Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG (iwi) firmware error / device timeout
Joseph Mingrone
jrm at ftfl.ca
Tue Mar 13 15:27:06 UTC 2012
I see there are still some open PRs for this problem, but they are a
couple of years old. Does anyone know of any workarounds?
I don't recall having problems in 7.x, but in 8.x I see the firmware
errors every few hours. If I try to do a # /etc/rc.d netif restart the
system reboots.
# pciconf -lv
...
iwi0 at pci0:2:2:0: class=0x028000 card=0x27018086 chip=0x42208086
rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'driverIntel PRO/Wireless 2200BG (MPCI3B)'
class = network
# cat /boot/loader.conf
...
legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
if_iwi_load="YES"
# cat /etc/rc.conf | grep wlan
wlans_iwi0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
# cat /etc/wap_supplicant.conf
network={
ssid="myssid"
psk="mypsk"
}
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