Hello
Just recently upgraded to 8.1 and installed the 'urtw' driver for my Netgear
WG111v3 USB WLAN card. All fine, systems boots, WLAN card gets IP address,
network runs. And then suddenly network connection breaks down. And never
recovers. Only reboot helps.
Apparently the WLAN connection moves from 'status: associated' to 'status: no
carrier' and stays stuck there.
Is there any way to prevent this? (WLAN signal is OK, put the box next to the
AP to test.)
Or, can you recommend a PCI/PCIe card that is proven to work reliably?
Regards
Balazs
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This is how it starts:
nfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=8010b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,TSO4,LINKSTATE>
ether 00:26:18:91:13:bc
media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
status: no carrier
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV>
urtw0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
ether 00:1b:2f:ce:e2:72
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
status: associated
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:1b:2f:ce:e2:72
inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
status: associated
ssid "Le Quack" channel 6 (2437 MHz 11g) bssid 00:1e:2a:5e:25:70
country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF
TKIP 3:128-bit txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300
bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL
And this is how it gets broken and never recovers:
nfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=8010b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,TSO4,LINKSTATE>
ether 00:26:18:91:13:bc
media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
status: no carrier
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV>
urtw0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
2290
ether 00:1b:2f:ce:e2:72
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
status: associated
wlan0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
1500
ether 00:1b:2f:ce:e2:72
inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
ssid "Le Quack" channel 6 (2437 MHz 11g)
country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF txpower 0
bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL
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