Re: serious problem with wi(4) (D-Link DWL-650)

"Jose M. Alcaide" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 08:53:54AM -0700, Tony Saign wrote:
> This started w/ 4.5 stable about 3 months ago, I just tolerated it for
> the most part. Can duplicate on an IBM T20 or a Toshiba Tecra.
> Receive is always normal, but whenever I would try to upload to another
> system, the card will sometimes lock the machine.

Indeed, I could reproduce the problem on two different Toshiba Satellite
models, in addition to my Dell Inspiron. Something seems seriously broken
in wi(4), at least with the D-Link DWL-650 card.

> Good luck!

The problem goes away turning WEP off. Perhaps a wi(4) expert may find a
workaround in the future. Now I have a strong reason for configuring IPSEC
;-)

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