From: Steve S. <sa...@gm...> - 2007-05-10 05:37:04
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Jeff, Nope, not using wpa_supplicant. I'm also guessing a wireless connection issue. Need more data though. Maybe tomorrow . . . Steve On 5/9/07, Jeff Sadowski <jef...@gm...> wrote: > > are you using wpa_supplicant? > I think wpa_supplicant will try and reestablish a connection but if it > fails for too long it might stop looking. Sounds like a wireless > connection issue to me. > > On 5/9/07, Steve Sakoman <sa...@gm...> wrote: > > Craig, > > > > Well, now that I'm all set to take my debug setup (laptop & portable > scope) > > out to the installed units they are behaving :-) > > > > Current temperature on the hottest is 96F, so I'm still not sure that it > is > > temperature related. > > > > I'm sure it will happen again, just a question of time. > > > > Steve > > > > On 5/9/07, Craig Hughes <cr...@gu... > wrote: > > > Steve, let me take a look into the driver code and see if I can > > > figure out when the LED might be switched off. The wifi module does > > > tend to get pretty hot, and while I haven't seen a thermal shutdown > > > myself, it could well be that the heat from the module plus the > > > northern CA pre-summer heatwave is causing the module to shut down or > > > something. I'll be back with what I find in the driver source in a > > > mo... > > > > > > C > > > > > > On May 9, 2007, at 7:31 AM, Steve Sakoman wrote: > > > > > > > I've recently begun beta testing my gumstix based embedded device. > > > > > > > > Several times over the past week beta units have lost network > > > > connectivity. The units are "in the field" and hence I haven't yet > > > > had the opportunity to attach a serial cable and scope. Visual > > > > examination of the failed devices shows that the yellow led on the > > > > wifistix is off after network connectivity is lost. Rebooting > > > > fixes the problem in every case. > > > > > > > > When I installed the devices I checked wifi signal levels and they > > > > seemed to be fairly good. The environment is more harsh than the > > > > average office -- high temperatures in the installation area were > > > > over 100 degrees this week. The times of failure don't seem to > > > > correlate with temperature though. > > > > > > > > My questions: > > > > > > > > Under what circumstances does the wifistix driver turn off the led? > > > > Is there any notification that I can subscribe to in order to > > > > restart networking when this happens? > > > > > > > > Not having the driver source code in cases like this is a drag :-) > > > > > > > > I'll get out to one of the units today to collect further data, but > > > > it would help to understand the driver's expected behavior. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --- > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > gumstix-users mailing list > > > > gum...@li... > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gumstix-users mailing list > > > gum...@li... > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list > > gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |