Sunday, October 02, 2022

Re: Wireless interface iwn0 becomes detached

On 02-10-2022 08:49 , openbsdlists wrote:
>On 02-10-2022 06:11 , Muhammad Muntaza wrote:
>>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
>>
>>>
>>>
>
>Thank you, I will try this.
>
>

Seeing:

dhcpleased[24941]: bpf_receive: read: Input/output error
dhcpleased[19058]: deconfigure_interface: cannot find interface 28
/bsd: iwn0 detached
/bsd: iwn0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200" rev 0x35: msi, MIMO 2T2R, MoW, address 58:94:6b:72:

at disconnection time. Using static IP or DHCP config in
/etc/hostname.iwn0.

Pinging the gateway makes no difference.

--
Matthew

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