Re: Netgear MA101 Rev. A dies after minutes.

 --- Joerg Albert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi,

> What's the peer device?

My PowerBook running OSX. I have been using ad-hoc mode. I tried setting up
my PowerBook as a software base station and using managed mode but couldn't
connect. As ad-hoc mode sort of worked I stuck to that for the time being.

> How do you recognise the link is dead?

The MA101 is connected to a Toshiba laptop, I set an ip address up on this
using ifconfig. I am then able to ping backwards and forwards between
machines with no problem. I can them ssh into the Toshiba and all looks good.
However, after a minute or two ssh and ping hang.

 
> How can you recover:
> - restart the driver "ifconfig wlan0 down; ifconfig wlan0 up"
> - re-plug the device

Up until now I was rebooting, but I will try your suggestions to see if
either works. 

> 
> If the link is dead, does the peer still see beacons from the MA101A?

Good question, how do I find out???? :-/


> Does "iwpriv wlan0 set_debug -1" show anything on the MA101's side in the
> syslog, apart from the
> 
> wlan0: PRIV_IOCTL_SET_DEBUG input 3: -1 -> xffffffff
> wlan0: PRIV_IOCTL_SET_DEBUG old 0x.... new 0xfffffff
> wlan0: netif running .. queue_stopped .. carrier_ok ..
> 
> (what are the values in the last line) ?
> If you can't even see these lines, please check your /etc/syslog.conf for
> the destination of kern.debug messages.


I will work through your suggestions and report back. Unfortunately I don't
think this will be before Monday next. But tahnk you very much for your help.



=====
Regards

Chaffinch
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