Saturday, October 01, 2022

Re: Wireless interface iwn0 becomes detached

On Fri, 30 Sep 2022 at 13.29 <openbsdlists@speedymail.org> wrote:

> I am seeing a periodic and unexplained loss of wireless connection on my
> Thinkpad.
>
> According to ifconfig iwn0, after a period (roughly 30 mins) the
> DHCP-obtained
> IP is lost (status: no network, nwid ""), requiring a sh /etc/netstart
> iwn0 to
> get a new lease, or less frequently the interface simply disappears
> altogether.
>
> Ping your gateway every minute, add to your cron:

* * * * * /usr/bin/ping -c 3 192.0.2.1

>
>

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