> On Aug 11, 2024, at 10:28 AM, Michael van Elst <mlel...@serpens.de> wrote: > > will.s...@gmail.com (Will Senn) writes: > >>> I have an athn0 device set up on my inspiron n4110 with netbsd10 >>> stable. It's connected to my wifi access point. If I'm working on the >>> device console or in a terminal, it's able to access the internet and >>> local network, no issues. However, if I remote into it over ssh and >>> leave the connection open, it will eventually lose it's mind, meaning >>> that the ssh session stops responding, I can't ping it from the remote >>> host on another terminal, and if I log into the device locally, it >>> can't ping my remote host... until I do ifconfig, after that ping >>> starts working again. > > I guess, it will also lock up under other circumstances, when you have > multiple network connections open that generate traffic. >
Is there anything to do about it? > >> Also, just noticed that the above contained: >> ssid Phoenix nwkey 65536:"",0x299ab4bb1d4a60ce4a701469277efb16,"","" > >> wtf? is that really a usable key to access the network or is it some >> kinda hash? If so, is it reversible? I dug through docs, but couldn't >> figure it out. > > Yes, that's one of your four wifi keys and that allows others to > associate with your network. It's usually hashed from a passphrase. You > cannot reverse it back to the passphrase, but that's not required. > The ifconfig command will only present it to the root user. > > Ah. Got it. Thx.
