On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 03:06:25PM -0400, Jeremy Chase wrote:
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> Hi Guys,
> 
> My iwi interface works very well if I set it up with
> /etc/hostname.iwi0, but if I change access points I can usually not
> get onto a new network. For example, consider this scenario:
> 
> At location 1 with open AP 'dlink' available:
> # echo "dhcp nwid dlink" > /etc/hostname.iwi0
> (reboot), and all is well.

OK

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> 
> I move to a new location without rebooting, and I want to get onto a
> new AP, for example 'attwifi', so I try:
> # ifconfig nwid attwifi    (However this will almost never result in
> 'status active', sometimes it does work, randomly.)
> # sh /etc/netstart iwi0  (rarely works because it says no link)

This will reset your nwid to 'dlink', which is what you have in
/etc/hostname.iwi0

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> 
> I have tried to reset it to defaults with the man page example, but
> this doesn't work either.. I'll try something like this:
> ifconfig iwi0 -bssid -chan media autoselect nwid "" -nwkey -wpa -wpapsk
> ifconfig iwi0 nwid attwifi
> ifconfig iwi0 up
> sh /etc/netstart iwi0
> (However this usually does not work either)

Again, this resets your nwid to 'dlink'.

I think instead of sh /etc/netstart iwi0, you want /sbin/dhclient iwi0

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> 
> So I am often forced to reboot just to change AP's, and that is rather
> annoying. Any thoughts? I am running -current but have had this issue
> since 4.5-release
> 
> The machine is an IBM T42p
> 
> $ pkg_info | grep iwi
> iwi-firmware-3.1    Firmware binary image for iwi driver
> 
> OpenBSD 4.6-current (GENERIC) #62: Wed Jul 15 17:27:21 MDT 2009
>     deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
> cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 599 MHz
> cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,TM,SBF,EST,TM2
> real mem  = 1072656384 (1022MB)
> avail mem = 1028411392 (980MB)
> mainbus0 at root
> bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 06/18/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @
> 0xfd750, SMBIOS rev. 2.33 @ 0xe0010 (61 entries)
> bios0: vendor IBM version "1RETDRWW (3.23 )" date 06/18/2007
> bios0: IBM 2373KUU
> apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
> apm0: battery life expectancy 29%
> apm0: AC off, battery charge high, estimated 0:24 hours
> acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured
> pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd6e0/0x920
> pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdea0/272 (15 entries)
> pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00)
> pcibios0: PCI bus #6 is the last bus
> bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x10000 0xd0000/0x1000 0xd1000/0x1000
> 0xdc000/0x4000! 0xe0000/0x10000
> cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)
> cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 599 MHz: speeds: 2000, 1800, 1600, 1400,
> 1200, 1000, 800, 600 MHz
> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
> io address conflict 0x5800/0x8
> io address conflict 0x5808/0x4
> io address conflict 0x5810/0x8
> io address conflict 0x580c/0x4
> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82855PM Host" rev 0x03
> intelagp0 at pchb0
> agp0 at intelagp0: aperture at 0xd0000000, size 0x10000000
> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82855PM AGP" rev 0x03
> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
> vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Radeon Mobility M10" rev 0x80
> wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> radeondrm0 at vga1: irq 11
> drm0 at radeondrm0
> uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
> uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
> uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
> ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
> usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
> uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
> ppb1 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x81
> pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
> mem address conflict 0xb0000000/0x1000
> mem address conflict 0xb1000000/0x1000
> cbb0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "TI PCI4520 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
> cbb1 at pci2 dev 0 function 1 "TI PCI4520 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
> em0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82540EP)" rev 0x03:
> irq 11, address 00:0d:60:79:a8:3c
> iwi0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" rev 0x05:
> irq 11, address 00:0e:35:7b:29:23
> cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
> cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0xb0
> pcmcia0 at cardslot0
> cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0
> cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 6 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0xb0
> pcmcia1 at cardslot1
> ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801DBM LPC" rev 0x01:
> 24-bit timer at 3579545Hz
> pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801DBM IDE" rev 0x01: DMA,
> channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to
> compatibility
> wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <HTS726060M9AT00>
> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 57231MB, 117210240 sectors
> wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
> atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
> scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
> cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <HL-DT-ST, RW/DVD GCC-4242N, 0201> ATAPI
> 5/cdrom removable
> cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
> ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801DB SMBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
> iic0 at ichiic0
> spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5
> spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5
> auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801DB AC97" rev 0x01: irq
> 11, ICH4 AC97
> ac97: codec id 0x41445374 (Analog Devices AD1981B)
> ac97: codec features headphone, 20 bit DAC, No 3D Stereo
> audio0 at auich0
> "Intel 82801DB Modem" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 31 function 6 not configured
> usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
> usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
> uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
> usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
> uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
> isa0 at ichpcib0
> isadma0 at isa0
> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
> pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
> pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
> pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
> wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
> midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
> spkr0 at pcppi0
> lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
> aps0 at isa0 port 0x1600/31
> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
> fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
> biomask ef7d netmask ef7d ttymask ffff
> mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
> softraid0 at root
> root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
> 
> --
> Jeremy Chase, N1JER
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