On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:13:11 +1100 Alex Samad <a...@samad.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 08:10:43PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > > I've posted about this before, but I still have no solution. > > > > I have a machine with an Atheros WiFi card. From lspci: > > > > 02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 > > Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01) > > > > >From dmesg: > > > > ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2414 chip found (MAC: 0x79, PHY: 0x45) > > > > The card is supported by the in-kernel ath5k driver; I have previously > > used it with Madwifi. > > > > I frequently see that arp fails on the machine. The card continues to > > function; I can access the internet via my home router, and I can even > > (sometimes) ssh into it from the internet (the router forwards port 22 > > to that machine), but any attempt to connect to it from the local > > wireless network times out, and looking at the other machine's arp > > table indicates that arp is failing (table shows 'incomplete'). > > Manually adding an arp entry with 'arp -s ip_addr mac_addr' fixes the > > problem, at least for a while. What could be causing this? I believe > > that I have experienced this problem even when the card was controlled > > by Madwifi. Could this be a hardware issue? > > Not sure if I can help but. > > > My understanding is, that wireless networks work in 2 modes, one where > each node can see each other and the other is where they can't see each > other. But I believe the ap should have a record of each currently > connected node, maybe you machine is disassociating itself from the > wireless network ? > > The AP should be able to see it at all times Thanks, but I don't think that's it. The problematic machine remains connected to the AP; as I mentioned, it can access the internet fine. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
