6.2-REL && iwi0: link state changed to DOWN / UP / DOWN / UP

[Giorgos Kapetanakis]

On Fri, June 1, 2007 5:19 pm, Matthias Apitz wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Recently I upgraded to 6.2-REL and have had massive problems with
> our WPA-PSK AP in my office:
>
> May 31 15:05:55 rebelion kernel: iwi0: link state changed to DOWN
> May 31 15:06:03 rebelion kernel: iwi0: link state changed to UP
> May 31 15:06:06 rebelion kernel: iwi0: link state changed to DOWN
> May 31 15:06:14 rebelion kernel: iwi0: link state changed to UP
> May 31 15:06:18 rebelion kernel: iwi0: link state changed to DOWN
> May 31 15:06:26 rebelion kernel: iwi0: link state changed to UP
> May 31 15:06:31 rebelion kernel: iwi0: link state changed to DOWN
> May 31 15:06:39 rebelion kernel: iwi0: link state changed to UP
>
> the iwi0 interface was from time to time nearly unusable. It turned
> out that sometimes near our building other small companies
> appeared on air. I don't really understand why they can be seen
> only sometimes with
>
>
> $ ifconfig iwi0 scan
> SSID            BSSID              CHAN RATE  S:N   INT CAPS
> mywifi  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:0b   11   54M 56:0   100 EP   WPA
> default xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:eb   11   54M 37:0   100 EP
> SCHLxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxd6:cc   11   54M 31:0   100 EP
> SCHLxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx21:84   11   54M 31:0   100 EP
> SCHLxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx21:87   11   54M 31:0   100 EP
>
> and sometimes I only see my own one 'mywifi'. Any way, since I've
> switched my AP to use channel 7 all is fine now. Just to let
> you know in case others have the same trouble.
>
> 	matthias
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>From /usr/src/UPDATING:

20060711:
	The iwi(4) was updated to use the firmware(9) framework.  In order
	for it to work you need a port change from net/iwi-firmware to
	net/iwi-firmware-kmod.

maybe this helps...


-- 
Giorgos Kapetanakis