __performScan() EBUSY, try again in a sec 2009-05-30 6:41:35 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: __performScan() EBUSY, try again in a sec 2009-05-30 6:41:36 AM kernel Auth result for: 00:0e:3b:0e:88:81 MAC AUTH succeeded 2009-05-30 6:41:36 AM kernel AirPort: Link Up on en1 2009-05-30 6:41:36 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: Apple80211Scan() error 16 2009-05-30 6:41:36 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: Apple80211Scan() error 16 2009-05-30 6:41:36 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: __performScan() EBUSY, try again in a sec 2009-05-30 6:41:37 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: Apple80211Scan() error 16 2009-05-30 6:41:37 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: Apple80211Scan() error 16 2009-05-30 6:41:37 AM System Preferences[16088] Error: __performScan() failed (16) 2009-05-30 6:41:42 AM airportd[50552] Error: Apple80211Associate() failed -6 2009-05-30 6:41:42 AM kernel AirPort: Link Down on en1 2009-05-30 6:41:42 AM SystemUIServer[183] Error: airportd MIG failed = -6 ((null)) (port = 51351) 2009-05-30 6:41:42 AM airportd[50552] Error: process_command_dict() failed 2009-05-30 6:41:42 AM airportd[50552] Error: process_command_dict() failed 2009-05-30 6:41:47 AM mDNSResponder[16] Note: Frequent transitions for interface en1 (65.39.81.120); network traffic reduction measures in effect Pings make it through between the lines ``AirPort: Link Up on en1'' and ``AirPort: Link Down on en1.'' The rest of the time, it's ``no route to host.'' (This is with the iMac's ethernet cable pulled for testing purposes.) I have no idea if it's hardware or software, if it's on the OpenBSD laptop or the iMac. I don't have any other hardware to test with, but a year or so ago I was able to surf from the iMac on a neighbor's open WAP. Any suggestions would be most welcome. I'm not really sure where to go from here.... Thanks, b& [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s]
