Thread: [Ndiswrapper-general] Long usage of WEP stops traffic
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From: Wichert A. <wi...@wi...> - 2004-02-21 14:08:21
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If I use WEP for a longish amount of time (say a few hours) invariably at some point traffic suddenly stops flowing. With tcpdump I can see packets trying to go out but nothing coming in. Resetting the WEP key seems to help, although occasionally I have to do it a few dozen times before something happens again. Once this problem has occured it tends to occur again a lot faster until it is almost impossible to use. I'll see if I can get some debug info when this happens. Wichert. -- Wichert Akkerman <wi...@wi...> It is simple to make things. http://www.wiggy.net/ It is hard to make things simple. |
From: Stefan <ste...@gm...> - 2004-02-21 19:39:56
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Hello, > If I use WEP for a longish amount of time (say a few hours) invariably > at some point traffic suddenly stops flowing. With tcpdump I can see > packets trying to go out but nothing coming in. Resetting the WEP key > seems to help, although occasionally I have to do it a few dozen times > before something happens again. Once this problem has occured it tends > to occur again a lot faster until it is almost impossible to use. What card do you have? I have a centrino card with the same behaviour. This seems to be relatet to the access point, at least for me. The AP drops the connection and the essid gets lost(on my laptop). In windows, the connection gets dropped too, but it is re-established one secound later, I only see the connection-lost and connection-established messages in the corner of the screen. Try to re-set the wep key and the essid. I always restart the device with my start script. Maybe waproamd can help, if it's supported by ndiswrapper. /Stefan |
From: Tony W. <ton...@us...> - 2004-02-21 19:43:26
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Stefan Dösinger wrote: > Hello, > > >>If I use WEP for a longish amount of time (say a few hours) invariably >>at some point traffic suddenly stops flowing. With tcpdump I can see >>packets trying to go out but nothing coming in. Resetting the WEP key >>seems to help, although occasionally I have to do it a few dozen times >>before something happens again. Once this problem has occured it tends >>to occur again a lot faster until it is almost impossible to use. > > > What card do you have? > I have a centrino card with the same behaviour. This seems to be relatet to > the access point, at least for me. The AP drops the connection and the essid > gets lost(on my laptop). > > In windows, the connection gets dropped too, but it is re-established one > secound later, I only see the connection-lost and connection-established > messages in the corner of the screen. > > Try to re-set the wep key and the essid. I always restart the device with my > start script. Maybe waproamd can help, if it's supported by ndiswrapper. It's worth checking for firmware updates for your WAP. A number, including my D-link one, don't work with Centrino chipsets without it. My D-link WAP would reboot regularly, causing the disconnection symptoms, when a Centrino WLAN card attached. HTH, Tony |
From: Wichert A. <wi...@wi...> - 2004-02-21 20:05:24
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Previously Tony Whitmore wrote: > Stefan Dösinger wrote: > >What card do you have? > >I have a centrino card with the same behaviour. Centrino indeed. > It's worth checking for firmware updates for your WAP. A number, > including my D-link one, don't work with Centrino chipsets without it. My AP (a Lucent/Agere/Proxim AP-1000) is already running the latest firmware available for it. Wichert. -- Wichert Akkerman <wi...@wi...> It is simple to make things. http://www.wiggy.net/ It is hard to make things simple. |